Correlation between acne and insulin resistance; experience from central India
CONCLUSION: Our study suggests the prevalence of insulin resistance in 42.67% of patients with acne, thereby providing the possibility of use of insulin modifiers as an adjunct acne treatment and stratifying the possible risk of metabolic syndrome in patients with acne. Also recommended is the control of dietary factors and lifestyle modification for the management of acne with insulin resistance.PMID:38605790 | PMC:PMC11006054 | DOI:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1232_23 (Source: Primary Care)
Source: Primary Care - April 12, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Prachi R Srivastava Jaideep Khare Animesh Saxena Sushil Jindal Source Type: research
Levels of work stress among information technology professionals during COVID-19 pandemic in an Indian metropolis
CONCLUSION: The prevalence of work stress among IT professionals was 17.7% during the COVID19 pandemic, with higher rates among employees aged 31 years and above, among female employees, and among employees with 4-7 years of work experience. More than 80% of the professionals experienced deadline pressures, long working hours, regular multi-tasking, and difficulty in maintaining work-life balance. Based on the results, it is recommended to integrate work-stress assessment in periodical medical examination of IT employees from a health promotion and productivity improvement perspective.PMID:38605784 | PMC:PMC11006029 | DOI:...
Source: Primary Care - April 12, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Ojaswini Trivedi Runalika Roy Gautham M Sukumar Mariamma Philip Gopalkrishna Gururaj Source Type: research
Perceptions of key stakeholders on peer led strength building program for suicide prevention among young adolescents: A qualitative study from Karnataka, India
CONCLUSIONS: This study indicated that suicide is a preventable public health emergency and inaccessibility to existing as well as proper support systems was perceived as a major concern. Therefore, peer-led programs are beneficial in steering and improving help seeking behavior in suicidal adolescents.PMID:38605767 | PMC:PMC11006030 | DOI:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_502_23 (Source: Primary Care)
Source: Primary Care - April 12, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Kolar Sridara Murthy Meena Aruna Rose Mary Kapanee Anish V Cherian John Vijay Sagar Kommu Harsha Baid Latha Krishnamurthy Renibi Lepcha Source Type: research
Internet addiction among MBBS students at a New Delhi medical college: Prevalence and determinants of a silent pandemic
CONCLUSION: IA is a prevalent public health concern among medical students in Delhi, with a majority of participants being addicted to some extent. Females showed a higher proportion of addiction compared to males. Certain internet activities, such as social networking and watching online videos, were significantly associated with IA. The study highlights the need for recognizing IA as a public health concern and further research to understand its impact on the youth. Longitudinal studies are recommended to observe the development and progression of IA over time.PMID:38605765 | PMC:PMC11006023 | DOI:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_124...
Source: Primary Care - April 12, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Husain Abbas Nazish Rasheed Utsav A Mani Mukesh Kumar Source Type: research
Heart Failure, the Global Pandemic: A Call to Action Consensus statement from the global presidential conclave at the Platinum Jubilee Conference of Cardiological Society of India 2023
Indian Heart J. 2024 Apr 10:S0019-4832(24)00057-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2024.04.004. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHeart failure (HF) is emerging as a major public health problem both in high- and low - income countries. The mortality and morbidity due to HF is substantially higher in low-middle income countries (LMICs). Accessibility, availability and affordability issues affect the guideline directed therapy implementation in HF care in those countries. This call to action urges all those concerned to initiate preventive strategies as early as possible, so that we can reduce HF-related morbidity and mortality. The most imp...
Source: Indian Heart J - April 12, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: S Harikrishnan Prathap Chandra Rath Vijay Bang Theresa McDonagh Elijah Ogola Hugo Silva Bijoy G Rajbanshi Anidu Pathirana G Andre Ng Cathleen Biga Thomas F L üscher Ramesh Daggubati Shirley Adivi Debabrata Roy P S Banerjee M K Das Source Type: research
Crafting British medicine in the Empire: the establishment of medical schools in India and Canada, 1763-1837
Med Hist. 2024 Apr 12:1-18. doi: 10.1017/mdh.2024.6. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn the early nineteenth century, medical schools became a growing means of regulating medicine in the British Empire, both in the metropole and in two colonies: India and Canada. By examining the establishment of medical schools in Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Quebec City, Montreal and Toronto between the end of the Seven Years' War and the beginning of the Victorian era, this article argues that the rise of the British Empire was a key factor in the gradual replacement of private medical apprenticeships with institutional medical education. Al...
Source: Medical History - April 12, 2024 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Martin Robert Source Type: research
Roseihalotalea indica gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic Bacteroidetes from mesopelagic Southwest Indian Ocean with higher carbohydrate metabolic potential
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 2024 Apr 12;117(1):66. doi: 10.1007/s10482-024-01965-x.ABSTRACTThe pink-colored and strictly aerobic bacterium strain, designated as TK19036T, was isolated from mesopelagic layer of the Southwest Indian Ocean. This novel isolate can grow at 10-45 °C (optimum, 30 °C), pH 6.0-8.0 (optimum, pH 7.0), and 2-14% NaCl concentrations (w/v) (optimum, 6%). The predominant respiratory quinone was Menaquinone-7. Major polar lipid profiles contained two aminolipids, aminophospholipid, two glycolipids, phosphatidylethanolamine, and three unknown polar lipids. The preponderant cellular fatty acids were iso-C15:...
