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Item A two year review of intestine parasites the Jos University Teaching Hospital patients(Nigerian Medical Practitioner, 1992) Bello CS S; Lar P.; Olotu, C U; Gomwalk N. E,An analysis of stools samples examined during a period of two years. from January 1988 3 December, 1989 In Jos University Teaching Hospital was carried out Of the 15634 people examined during this period 6698 were males while 8936 were females mono parasitism 'occurred in 4354 persons while polyparasitism occured in 240 persons Several parasites were identified in these casesItem A CASE FOR THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY(1998) Achi Vincent Balathe economy is the center of life of every nation. A government is judged as good based on ils economic successes and a nation is graded as belonging to the first, second and third world, based on its economic growth. The economy determines the growth in science and technology. It is no wonder that Edwin contends that Western diplomats and Nigerians as well, on seeing the size of Nigeria; the diversity and enterprise of her people in the 1960s, expressed the most optimistic hopes for Nigeria’s economic u-turn! Odiogor and Njoku reiterated this fact when they made it clear that, “Nigeria and Asian countries such as Mafaysia and Indonesia were in the same social and economic group in the 1960s".?. That made the world to envisage Nigeria as the future giant of Africa. Today, Nigeria is nothing more than a bastion of economic ruins. She has been out paced by her Asian counterparts and her citizens only live in the reminiscence of her glorious economic past. But then, is there any hope of revamping and liberating our economy tromits ruins? This work seeks to explore this question.Item Calcium Supplements Increase the Serum Levels of Crosslinked N-Telopeptides of Bone Collagen and Parathyroid Hormone in Rachitic Nigerian Children(The Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists, 1998) JOHN K. SCARIANO,1 DOROTHY J. VANDERJAGT,1 TOM THACHER,2 CHRISTIAN O. ISICHEI,3 BRUCE W. HOLLIS,4 and ROBERT H. GLEW1Objectives: Biochemical markers of bone turnover were measured in the sera of 16 controls and 10 children with calcium-deficiency rickets, during a 12-week course of calcium supplementation (1 g CaCO3/d) that was effective in healing the bone lesions of the rachitic children. Design and methods: Serum levels of crosslinked N-telopeptides of bone collagen (NTx), parathyroid hormone (PTH), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and urinary deoxypyridinoline (LP) were assayed at baseline and during the course of calcium therapy and compared with data of the 16 non-rachitic controls. Results: Calcium therapy suppressed serum NTx and PTH levels in the rachitic children within 24 h; however, after the first week, PTH and NTx levels increased to the extent that at 12 weeks both were elevated when compared with controls or to baseline levels. Serum levels of NTx and PTH were correlated in the controls and experi mental subjects (r 0.63, p 0.001). Conclusions: The rate of bone resorption, as estimated by serum NTx concentration, is increased during the healing of rachitic lesions. Copyright © 1998 The Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists.