Background The surge in the twin burden of malnutrition - undernutrition and overweight/obesity - poses a severe threat worldwide including India. The adult group, primarily considered as an economic pillar of the society, suffered significant health problems, yet their nutritional issues are often neglected. Screening of nutritional status through anthropometric measurements is widely accepted.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEndometrial carcinoma is a frequent cancer of the female genital tract. Endometrial carcinoma accounts for 97% of all uterine malignancies and 3 % of sarcomas that develop from the endometrium's glands. Endometrial cancer is frequently found in its early stages since most women quickly report postmenopausal vaginal hemorrhage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), caused by airway narrowing, is likely to occur if the mandibular plane to hyoid distance is greater than 15.4 mm and the posterior airway space (PAS) is less than 11 mm. OSA may be caused by mandibular deficit, bimaxillary retrusion, increased lower facial height, extended soft palate, a large tongue base, and a posteroinferiorly positioned hyoid bone.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFor the first time, copper aluminate nanoparticles (NPs) are synthesized by a combustion method using urea as a fuel (CAOU) and (tulsi) extract as a reducing agent (CAOT). The Bragg reflections of the as-formed product confirm the formation of a cubic phase with 3̄ space group. The crystallite size, crystallinity and other structural parameters are discussed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOral clefts, including cleft lip (CL), cleft palate (CP), and cleft lip and palate (CLP), are the most common types of congenital anomalies of the human face. Various genetic and environmental factors play a role in developing oral clefts. Several studies have shown the association of the gene and the 8q24 region with these oral clefts in different populations worldwide.
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