Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Lynch Syndrome - An Overlooked Association.

Lynch syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by germline mutation affecting mismatch-repair genes. Genetic testing is performed selectively. Diagnosed individuals are to undergo surveillance to detect and manage Lynch syndrome-related cancers early in the course.

Dependence on smokeless tobacco and willingness to quit among patients of a tertiary care hospital of Bhavnagar, Western India.

Background: There is a paucity of data on smokeless tobacco (SLT) use in Bhavnagar city of western India. This research attempts to find out the dependence and willingness to quit SLT use.

Materials And Methods: This was a hospital-based cross-sectional study conducted in a tertiary care government hospital on a calculated sample size of 258 SLT users in the year 2017.

Regular Antenatal Care Visits Predict Good Knowledge Among Post-natal Mothers Regarding Entitlements of Health Programs in Western India.

Janani-Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK) and Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) were launched with the objective of increasing institutional deliveries. But, its knowledge among the post-natal mothers is not known. This research evaluated the knowledge of two national health programs among post-natal mothers and found out the predictors of good knowledge about the entitlements of these programs.

Impact of disease control and co-existing risk factors on heart rate variability in Gujarati type 2 diabetics: An observational study.

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a proven threat of cardiac dysautonomia with paucity of studies from India. Poor disease control makes it further worse with co-existence of hypertension in majority. Heart rate variability (HRV) is a validated noninvasive tool to assess cardiac autonomic status.

Anatomical aberrations in root canals of maxillary first and second molar teeth: an endodontic challenge.

Root canal anatomy variations present a constant challenge in successful diagnosis and endodontic treatment, especially the multirooted teeth. Maxillary first molar is the most commonly treated tooth yet with frequent failures because of undetected canals, especially the mesiobuccal second canal (MB2) with more frequency and distobuccal second canal (DB2) with quite a less frequency. Also, there are limited chances to find MB2 in maxillary second molars.