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- 1From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 129, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedSir, Martin Prince makes a strong case (1) to motivate the stakeholders to further strengthen the Movement for Global Mental Health. However, the involvement of religious and spiritual leaders and traditional healers...
- 2From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 129, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground & objectives: The study was taken up to define criteria of normality for meiosis by assessing the frequency of meiotic prophase cell types, the frequency of pachytene substage in normal and abnormal...
- 3From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 129, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground & objectives: The first chikungunya outbreak occurred in Kerala during 2006 affecting 14 districts, followed by another during May 2007 affecting almost whole of the State. Four of the worst affected districts...
- 4From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 129, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground & objectives: Several studies have shown that health professionals' advice for tobacco cessation to tobacco users enhances quit rate. Little is known about doctor's present tobacco cessation efforts in India....
- 5From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 129, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedSir, Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a non contagious mosquito-borne arboviral disease of major public health importance in Asia. JE is established in India in significant dimensions particularly after sixties when...
- 6From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 129, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground & objectives: Gastric cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. It is rarely detected early, and the prognosis remains poor. Cox proportional hazard model is used to examine the relationship...
- 7From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 129, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedSir, Naresh Kumar et al (1) reported an unprecedented outbreak in the Indian Ocean and Reunion Islands in March 2005 and its sporadic fall-out in February 2006 (2-4). In India, chikungunya outbreaks occurred in the...
- 8From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 129, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground & objectives: Asian Indians have a high prevalence of insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome. Currently, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is considered to be an integral part of the metabolic...
- 9From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 129, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedWater-bome diseases accounts for 6 million deaths and over a billion cases of debilitating diarrhoea annually in developing countries. The latter is largely due to poor sanitation in both rural and urban areas (1)....
- 10From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 129, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground & objectives: β-thalassaemia is a genetic disorder and an important health problem around the world. Quantitative haemoglobin [A.sub.2] ([HbA.sub.2]) levels are used for the diagnosis of β-thalassaemia. The...
- 11From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 129, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedSir, In 1950s the Government of India under National Malaria Eradication Programme (NMEP) now National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, launched massive insecticidal spraying with DDT for malaria vector control...
- 12From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 129, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground & objectives: Bacillus cereus is an important enterotoxigenic food borne pathogen. The present study was undertaken to assess the occurrence of B. cereus in tropical fish and evaluation of virulent gene...
- 13From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 129, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedIon channels present in the plasma membrane and intracellular organelles of all calls, play an important role in maintaining cellular integrity, smooth muscle contraction, secretion of hormones and neurotransmitters....
- 14From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 129, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedSOME FORTHCOMING SCIENTIFIC EVENTS Symposium/Seminar/Workshop Contact Address Course/Conference (Date & Place) Workshop on Methods in Officer-In-Charge, National Institute of Epidemiological Clinical Epidemiology,...
- 15From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 129, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground & objectives: Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) gene polymorphism is known to be associated with changes in lipid profiles. Primary hyperlipidaemia is considered to be a major risk factor for...
- 16From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 129, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground & objectives: Injury prevention is a daunting health challenge as public health systems particularly in the developing world are least prepared to respond to this issue. In 2005, an estimated 5.4 million...
- 17From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 129, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground & objectives: Availability of clean water and adequate sanitation facilities are of prime importance for limiting diarrhoeal diseases. We examined the water and sanitation facilities of a village in southern...
- 18From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 129, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground & objectives: Acute nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) is one of the commonest sexually transmitted infections affecting men. The role of genital mycoplasmas including Mycoplasma genitalium in HIV infected men...
- 19From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 129, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground & objectives: High plasma homocysteine (Hcy) levels are known to be associated with coronary artery disease, but the precise level associated with an increased risk is yet controversial. Whether the beneficial...
- 20From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 129, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedInherited disorders of haemoglobin are the commonest autosomal recessive disorders globally with around 3,00,000 to 4,00,000 affected births each year. Sickle cell disease is the most prevalent disorder, however about...