Diarrheal diseases among children in India: Current scenario and future perspectives

Diarrheal diseases among children in India: Current scenario and future perspectives

January 14, 2015

Subitha Lakshminarayanan1, Ramakrishnan Jayalakshmy21Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, JIPMER, Puducherry, India.2Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.149073 ABSTRACT Diarrhea is the third leading cause of childhood mortality in India, and is responsible…

Current overview on dental stem cells applications in regenerative dentistry

Current overview on dental stem cells applications in regenerative dentistry

January 14, 2015

Ramta Bansal1, Aditya Jain21Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Institute of Dental Sciences, Sehora, Jammu and Kashmir, India.2Department of Physiology, Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.149074 ABSTRACT Teeth are the most natural, noninvasive source of stem cells. Dental stem cells, which…

Mast cells and oral pathologies: A Review

Mast cells and oral pathologies: A Review

January 14, 2015

Reet Kamal1, Parveen Dahiya2, Niti Goyal2, Mukesh Kumar2, Neeta Sharma3, Hans Raj Saini41Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Himachal Pradesh Government Dental College, Shimla, India.2Department of Periodontics and Implantology, Himachal Institute of Dental Sciences, Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India.3Department of Oral Medicine…

Laparoscopic ovarian drilling: An alternative but not the ultimate in the management of polycystic ovary syndrome

Laparoscopic ovarian drilling: An alternative but not the ultimate in the management of polycystic ovary syndrome

January 14, 2015

Subarna Mitra, Prasanta Kumar Nayak, Sarita AgrawalDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Tatibandh, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.149076 ABSTRACT Since its introduction in 1984, laparoscopic ovarian drilling has evolved into a safe and effective surgical treatment for anovulatory,…

Migration and mental health: An interface

Migration and mental health: An interface

July 8, 2014

HG Virupaksha, Ashok Kumar, Bergai Parthsarathy NirmalaDepartment of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.136141 ABSTRACT     Migration is a universal phenomenon, which existed with the subsistence of the human beings on earth. People migrate from one place to another for several…

Chemoprevention of oral cancer: Green tea experience

Chemoprevention of oral cancer: Green tea experience

February 18, 2014

Vijayalakshmi Ramshankar1, Arvind Krishnamurthy21Department of Preventive Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Gandhi Nagar, Tamil Nadu, India2Department of Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Sadar Patel Road, Adyar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaDOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.127272 ABSTRACT Oral cancer has a well characterized progression from premalignant oral epithelial…

Botulinum toxin: The Midas touch

Botulinum toxin: The Midas touch

February 18, 2014

PS Shilpa, Rachna Kaul, Nishat Sultana, Suraksha BhatDepartment of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Vydehi Institute of Dental Sciences, No. 82, EPIP Area, White Field, Bangalore, IndiaDOI:10.4103/0976-9668.127274 ABSTRACT Botulinum Toxin (BT) is a natural molecule produced during growth and autolysis of bacterium called Clostridium…

Acute respiratory infections among under-5 children in India: A situational analysis

Acute respiratory infections among under-5 children in India: A situational analysis

February 18, 2014

Kalaiselvi Selvaraj1, Palanivel Chinnakali2, Anindo Majumdar1, Iswarya Santhana Krishnan11 Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India2 Dept of Community medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry, Puducherry, India DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.127275 ABSTRACT     Acute respiratory…

Effect of Heavy Metals on Germination of Seeds

Effect of Heavy Metals on Germination of Seeds

August 26, 2013

Sunil Kumar Sethy, Shyamasree GhoshSchool of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.116964 ABSTRACT With the expansion of the world population, the environmental pollution and toxicity by chemicals raises concern. Rapid industrialization and urbanization processes has led…

A Chemogenomics Based Approach for Deorphanization of Testicular Receptor 4: An Orphan Receptor of Nuclear Receptor Superfamily

A Chemogenomics Based Approach for Deorphanization of Testicular Receptor 4: An Orphan Receptor of Nuclear Receptor Superfamily

August 26, 2013

Savita Deshmukh, Shivakumar B MadagiDepartment of Bioinformatics, Karnataka State Women University, Bijapur, Karnataka, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.116966 ABSTRACT Orphan Receptor of Nuclear Receptor superfamily is the one with no known endogenous ligands. Many of these orphan receptors are associated with different types of diseases…