Editorial

Editor: Abdulrazak Abyad

This is the third issue of the journal this year and is rich with various papers from around the Globe. A paper by Hoque A attempted to investigate the mortality rates by age, sex and different categories of diseases. The diseases are categorized as Micro-organism (C₁), Un-natural (C₂), Physiological disorder (C₃) and Other (C₄).The analysis shows that child and old age death rates are still high in Matlab particularly due to causes of micro-organism () and exogenous ().

A retrospective study from Jordan looked at the efficacy and safety of using Mitomycin C in the management of Pterygium. The authors concluded that the use of Mitomycin C is effective in decreasing the recurrence of pterygia after excision. So it is a simple, safe and successful procedure recommended in all pterygium management.

A case control study from Iran Looked at Thyroid Dysfunction in Iranian Patients with Premature Ovarian Failure. The authors assessed 46 consecutive patients with premature ovarian failure who had no history of thyroid dysfunction and 46 normal cycling women from Taleghani Hospital, Tehran, Iran. The authors conclude that POF happened in patients who were euthyroid according to clinical and laboratory data.

Hossain M, Islam R looked at socio-demographic variables on female age at marriage in the rural area of Charghat Thana of Rashahi districts, Bangladesh. For this a total number of 800 rural women have been interviewed through a structured questionnaire by purposive sampling technique. The study revealed that respondent's education, husband's education, respondent's father's occupation, religion and listening to the radio had highly significant effects on female age at marriage.
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Ali M , Ayub S, Khan H, and Khan KM did an observational study which was conducted in the neurosurgery department Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar following the earthquake of 8^th October, 2005 in Pakistan.

A total of 49 patients were admitted to the neurosurgery department during the period immediately following the earthquake. Most of the injuries in earthquakes are unpredictable and are encountered during the initial 24-48 hours after the incident and can be managed by a well equipped unit and well prepared medical team.

A paper from Bangladesh looked at the socio-economic Conditions of Migrant's Monthly Income (Before and After Migration). Migration has long been an important livelihood strategy for the people of Bangladesh. The results showed that the effect of occupation has been found to be the strongest and educational level is the second strongest positively significant influence, for explaining the variation on monthly income for male migrants among the selected demographic and socio-economic variables in both cases. So, people migrate to new places with the hope of improving their social and economic status.