Volume 4, Issue 3

Thomas V. Chacko

pp. 171–173 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.114595 · 2013

We are all currently in the midst of a high tide of concern and clamor for taking urgent action to improve the standards of the medical education in the country. In this context, there have been some refreshing initiativ…

pp. 174–175 · 2013

Individuals with schizophrenia have 2-3 times higher rates of mortality than the general population. Causes of excessive mortality are increased suicide rates and mortality of natural causes such as cardiovascular events…

Rakesh K. Chadda, Prashanth Ramshankar, Koushik S. Deb, Mamta Sood

pp. 176–176 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.114596 · 2013

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) has been recognized as a risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in general population and in patients with severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia. This paper reviews studies …

Lekha Saha, Sharonjeet Kaur, Pradip Kumar Saha

pp. 187–188 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.114597 · 2013

Clomiphene citrate (CC) has been the gold‑standard drug for ovulation induction in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), but still CC resistance is seen in approximately 15-40% in women with PCOS. N‑acetyl cysteine (NAC), a …

Vijaya Prakash Krishnan Muthaiah, Lavanya Venkitasamy, Felicia Mary Michael, Kirubhanand Kirubhanand

pp. 192–197 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.114599 · 2013

Objective: Neuroprotective effect of naringenin against carbaryl toxicity was studied in mouse neuroblastoma cell line. Materials and Methods: Mouse neuroblastoma cells (Neuro 2A) obtained from National Center for Cell S…

Oleg I. Pisarenko, Larisa I. Serebryakova, Irina M. Studneva, Yulia A. Pelogeykina, Olga V. Tskitishvili, Zhanna D. Bespalova, Maria V. Sidorova, Andrei A. Az’muko, Denis N. Khatri, Maria E. Pal’keeva

pp. 198–203 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.114600 · 2013

Objective: To examine cardioprotective effects of С‑terminal fragment of adipokine apelin‑12 (A12), its novel structural analogue [MeArg1, NLe10]‑A12 (I), and [d‑Ala12]‑A12 (II), a putative antagonist of APJ receptor, em…

Kalahasthi Priyadarshini, Vishnu Raj, Sadasivam Balakrishnan

pp. 204–205 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.114601 · 2013

Diarrhea refers to the passage of loose or watery stools, and occurs at some point in the life of nearly every child. It continues to be a global problem in children, which accounts for 18% of child deaths and 13% of all…

Masayuki Okamoto, Takeshi Suzuki, Nobuhide Watanabe

pp. 208–210 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.114605 · 2013

C‑C chemokine ligand 2 (CCL2), previously referred to as monocyte chemoattractant protein‑1 (MCP‑1), a 78 amino acid secreted protein, belongs to the CC subfamily and controls the recruitment of monocytes, memory T‑cells…

Vijayaprakash K.M, Sridharan N.

pp. 211–213 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.114607 · 2013

Till date, NYU MASCIS (New York University, Multicenter Animal Spinal Cord Injury Study) impactor and Ohio State University electromagnetic spinal cord injury device impactor were under use for simulating an experimental…

Sandeep Grover, Akhilesh Sharma, Deepak Ghormode, Nikita Rajpal

pp. 214–216 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.114610 · 2013

Pseudocyesis or phantom pregnancy is characterized by a false belief in a non-pregnant female that she is pregnant and this belief is usually associated with bodily signs of pregnancy. In some of the patients, this belie…

Sandhiya Selvarajan, Steven Aibor Dkhar, Ajith Ananthakrishna Pillai

pp. 220–221 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.114611 · 2013

The published article comparing ranolazine 500 mg BD and ivabradine 5 mg BD over 8 weeks has shown a reduction in the number of angina attacks per week from baseline angina frequency of 1.8 ± 0.2/week to complete absence…

Aditi Chaturvedi, Yogendra Singh, Harish Chaturvedi, Vijay Thawani, Sakshi, Deepak Parihar

pp. 221–222 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.114622 · 2013

The questions that were put forth to the patients were similar to those that were followed in the ERICA trial, i.e., patients were evaluated for average frequency of self‑reported anginal episodes during the treatment ph…

Sivagnanam G

pp. 223–224 · 2013

A meta‑analysis of observational studies comprising a total of 36,690 participants showed that vertex baldness is associated with an increased risk of CHD with the relationship depending on the severity of baldness while…

pp. 223–223 · 2013

“Pure placebos are interventions like sugar pills, which are available commercially or saline injections without direct pharmacologically active ingredients for the condition being treated.

Sivagnanam G

pp. 224–224 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.114621 · 2013

The FDA approval of canagliflozin (Invokana) was based on data involving over 10,285 type 2 diabetes patients, which showed improvement in hemoglobin A1c and fasting plasma glucose levels. Canagliflozin has been tested a…