Source: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek - April 12, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Beihan Chen Mingzhe Zhang Dan Lin Jianing Ye Kai Tang Source Type: research
Unveiling the Rising Threat of Cadmium Pollution and Alarming Health Risks Associated with the Consumption of 15 Commercially Important Fish Species in the Middle Stretch of River Ganga, at Patna, India
Biol Trace Elem Res. 2024 Apr 12. doi: 10.1007/s12011-024-04164-x. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAmong environmental contaminants, the rising level of cadmium in freshwater ecosystems is one of the most significant global concerns. The study addresses the current pollution status of cadmium in the middle stretch of River Ganga and explores the potential hazard associated with the consumption of 15 commercially important fish species by the inhabitants. Together 72 water and sediment samples were analyzed from the four representative sampling sites of River Ganga after the surveillance of major anthropogenic stressors. The ...
Source: Biological Trace Element Research - April 12, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Mohammed Aasif Sulaiman Anupma Kumari Source Type: research
Levels of work stress among information technology professionals during COVID-19 pandemic in an Indian metropolis
CONCLUSION: The prevalence of work stress among IT professionals was 17.7% during the COVID19 pandemic, with higher rates among employees aged 31 years and above, among female employees, and among employees with 4-7 years of work experience. More than 80% of the professionals experienced deadline pressures, long working hours, regular multi-tasking, and difficulty in maintaining work-life balance. Based on the results, it is recommended to integrate work-stress assessment in periodical medical examination of IT employees from a health promotion and productivity improvement perspective.PMID:38605784 | PMC:PMC11006029 | DOI:...
Source: Primary Care - April 12, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Ojaswini Trivedi Runalika Roy Gautham M Sukumar Mariamma Philip Gopalkrishna Gururaj Source Type: research
Correlation between acne and insulin resistance; experience from central India
CONCLUSION: Our study suggests the prevalence of insulin resistance in 42.67% of patients with acne, thereby providing the possibility of use of insulin modifiers as an adjunct acne treatment and stratifying the possible risk of metabolic syndrome in patients with acne. Also recommended is the control of dietary factors and lifestyle modification for the management of acne with insulin resistance.PMID:38605790 | PMC:PMC11006054 | DOI:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1232_23 (Source: Primary Care)
Source: Primary Care - April 12, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Prachi R Srivastava Jaideep Khare Animesh Saxena Sushil Jindal Source Type: research
Assessment of breast-feeding and weaning practices of under-fives and their associated co-morbidities in urban and rural areas of Ahmedabad City, Gujarat, India
CONCLUSION: Frequent occurrence of acute illness among under-fives may have lead to undernutrition.PMID:38605792 | PMC:PMC11006042 | DOI:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1203_23 (Source: Primary Care)
Source: Primary Care - April 12, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Swarna Rastogi M K Lala Source Type: research
Reproductive healthcare seeking behaviour of women of the reproductive age group in an urban resettlement area of district Gautam Buddh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, India
CONCLUSION: The reproductive healthcare seeking behaviour was found to be inadequate, with only 54.1% of symptomatic respondents seeking treatment. Enhanced health awareness sessions can be planned in the short term, and skilled communicators within or outside of the health system in the long term may be deployed to disseminate information in the community regarding sexual and gynaecological morbidities in reproductive age group women and their timely intervention.PMID:38605795 | PMC:PMC11006087 | DOI:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1382_23 (Source: Primary Care)
Source: Primary Care - April 12, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Kabita Barua Meraj Gohar Harsh Mahajan Shalini Srivastava Source Type: research
Body composition parameters as predictors of low back pain in rural homemakers of North India
CONCLUSION: Age, type of family, socioeconomic status income was identified as risk factors in this population. Maintaining an adequate BMI is essential for the prevention of LBP.PMID:38605797 | PMC:PMC11006052 | DOI:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_920_23 (Source: Primary Care)
Source: Primary Care - April 12, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Mili Sengar Abhishek Gupta Swati Singh Nandini Mishra Source Type: research
Tobacco use and dependence among adults residing in an urbanized village, Delhi, India
CONCLUSIONS: One in every five adults is a tobacco user in Aliganj. Manufactured cigarettes, bidi, and water pipes were the most common products among smokers. Among smokeless tobacco users, the most common products were chewing tobacco gutka, and khaini. A larger proportion of smokeless tobacco users had high nicotine dependence than smoked tobacco users.PMID:38605801 | PMC:PMC11006084 | DOI:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_264_23 (Source: Primary Care)
Source: Primary Care - April 12, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Yukti Bhandari Jugal Kishore Abhilasha Yadav Source Type: research
Quality of maternal and newborn health services and their impact on maternal-neonatal outcome at a primary health center
CONCLUSION: PHCs are the first point of contact of mothers and healthcare delivery system. Assessment of quality of services is an important tool for quality assurance. Inclusion of evidence-based practices like skin-to-skin contact and early initiation of breastfeeding is important to improve the maternal and newborn well-being.PMID:38605802 | PMC:PMC11006057 | DOI:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_843_23 (Source: Primary Care)
Source: Primary Care - April 12, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Himanshu Vyas Odayjakkal J Mariam Pankaj Bhardwaj Source Type: research
