A filariasis survey carried out about eight years after achieving zero microfilaria (mf) rates following administration of diethylcarbamazine (DEC) medicated salt in the Kani hill tribe settlements in Quilon and Thiruvananthapuram districts of Kerala State revealed that there was no reappearance of Brugia malayi infection in the experimental areas. Mf ...

Scant attention has been paid to the long-term consequences and complications resulting from a stroke. Many stroke survivors go on to develop a variety of medical, musculoskeletal, and psychosocial complications, years after the acute stroke. The family physician is regularly called upon to deal with these problems, but is often ...

In this study, family conferences conducted in a family practice model clinic were prospectively monitored. Study goals were (1) to identify the distribution of clinical situations for which family conferences were being conducted, (2) to test whether the levels of physician involvement typology developed by Doherty and Baird represented a ...

Blood serum samples from Kota (n = 95) and Badaga (n = 113) groups of the Nilgiri Hills, South India, were screened for C3 polymorphism using polyacrylamide slab gel electrophoresis. The distribution of the three common phenotypes F, FS and S and a variant phenotype is reported. Two deficient individuals, ...

A survey of airborne mold spores in the atmosphere of the city of Madras, India was conducted with a Burkard model of the Hirst trap from August 6, 1981 to August 5, 1982. Among the many spore types recorded, spores belonging to Nigrospora, Curvularia, Periconia, Alternaria, Coprinus, Cladosporium, Leptosphaeria, and ...

In developing countries the widespread use of medications in ways that are unsafe and inappropriate is a threat to health and a waste of scarce resources. It is possible that doctors contribute to the problem when, as in rural India, the doctor earns a living by selling medications rather than ...

These Rules are made under Section 9 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, of India and provide, among other things, that the list of presents given to either the bride or bridegroom is to be prepared as soon as possible after the marriage; is to be in writing; is to ...

The motor vehicle accident kills and maims more of our young people than any other affliction. Yet prevention of injuries and deaths from MVA receives less emphasis in medical education, medical publications and collective political action than the problem merits. In daily practice, there are numerous opportunities for prevention counselling, ...

This paper raises questions pertaining to the possible benefits and undesirable side-effects of drug treatment for high blood pressure in the elderly. The importance of careful monitoring of elderly patients on hypotensive medication is emphasized, and recent findings in this area of treatment are reviewed. Decisions about the use of ...

The inquest upon a dead body is the basis of the scientific crime investigation and administration of criminal justice. The pivotal issue in any inquest is the initial visualization of the body and its surroundings at the scene of incident by a team of investigators and experts. This must be ...

An epidemic of nephritis occurred among soldiers in World War I, predominantly those in the trenches. Characterized by the sudden onset of albuminuria, hypertension, edema, and dyspnea, atypical features such as bronchitis, an evanescent course, low early mortality, and frequent relapses distinguished it from poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis. Pathologic features included glomerular ...

The quality of medical journalism has been widely criticized. As part of a larger evaluation study, we analyzed popular press coverage of eight topics selected by the National Institutes of Health for consensus development conferences in 1979 and 1980. Using periodical indexes to identify relevant articles, we analyzed the characteristics ...

A case of amoebic meningitis, presumably primary, was encountered in the Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, South India, in November 1983. The patient, a 40-year-old man, had cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea before the meningitis developed. Acanthamoeba culbertsoni was repeatedly demonstrated in and cultured from the cerebrospinal fluid. The patient responded dramatically ...

Although commonly prescribed for hypertension, nonpharmacologic treatments have, at best, a minor adjunctive role to play. Current Canadian recommendations call for either a diuretic or beta blocker. If the diastolic blood pressure does not fall below 90 mmHg, a beta blocker or diuretic, respectively, should be added. Medications should be ...

An environmental and medical survey was undertaken in the slate-pencil industry in the central part of India. The industrial hygiene survey revealed that concentrations of free silica dust were very high. The medical survey, involving 593 workers, revealed that the prevalence of silicosis in this industry was 54.6%. Of these, ...

Modal types of palmar C- and D-line terminations of 60 couples of Sikligars from Chandigarh have been evaluated and compared with the populations from Northwestern India. The distribution of palmar C- and D-line terminations among the Sikligars resembles those of the Rajputs and Hindu Gujjars, suggesting a common population origin, ...

In the present investigation direction and pattern of hair distribution were observed on the dorsum of phalanges of hands in 115 male medical students from Uttar Pradesh, India. Inproximal phalanges of the hands the direction of hair showed the relation with fingers. Observation of hair from little finger to thumb ...

Astrological counseling constitutes an important but relatively unexplored sector of India's medical and psychiatric traditions. The present paper provides a critique of studies of divination-as-therapy and presents a symbolic or phenomenological approach to the analysis of astrology as a form of situation-focused counseling. Three arts of medicine--the art of dialogue, ...

