Welcome to the second issue of volume 15 of the Ibnosina Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. The issue has a variety of articles, including a viewpoint, a review, three original
articles, and two case reports.
The review narrates the 2022 global literature on the impact of Ramadan fasting on
health and disease. Cardiovascular medicine attracts the most interest this year and
the usual wide variety is maintained.
Four original articles are included in this issue. Alibrahim et al examined the predictors
of metformin side effects in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus
in Basrah, Iraq. Shah et al investigated the association between acculturation and
obesity among female migrants in the United Arab Emirates. Ozturk et al compared the
two-point compression ultrasonography performed by emergency medicine doctors and
radiologists to detect deep vein thrombosis. Global research trends in endometrial
hyperplasia were examined using bibliometric analysis and visualization methods by
Angeliki Mina.
Two case reports are included in the issue. The first by Anees et al illustrates tissue
damage caused by diclofenac injection as an example of Nicolau syndrome. Jingcai Wang
and Samir Kahwash wrote a letter demonstrating lymphoblasts with engulfed red blood
cells mimicking pseudo-Chediak-Higashi inclusions in a case of B-lymphoblastic leukemia.
We hope the contents will be of interest to our readers.
