Introduction Academic dishonesty threatens the environs of medical education, wherein medical graduates are expected to exhibit professional honesty. Despite the efforts of institutions and governing bodies, the implementation of an environment of academic integrity is a challenge. We hypothesized that what medical students perceive as academic dishonesty might be different from the prevalent understanding of academic dishonesty among the teaching fraternity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMyocardial bridges (MB) are congenital anomalies of hearts observed as muscle fibers covering epicardial branches of the coronary artery. The left anterior descending artery (LAD) was found to be commonly showing myocardial bridges (MBs). Clinically, MBs were claimed to cause varied symptomatology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Errors in clinical medicine are a constant occurrence leading to litigations. Cognitive disposition to respond (CDR) was considered the underlying cause of errors in the decision-making process. The rapid thinking system used by early clinical learners leads to cognitive errors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The placenta is an important organ of pregnancy. A multitude of physiological and pathological factors influence blood flow in the placenta during pregnancy. However, the fetal effects of maternal psychological stress were inconclusive.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe ligand-activated transcription factor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) has become a major target for type 2 diabetes. It belongs to the nuclear receptor superfamily, which controls the expression of proteins involved in glucose metabolism, lipid metabolism, adipocyte proliferation and differentiation, and insulin sensitivity. , often known as Krishna tulsi, is the most sacred herb in India.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLinn. is a climbing herb known in Indian traditional medicine as laghupatha. It belongs to the Menispermaceae family.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDuring routine dissection classes for the first-year undergraduate medical students, we encountered an anatomical variation concerning the duplication of the ureter. Usually, a single ureter connects to the posterior renal hilum. In the present case, a double ureter arises from the hilum on the left side and an enlarged suprarenal gland.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: The spinal cord is drained by three interconnected venous systems. Among them the extrinsic venous system of the dorsal thoracolumbar region with its radicular communications is liable to get injured due to its anatomical position. With increasing case reports of post puncture hematomas, revisiting the intrathecal extrinsic venous system of spinal cord has become a necessity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome (DDMS) refers to atrophy or hypoplasia of one cerebral hemisphere, due to an insult to the developing brain in fetal or early childhood period. Age of presentation depends on the time of neurologic insult, and characteristic changes may be seen only in adolescence. Male gender and left hemisphere are more frequently involved.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the metabolic syndromes prevalent worldwide, with more concentration in the Asian region. Many studies have been conducted in order to understand the complex pathogenesis of this disease. Yet, there exists a lacuna in our knowledge about DM.
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