Publications by authors named "B K Raghavendra"

Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among females, worldwide. Cancer screening in developing countries is mainly opportunistic type, characterized by low coverage and over-screening of women with increased access to health care services. This study was thus designed to understand the various factors preventing the participation and utilization of breast cancer screening, thereby study the different approaches for encouraging their participation and also the effectiveness of different ways of communication to Anganwadi Workers (AWW) and Anganwadi Helpers (AWH) in increasing breast cancer screening uptake at cancer screening camps.

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  • Cesarean section rates are increasing globally due to unnecessary procedures, prompting the World Health Organization to create the Labour Care Guide (LCG) to enhance maternal care during childbirth.
  • A pilot study was conducted in India with four hospitals to assess the LCG's effectiveness in reducing cesarean rates compared to routine care, involving over 26,000 participants.
  • The study found a modest reduction in the cesarean rate (from 45.2% to 39.7%) among eligible women, but no significant changes in other health outcomes or maternal experiences, indicating a need for further research on the LCG’s effectiveness.
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Objectives: In recent years, periodontitis, and dental caries have become common in humans and need to be diagnosed in the early stage to prevent severe complications and tooth loss. These dental issues are diagnosed by visual inspection, measuring pocket probing depth, and radiographs findings from experienced dentists. Though a glut of machine learning (ML) algorithms has been proposed for the automated detection of periodontitis, and dental caries, determining which ML techniques are suitable for clinical practice remains under debate.

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Wolman disorder (WD) was first described in Iranian-Jewish (IJ) children, and it is caused by a deficiency of the lysosomal acid lipase (LAL). Newborns with WD are healthy and active at birth but soon develop severe malnutrition symptoms and often die before 1 year. In particular, spleens, livers, bone marrows, intestines, adrenal glands, and lymph nodes accumulate harmful amounts of lipids.

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