18 articles in this issue
Geeta Tripathi, Swati Gupta
Relaxin is a polypeptide hormone of the insulin superfamily. It acts as a pleiotropic hormone and have many physiological roles. Relaxin signals through the Relaxin Family Peptide 1 (RXFP1) receptor, a G protein-coupled receptor that triggers multiple sig... see more
Pralhad S. Chavan
Maximum population of our country lives in rural areas but hospital facility provided for this population is less that means most of the health problems faced by rural community. Government of India launched National Rural Health Mission on 12th April 200... see more
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are nuclear transcription factors that regulate many physiological processes. Recent studies have implicated PPARs in the control of fibrosis. In particular, agonists of PPARg have been found to have ant... see more
Prasad Aparajit, M. R. Koichade, Nimesh Jain
Aims and Objective: The present study was conducted to observe and evaluate the outcome results of arthroscopic ACL reconstruction by hamstring grafts using Endobutton- CL technique for femoral fixation and Bioabsorbable Intrafix Screw technique for tibia... see more
Effa Faith Assam, Agu Elochukwu Chidozie, Offor Sunday Jeremiah, Okhormhe Zibril
Background: Cigarette smoking is a major public health problem globally. In view of this complexity, cigarette smoke has multiple diverse effects on human health and the coagulation system. These effects have not been adequately explored in our population... see more
Abhay Kumar Pandey
Objective: Measurement of cardiorespiratory fitness in young medical students can be more than just a checkup, carrying educational and motivational values and attitude forming. Aerobic capacity (VO2max) is believed to be most reliable parameter of physic... see more
Nitin D. Pise, Swapnil B. Kaikade
Objectives: The objective of present study is to find out prescribing pattern of analgesics in the Department of Pedodontics in ACPM Dental College, Dhule, in Maharashtra. Methods: A descriptive study on analysis of prescriptions was conducted at Departme... see more
Joan Bryant
Introduction: Games like crossword puzzles can be used to teach undergraduates as it induces interest and is a welcome change in the monotonous routine lecture. Aims and Objectives: To assess the utility of using crossword puzzles as an adjuvant to lectur... see more
Amrika Seshadri
Background and objectives: Anastomotic leakage is one of the most feared complications of gastrointestinal surgery. It causes considerable morbidity and mortality to the patient as well as trying the patience of the surgical team: it doubles the length of... see more
Abhay Kumar Pandey, Deepti Pandey
Objective .Hearing deficit in newborns may go unnoticed leading to crucial handicap to language development and impaired socioacademic profiles.Early detection and intervention is of utmost importance as safeguard against the consequent healthcare burden.... see more
Devashish Raturi, Shyamal Koley, Priyanka Rodge, Shweta Shenoy
Objectives: The objectives of the present study were to estimate the physical fitness parameters such as Isokinetic strength and aerobic capacity of 80 randomly selected Indian NCC cadets aged 15-25 years and to search their correlations with selected phy... see more
Sasidharan Nair, Sweetline Subha M, Sreejith H
The introduction of endotracheal intubation during First World War and introduction of balanced anaesthesia in 1926, urged the search for a drug which could cause Jaw relaxation to facilitate endotracheal intubation.Succinylcholine chloride introduced in ... see more
Pragada Sneha Pallavi, B. Tejasree, P.V. Krishnakanth
Prescription pattern monitoring studies (PPMS) are a tool for assessing the prescribing, dispensing and distribution of medicines. Prescription pattern monitoring studies (PPMS) are drug utilization studies with the main focus on prescribing, dispensing a... see more
Harkirat Singh Sandhu, Sanjeev Puri, Gagandeep Singh, AJS Bhanwer
A number of epidemiological and animal studies have indicated the fine balance among bone and fat metabolism as the connecting link between osteoporosis and obesity. Excess abdominal fat is associated with an abnormal lipid profile causing greater predisp... see more
Rajendra Chandel, Suresh Goyal, Lakhan Poswal, Mohd Asif
Objective : To establish diagnostic role of CSF C-reactive protein quantitatively in meningitis. Method: It is a prospective observational study conducted at tertiary care centre in south Rajasthan. Total 100 patients were included and allocated into thre... see more
Mit Pravin Doshi, Ashok Kumar Bairwa, Vijay Gupta, Bindiya Doshi, Sanjay Goyal
Introduction: High myopia is a risk factor for cataract formation. A relationship between myopia and higher complications in cataract surgeries has long been suggested. Materials and methods: After obtaining ethics committee clearance, this cross-sectiona... see more
Dr. Eswaran M.A., Dr. A. Jagadeeshwari, Dr. Rathika Rai, Dr. B. Eswaran, Dr. Hari Ramachandran
Background : Hepatitis B is a global public health problem and a major cause of liver disease, including chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and liver cancer. Pregnant women with hepatitis B virus infection are a reservoir for the virus and do have high potenti... see more
Priyanka Minocha, Sadasivan Sitaraman, Manisha Goyal
The ShprintzenGoldberg syndrome (SGS) is a rare connective tissue disorder characterised by craniosynostosis, distinctive craniofacial features, skeletal abnormalities, marfanoid body habitus, neurological, cardiovascular and intellectual disability. We h... see more