This study revealed high prevalence of tobacco use which is more than any study conducted on similar university students in Saudi Arabia. Because no data available about tobacco use among students in other private college in the kingdom, it's not clear if this high prevalence is specific for students of Al-Ghad College or it's a general characteristic for students in the private colleges in Saudi Arabia. So, more studies about tobacco use in the private universities are necessary to explore this issue.

Background: Female genital mutilation is common practice in Egypt with its drawback effects. Studies concerned with the impacts of that practice on women's health in general and reproductive health in particular are sparse.

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Background: Depression among medical students may promote development of physical and mental problems. Few studies investigated its prevalence among medical students in Egypt .

Objectives. This study aimed to determine the predictors of short-term outcome of low back pain (LBP) in a cohort of LBP patients. Subjects and Methods. A prospective cohort of 400 LBP patients who attending the health insurance clinics at Al-Hussinia city, Sharakia governorate, Egypt, were the subjects of this study. The data were collected by using a predesigned questionnaire at the index consultation. The outcome variable (good versus bad outcome), in terms of return to work, was collected one/two weeks later on the next consultation or by telephone. Statistical analyses including predictive regression analysis was done. Results. Out of the analysed 349 patients, there have been 202 patients (58%) with good back pain outcome. Logistic regression analyses showed that the factors most significantly associated with good back pain outcome were the recency of pain (OR = 4.85; 95% CI = 2.88–8.17), patient's occupation (OR = 2.11; 95% CI = 1.33–3.35) and absence of obesity (OR = 2.70; 95% CI = 1.15–5.22). Other significant less important factors were age of the patient, and site of pain. Conclusions. Reliable information on back pain related history, patient's occupation, body mass index and age of the patient at the index consultation are important to assess short-term prognosis in LBP patients.