Effectiveness of Virtual Reality-Based Rehabilitation Interventions in Improving Postoperative Outcomes for Orthopedic Surgery Patients.

Purpose Of Review: The surge in orthopedic surgeries strains the US healthcare system, necessitating innovative rehabilitation solutions. This review examines the potential of virtual reality (VR)-based interventions for orthopedic rehabilitation.

Recent Findings: The effectiveness of VR-based interventions in orthopedic surgery patients is scrutinized.

Normal measurements of brainstem and related structures for all ages: An MRI-based morphometric study.

Background: Knowledge of the normal size of the brain stem and certain related structures play an important role in diagnosis of aging and neurodegenerative conditions affecting the brain. There is no well-established normative data for development and age-related changes pertaining to the brain stem and related structures in the Indian context. The objective of this study was to assess various linear and angle measurements of the brain stem, cerebral peduncles, middle cerebellar peduncles, and proximal cervical cord for all ages in patients who have undergone MRI brain for unrelated pathologies.

Mutagenic, Carcinogenic, and Teratogenic Effect of Heavy Metals.

Heavy metal (HM)-induced toxicity and its associated complications have become a major issue in the medical world. HMs are not biodegradable, enter into the food chain, and gets accumulated in the living systems. Increased concentrations and accumulation of HMs can cause severely damaging effects and severe complications in living organisms and can even lead to the death of the organism.

Expression of Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) in Oral Submucous Fibrosis: An Immunohistochemical Study.

Background And Objectives: Expression of Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) well-correlates with the cell division. The suprabasal expression of PCNA is considered to be a marker of dysplastic oral mucosa indicating a special proliferative cellular state in those lesions. Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is considered to be a premalignant condition with potential to get transformed into oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC).

Safety of Prasugrel in Indian patients - multicentric registry of 1000 cases.

Background: Clopidogrel has been the only available antiplatelet drug used along with aspirin in patients of ACS. In recent years 2 new antiplatelet drugs (Prasugrel and Ticagrelor) have become available. Prasugrel in the dose of 10 mg OD has been found to be more efficacious but with increased risk of major bleeding.