Publications by authors named "A Sowbhagya Lakshmi"
Introduction: In the past three years, there has been an increase in incidents of violence against healthcare workers in Kerala. The aim of the study is to explore the attitude of medical students toward violence against doctors.
Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study undertaken at three of the four medical colleges in Ernakulam district in India as a part of our convenience sampling, which included around 1,500 students.
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- Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide, with around 600,000 new cases and 340,000 deaths each year.
- Early-stage cervical cancer can be treated effectively, but options for metastatic cases are limited, highlighting the need for better diagnostic methods.
- This paper reviews cervical cancer biomarkers and the use of electrochemical biosensors for detection, which offer improved sensitivity, cost-effectiveness, and simplicity in analysis compared to traditional methods.
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- The study focuses on how different parenting practices affect child development in rural Nagpur, particularly for children aged 12-36 months.
- Researchers conducted a community-based study with 314 randomly selected children to assess parenting status and its influencing factors.
- Results show that 71.9% of the parents demonstrated appropriate parenting practices, with father's occupation as a laborer linked to better parenting outcomes.
Eating behavior traits (EBTs), defined as personal tendencies determining food intake, can be useful targets for behavioral weight management interventions. Previous reviews have examined the impact of specific intervention types on EBTs, not reflecting the breadth of interventions used in practice. This systematic review and meta-analysis synthesized evidence on the impact of all types of behavioral weight management interventions on EBTs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Hematopoiesis within the bone marrow (BM) is a complex and tightly regulated process predominantly influenced by immune factors. Aging, diabetes, and obesity are significant contributors to BM niche damage, which can alter hematopoiesis and lead to the development of clonal hematopoiesis of intermediate potential (CHIP). Genetic/epigenetic alterations during aging could influence BM niche reorganization for hematopoiesis or clonal hematopoiesis.
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