Indian Journal of Medical Research back issues from June 2008:
HPV vaccine: End to women's major health problem?
Jun 01, 2008; ... The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (AICP) of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended, the universal administration of three doses of the quadrivalent HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccine against cancer (Gardasil) in girls 11 or 12 yr of age1. This recommendation ...
Prevention of childhood obesity should be an integral part of prevention of non communicable diseases
Jun 01, 2008; ... Diabetes and other major non communicable diseases (NCDs), including cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and hypertension are lifestyle disorders. Modernization and industrialization cause lifestyle changes resulting in reduced physical activity, unhealthy changes in dietary habits consisting of ...
Symptoms of depression in schizophrenia
Jun 01, 2008; ... In an article in this issue Heald et al1 in their study on characterization of depression in schizophrenia report that the precise nature of depressive symptoms present in different phases of the schizophrenic illness can be differentiated qualitatively from primary depression. The authors ...
The safety of rubella vaccine in pregnancy
Jun 01, 2008; ... Vaccines can be broadly classified as live attenuated (replicating) and non-replicating. When live attenuated viral vaccines are inoculated the host should get infected before the immune system can respond adequately. Infection results in amplification of the virus and its antigens; the ...
Genetic polymorphism of CYP2C19 & therapeutic response to proton pump inhibitors
Jun 01, 2008; ... Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are extensively metabolized in the liver by CYP2C19, that demonstrates genetic polymorphism with 21 mutant alleles. The subjects can be divided into 2 groups with respect to CYP2C19 phenotypes viz., extensive metabolizers (EMs) and poor metabolizers (PMs) of PPIs ....
Preparedness for AIDS vaccine trials in India
Jun 01, 2008; ... India bears a heavy disease burden of HIV/AIDS infected and affected people. A safe, effective and accessible preventive AIDS vaccine, used along with other preventive interventions, is urgently needed to stem the epidemic. This review highlights the extensive preparedness activities undertaken ...
Correlates of overweight & obesity among school going children of Wardha city, Central India
Jun 01, 2008; ... Background & objectives: Overweight and obesity are important determinants of health leading to adverse metabolic changes and increase the risk of non communicable diseases. Following the increase in adult obesity, the proportion of overweight and obese children and adolescents has also been ...
Characterisation of depression in patients with schizophrenia
Jun 01, 2008; ... Background & objectives: Though number of studies have examined the prevalence of depression at different phases of the schizophrenic illness, the precise nature of depressive symptoms present in different phases of the schizophrenic illness remains unclear. We therefore undertook this study ...
Congenital rubella syndrome in infants of women vaccinated during or just before pregnancy with measles-rubella vaccine
Jun 01, 2008; ... Background & objectives: Measles and Rubella Control Campaign was conducted in Iran in December 2003 targeting both males and females 5 to 25 yr old using measles-rubella vaccine. During the campaign, some pregnant women received vaccine during the first trimester of pregnancy or some others ...
Behavioural risk factors for non communicable diseases among adults in Kerala, India
Jun 01, 2008; ... Background & objectives: Cardiovascular and other chronic diseases are becoming the major causes of morbidity and mortality in most of the third world countries including India, especially in the southern Indian States, like Kerala, where most of the health indicators match closely with ...
Anatomy & distribution of coronary arteries in pig in comparison with man
Jun 01, 2008; ... Background & objectives: The suitability of pig as an animal model for research in coronary artery disease is well established. As coronary arteries (CAs) of the pig are reportedly closely resemble those of man. We investigated the CAs of the pig (Sus scrofa) and study differences between ...
Effect of nicotine on lipid profile, peroxidation & antioxidant enzymes in female rats with restricted dietary protein
Jun 01, 2008; ... Background & objectives: Nicotine intake through tobacco is very common in female population of lower socioeconomic level who are deprived of healthy diet. Women suffer consequences of smoking such as cardiovascular disorder, lung related diseases and oxidative stress, etc. No data are ...
Pre-operative intravenous fluid therapy with crystalloids or colloids on post-operative nausea & vomiting
Jun 01, 2008; ... Background & objectives: Post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONY) is a frequent complication and may be a reason for increased morbidity and cost of treatment. Following elective surgery, it is believed to result from gut ischaemia consequent to hypovolemia from overnight fasting. This ...
Comparison of treatment regimens of kala-azar based on culture & sensitivity of amastigotes to sodium antimony gluconate
Jun 01, 2008; ... Background & objectives: Present treatment strategies for kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis, VL) include use of first line drug sodium antimony gluconate (SAG) to all patients but a large number of patients do not get relief with this drug. If a patient does not respond to a full course of ...
Spread, establishment & prevalence of dengue vector Aedes aegypti (L.) in Konkan region, Maharashtra, India
Jun 01, 2008; ... Background & objectives: Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) was surveyed in the residential biotopes of Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri and Raigadh districts, Maharashtra State during dry (January-May & November-December) and wet (June-October) months in 2002 to update information on its ...
Molecular characterization of shiga like toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) isolates from pigs oedema
Jun 01, 2008; ... Background & objectives: An oedema outbreak occurred in a Guwahati pig farm. Escherichia coll isolates from different necropsy samples collected from the dead piglets with oedema were characterized to confirm the virulence. Methods: Haemolytic E. coli isolates recovered from liver, ...
Age composition of incriminated malaria vector in a rural foothills in West Bengal, India
Jun 01, 2008; ... Two 1 yr surveys carried out at a gap of 10 yr revealed nine anopheline species from malaria endemic foothills area of Ayodhya - Baghmindi range of West Bengal, India, with 8.4 per cent populations of Anopheles culicifacies. An. culicifacies was incriminated as vector of Plasmodium falciparum ...
Effect of Scutellaria falvonoids on KCN-induced damages in rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells
Jun 01, 2008; ... Background & objectives: Cerebral hypoxia is known to be involved in many neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and cerebrovascular dementia. The present study was designed to investigate the effects of flavonoids from aerial part of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi (SSF) on potassium ...
Resurgence of diphtheria in Malegaon & Dhule regions of north Maharashtra
Jun 01, 2008; ... Sir, In the Department of Microbiology, Shri Bhausaheb Hire Government Medical College, Dhule, Maharashtra, we have been regularly processing throat swab specimens for culture and sensitivity. From 1991 to 2004 we tested 306 throat swabs for culture and sensitivity and obtained only 5 ...
Infiltration of Aedes aegypti into peri-urban areas in South Andaman
Jun 01, 2008; ... Sir, Aedes spp., particularly Aedes aegypti is recognized as the most efficient vector for chikungunya and dengue fevers globally due to its intra- and peri-domiciliary breeding in artificial containers, and its competence as a carrier of these viruses. Though there has been a note on ...
Shigellosis in Puducherry
Jun 01, 2008; ... Sir, Global burden of Shigella is approximately 167 million episodes per year, most of which is seen in developing countries1. Recent reports from certain Asian countries show incidence rates of Shigellosis ranging between 3 - 13 per cent2. Shigellosis has been a major cause of diarrhoea ...
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Jun 01, 2008; ... Applications are invited from outstanding scientists/researchers holding Ph.D degree and having regular positions in recongnised S&T institutions/universities and actively engaged in research in frontline areas for deputation abroad during the year 2009-2010 in all fields of Science ...