Prevalence, risk factors and treatment practices in diarrhoeal diseases in south India.

Objectives: This study was done to determine the risk factors, management practices and awareness about diarrhoea.

Methods: It was a cross sectional study done in a semi urban and rural areas of South Canara district of India in February 2013. A total of 167 households (575 study population) chosen systematic randomly were visited and one adult member in each house was interviewed.

Poly-Ingredient Formulation Bresol(®) Ameliorates Experimental Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Rats.

In the present study, the protective effect of Bresol(®) - a polyherbal formulation - was evaluated in an experimental model of cigarette smoke (CS)-induced COPD in rats. Ten minutes daily exposure to CS for 7 weeks caused significant elevation of TNF-α (p<0.01) and total protein (p<0.