Pathophysiology is a typical interdisciplinary field and is recognized as the bridge between basic sciences and clinical medicine. It is the integrative science enabling understanding the causes an...
The Thyroid gland is the largest endocrine gland that affects all metabolic reactions in body because of its secretions. According to statistical evaluations the major dysfunction in thyroid is hyp...
Just 6 months ago, the novel coronavirus now known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19, the severe disease it causes, were unheard of. Today, this highly co...
This book provides a comprehensive description of gene delivery and gene therapy in the field of dentistry and furthermore in the branch of Periodontology. As the use of gene transfer is exponentia...
Although HIV/AIDS is not water and sanitation related disease, the issues are closely linked. Many of the opportunistic infections like diarrhea that cause high morbidity and mortality in people ...
Immunohistochemistry is the new age of diagnosis of diseases.Various IHC markers are used as a potential target related to disease specificity.These markers have a central role in tumor biology and...
Lab investigations can be an important part of the evaluation of a patient's health status. Whether the dentist orders tests personally or refers the patient to a physician for testing, the dentist...
Subcortical VaD (sVAD) now incorporates the old entities 'lacunar state' and 'Binswanger disease' and relates to small vessel disease and hypoperfusion resulting in focal and diffuse ischaemic whit...
The influence of diabetes mellitus has its effect on general health including the oral health. Among all the systemic conditions, diabetes is the strongest risk factor for periodontitis, leading to...
Cardiovascular diseases are life-threatening conditions which can develop through the misregulation of complex cellular signaling networks. Several surveillance mechanisms have evolved to discrimin...
The vitamin D has direct and indirect effects which might be related to the risk of developing a rheumatic disease or the degree of disease activity (6). We have three evidences which support the r...
Health is sensitive to social conditions and this has implications for the positioning of health promotion interventions in the social context in which people live their lives. Social Sciences have...
The seeds of Nigella sativa Linn. (Ranunculaceae) are commonly known as black seed or black cumin and locally called as kalonji. The seeds of Nigella sativa are used in herbal medicine all over the...
The present study was undertaken to establish the effect of pollutants in the form of auto exhaust, gases etc on respiratory airways of healthy non smoking bus drivers in the age group of 20-55 yea...
"Less is More"- Recent advances for endodontic canal preparations have focused on this concept of Single File Systems. According to the single file concept one single file is able to transition a s...
A significant number of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) patients were readmitted to an urban San Francisco Medical Center within 5-7 days post discharge this year. Two of the main identified caus...
Globally, there is an increase in sexual activity among young women. Contraceptive use, among women of reproductive age in Cameroon, is relatively low. This study determined the awareness, use, and...
Stigma is the greatest obstacle facing mental illness. It affects all persons related to this field. Whether you are a patient, sufferer, caregiver, relative, psychologist, or psychiatrist you will...
Ayurveda is one of the system of medicine in the world which has its own identities as it deals with health a well as disease. Among many diseases explained in classics, Jwara has been given the mo...
Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common primary liver cancer and has a world wide distribution Interventional therapies of HCC have an increasingly important role in the treatment of liver mali...