Volume 2, Issue 4

Vaishnavi Batmanabane Prakash, Prakash Muthusami

pp. 305–307 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.85941 · 2011

While research is increasingly being recognized as a necessary and indispensible part of patient care and physician education in the western world, there still exist pockets in the Indian medical community where its acce…

Irène Frachon, Grégoire Gal, Catherine Hill, Christophe Leroyer

pp. 307–308 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.85942 · 2011

Bhattacharyya et al. have recently reviewed the evidences demonstrating the association between the development of valvular heart disease and the use of appetite suppressants, including fenfl uramine.[1] Among numerous e…

B. Gitanjali

pp. 308–309 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.85943 · 2011

On May 31, 2011, Hans Hogerzeil, Director of Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, received a touching sendoff from the staff and colleagues of WHO, an agency which he …

G. Sivagnanam

pp. 310–310 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.85935 · 2011

Traditional Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) emphasizes abundance of food from plant sources (fresh vegetables, fruits, breads, potatoes, cereals and whole grains, nuts, beans and seeds, minimally processed foods) with olive…

G. Sivagnanam

pp. 311–312 · 2011

It is particular to note that ACE inhibitor/ARB combination therapy has been shown to offer no signifi cant clinical benefi ts over monotherapy, instead was associated with a worse safety and tolerability profi le. No mo…

pp. 311–311 · 2011

Polymethoxylated fl avones (PMFs) are plant pigments found in the peels of citrus fruits which have been related to protect against cancer, heart disease and infl ammation. The most common citrus PMFs, tangeretin and nob…

G. Sivagnanam

pp. 312–312 · 2011

A company has developed an iPhone 4 case with a built-in ECG. Called the iCard ECG, it is smaller than a business card and sticks to the back of an iPhone or iPad using Velcro and immediately integrates with a companion …

S. Parasuraman

pp. 313–4 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.85932 · 2011

The breeding section describes in detail the anatomy of the rat, breeding area, breeding methods, and mating details. Along with this, one can also fi nd details about determination of pregnancy, pregnancy weight chart, …

S. Manikandan

pp. 315–316 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.85931 · 2011

The measures of central tendency are not adequate to describe data. Two data sets can have the same mean but they can be entirely different. Thus to describe data, one needs to know the extent of variability. This is giv…

Ashok K. Dubey, Shailendra S. Handu, Suparna Dubey, Prashant Sharma, K. K. Sharma, Qazi M. Ahmed

pp. 317–319 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.85930 · 2011

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disorder involving multiple organs and having diverse clinical manifestations. Among the rheumatic diseases, it has one of the highest mortality rates. Its preva…