Relationship between Frailty, Glycemic Control, and Nutritional Status among the Elderly with Diabetes Mellitus Residing in an Urban Community of Mysuru.

Background: In India, the elderly (aged 60 and above) constitute 8.2% of the total population and are expected to increase to 10% by the year 2020. Globally, around 450 million people are suffering from diabetes mellitus.

Environmental surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in a rapidly developing catchment.

Development and spread of AMR from various sources such as hospitals, pharmaceutical industries, animal farms and human habitations is not well understood. We conducted a pilot study to assess the prevalence of AMR by taking a case of rapidly developing catchment in Western India. For this, we selected four sub-catchments/regions with a dominant source of antibiotics, viz.

Dentin degradonomics - The potential role of salivary MMP-8 in dentin caries.

Background: Dentin caries involves dissolution of minerals which eventually leads to degradation of organic matrix. This degradation which was thought to be by bacterial proteases is now considered to be orchestrated by endogenous collagenases such as Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs). This paper aims to estimate the salivary levels of MMP-8 in dental caries and also to asses the various risk factors that contribute to the formation of dental caries.

Reactive mechanism and the applications of bioactive prebiotics for human health: Review.

Prebiotics plays an important role in improving the growth of gut bacteria and it majorly found in various natural food sources such as fruits and vegetables. Nowadays, the prebiotic sources are added as a supplement in various food products such as dairy products, beverages, health drinks, infant formulae, and meat products. The presence of prebiotics provides various health benefits such as improveing calcium and magnesium absorption, increases bone density, reduces cancer risk, decreases cardiovascular diseases and also improves the immune system.