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This issue of the journal has papers ranging from issues related to diet, maternal and child health to dental prostheses. Özenoglu A, Ugurlu S, Caglar E, et al searched for the effect of a fibre rich dietary product on blood lipids and some mineral levels used as a part of dietary treatment of obese adult women.

The authors compared 2 women in the study group and 13 in the control group. The finding supported the conclusion that fibre rich, fat, sugar and salt free dietary products can be useful for the dietary treatment of not only obesity but also dislipidaemia and insulin resistant states.

A paper from Turkey studied 500 pregnant women's preference for place and type of delivery. The aim of this study is to define the socio-demographic traits, birth forms and the prenatal-antenatal care rates of women who preferred Zubeyde Hanim Maternity Hospital. The paper stressed that pregnancy and birth are periods during which women require a health centre most. Women's age, education level and socio-economic factors play an important role in preference of these health centres.

A paper from Jordan attempted to determine the prevalence of the type of denture fracture in three Military Hospitals in Jordan. Questionnaires were distributed to three different prosthetic laboratories in three dental departments in the Royal Medical Services. Results obtained showed that 45 % of repairs carried out were due to detached or debonded teeth. 30 % were repairs to midline fracture. The remaining 25 % were other types of fractures. In conclusion, the commonest type of fractures encountered were debonding / fracture of denture teeth in both complete and partial dentures followed by midline fracture of complete dentures. More upper complete and partial dentures were repaired than the lowers.

A correlational study was carried out in Iran to examine the impact of prayer on the spiritual well-being of 360 cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy who were referrals to Oncology ward of Cancer Centers of Iran and Tehran Medical Sciences Universities. The study revealed that significant relationship exists between spiritual well being with prayer practice, prayer experience and attitude toward prayer respectively.

A paper from Bangladesh discussed Human Rights of Accused Women in Criminal Justice in Bangladesh. Laws are made with the intention to reduce women-related crime and our main aim of this study is to give vent to the inhuman condition where the accused women are found to be victims of cruel and heartless treatments in the jails. Motamedi SH and Dadkhah A discussed the social and family factors effect on committing suicide among university students in Iran. The authors utilising a total of 100 students attempt to investigate the relationship between social and family factors and the idea of committing suicide among university students in Iran. The paper concluded that singles were more inclined to commit suicide than the married ones. Divorce, failure in education, age, and being female increase the risk.