This paper draws a distinction between sex-stereotyping and sex-congruency by analyzing medical students' specialty preferences and choices and faculty views on the sex-suitability of various specialties at a medical college in India. Sex-stereotyping is seen as being rooted in and stemming from the nature of a society, particularly its normative ...

Medically, as in many other ways, India is a pluralistic society. There are numerous different modes of healing in India, which are, as a group, not subject to any form of standardization or centralized control. While such a situation has demonstrable advantages, it may also be legitimate to ask, is ...

This is a brief account of Neurosurgery in India. Prior to 1949, Neurosurgery was being practised by General Surgeons. With the return of Professor Jacob Chandy to the Christian Medical College, Vellore in 1949 modern neurosurgery was born and progressed, and today there are more than 180 neurosurgeons in India. ...

A conference was held in London in March 1980 on the use and misuse of psychotropic substances. The conference noted that there was a preponderance of medical practitioners who prescribed psychotropic substances. The topics covered ranged from the extent of use of psychotropic substances to the effects of their use ...

500 adult human skulls available in the Department of Anatomy, S. N. Medical College, Agra (India) were studied for the presence/absence of 32 epigenetic variants. The percentage of occurrence of these variants is compared with that of skulls of different countries. The factors affecting these variants are discussed in the ...

Aware of the importance of a knowledge of children and skill in their care, the World Health Organization and the Government of India have been working together to improve the training and education of the medical in that subject. To that end the Organization has supported the work of a ...

A three-month sabbatical allowed a superficial overview of Indian medical history and practice. As in Western nations, cost is a major determinant of health care delivery in India; poverty and fiscal shortages, however, deny care to many. The education of Indian physicians is similar to that in Western nations and ...

A state of stable angina pectoris may persist for many years and can usually be managed medically by the family physician. Once contributing or alternate diagnoses have been dealt with, most patients will be rendered either pain-free or greatly improved by use of nitrate and/or β-adrenoreceptor blockade. A few patients ...

Meckel's name is well known in the medical world because of the intestinal abnormality that carries his eponym. We are less familiar with his personal life and his far-reaching achievement as a prominent anatomist. Also described is his complex personality as well as the indelible impression he made on his ...

Family physicians have special information needs. Local access to the family medicine literature can be improved by encouraging hospital and medical centre libraries to consider using the Suggested Core Library List for Family Medical Centres (included at the end of the article) and by following the basic steps listed here ...

The purpose of these summary remarks is to put into proper focus the magnificent achievement created by the Skylab Medical Team in concert with their engineering colleagues and most importantly, the astronauts who had to serve as both investigators and subjects. Indeed, by their ingenuity and capability of handling the ...

The article on the International Conference on Recombinant DNA Molecules (14 March, p. 931) should have mentioned that Richard O. Roblin (Harvard Medical School) was one of the members of the organizing committee who was also a member of the ad hoc NAS committee that invoked the moratorium.

The percentages of left-handed people among the males and females of Andhra Pradesh tribals in India were found to be 15.49 and 7.79, and in Hindus 6.9 and 4.65. The difference between the sexes among tribals is significant. The tribal people studied were Koya Doras, Sugalis (or Lambadis), and Konda ...

Most of the medical history books and articles touch only lightly on urology during the ancient Egyptian epoch. A review of those books and articles stimulated us to set forth the interesting facts presented herein about the history of urology.

The home page of the BMA/BMJ Conference Unit, which has a remit to organise conferences of a medical nature on behalf of the British Medical Association (BMA). Details are provided of forthcoming conferences and external conferences, courses and events. Most of the conferences listed are open to all BMA members, ...

The Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Medical Information Conference and exposition, Pharma-Bio-Med, is an annual conference in Europe tailored to Information Professionals and Managers working within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, biomedical, medical and health sciences industries. Pharma-Bio-Med 2009, the fourth annual meeting, will be held in Seville, Spain, from 8-11 November 2009.

This article describes the effect and outcomes of a non-medical prescribers' peer supervision group in a secondary care mental health and learning disabilities trust two years after its inception. The article highlights how the group has encouraged networking and innovation, which have helped to develop and promote non-medical prescribing in ...

Outpatient medical management of first trimester miscarriage was introduced at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in 2009 after a number of trials found it to be a safe and effective approach. An audit showed positive results, in terms of both treatment success and patient satisfaction. This approach appears to be ...

The aim of this article is to review the preparation and administration of intravenous (IV) therapy and to outline safe standards of practice. This article reviews the preparation for the procedure and then outlines actions for preparing--the patient, the practitioner, the environment and equipment, and then the medication--before describing the ...