Effects of examination-induced stress on memory and blood pressure.

Stress has been defined in many ways as a state of psychological arousal that results when the external demand is beyond what one can cope with. Stress is caused by various factors called stressors. Medical students are subjected to different kinds of stressors, such as pressure of academics with obligation to succeed, an uncertain future and difficulties of integrating into the system and different teaching protocols, which may affect their learning ability and performance.

Correlation of perceived stress with monthly cyclical changes in the female body.

Background: Women are liable to stress-related disorders as female sex hormone, estrogen has been indicated to be protective against stress disorders. The hormone level varies with different phases of menstrual cycle. Moreover, postmenopausal women are at risk for stress-related disorders.

Investigating protein C and S levels in pregnant women with recurrent early pregnancy loss normal pregnancy.

Miscarriage in the first and second trimesters of pregnancy is very common, and coagulopathy can be a contributing factor. Protein C and S deficiency are rare, inherited disorders that can increase the risk of thrombophilia. Women with these deficiencies have a higher risk of developing blood clots in the placenta, which can lead to placental insufficiency and, ultimately, to a miscarriage.

Effect of Left, Right and Alternate Nostril Breathing on Verbal and Spatial Memory.

Introduction: Yoga has beneficial effects on memory. In females, left hemisphere of the brain is responsible for verbal memory and right hemisphere is responsible for the spatial memory, while the opposite is true for males.

Aim: Aim of the present was to study the effect of unilateral right nostril breathing, left nostril breathing and alternate nostril breathing on verbal and spatial memory scores.

Effect of isometric handgrip exercise training on resting blood pressure in normal healthy adults.

Introduction: The aim of the present study was to study the effect of isometric handgrip (IHG) exercise training on resting blood pressure in normal healthy volunteers.

Materials And Methods: Hand grip spring dynamometer was used for IHG exercise training. A total of 30 normal healthy volunteers in the age group of 20-40 y were enrolled for the study.

The isometric handgrip exercise as a test for unmasking hypertension in the offsprings of hypertensive parents.

Background: A familial history of hypertension increases the risk of hypertension in the offsprings.

Aims And Objectives: The present study was undertaken to assess the underlying hypertension by using the Isometric Handgrip (IHG) exercise test in the offsprings of hypertensive parents and to compare it with age-matched controls of normotensive parents.

Material And Methods: The isometric handgrip test was performed in the study and control groups.