Can currently available advanced combustion biomass cook-stoves provide health relevant exposure reductions? Results from initial assessment of select commercial models in India.

Household air pollution from use of solid fuels is a major contributor to the national burden of disease in India. Currently available models of advanced combustion biomass cook-stoves (ACS) report significantly higher efficiencies and lower emissions in the laboratory when compared to traditional cook-stoves, but relatively little is known about household level exposure reductions, achieved under routine conditions of use. We report results from initial field assessments of six commercial ACS models from the states of Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh in India.

Serum monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 is a biomarker in patients with diabetes and periodontitis.

Introduction: The role of serum Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 (MCP-1) as a biomarker of periodontitis is well documented; however, its role in diabetic patients with periodontitis is unknown.

Aim: This study was conducted to determine the presence and concentration of serum MCP-1 in diabetic patients with and without periodontitis and correlate it glycemic status with periodontitis.

Materials And Methods: Adult diabetic patients were enrolled and grouped into group I, II, and III based on their glycemic status and serum MCP-1 estimated by ELISA.

Effect of glycemic control on intact parathyroid hormone level in end stage renal disease patients on maintenance hemodialysis.

Aims: We evaluated the relationship between iPTH levels and glycemic control in patients with diabetes and end stage renal disease (ESRD) on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD).

Methods: The study included 98 subjects with ESRD and type 2 diabetes aged 30-75 years who were on MHD. These were divided into two groups--patients with HbA1c >7.