Serum levels of soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) as a marker of tuberculosis treatment efficacy.

Background: Upon diagnosis, Pulmonary Tuberculosis patients are treated for TB for a period of 6-9 months. At present, there exists very little indication of the efficacy of the particular treatment. A few previous studies have shown that soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (SuPAR) may be used as treatment efficacy marker.

Comparison of Serum Lipid Profile in HIV Positive Patients on ART with ART Naïve Patients.

Introduction: The widespread use of effective highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in HIV patients has coincided with increasing reports of complications like HIV-associated lipodystrophy syndrome and the metabolic alterations, affecting the lipid and glucose metabolism. Evidences in support of lipodystrophy and dyslipidaemia associated with First- line HAART in our area is scarce. The aim of the present study was 1) to study and compare Lipid profile in HIV positive patients on ART with that of freshly diagnosed HIV positive patients who were yet to be started on ART.

Activities of serum Ada, GGT and alp in carcinoma breast-a case control study for diagnostic and prognostic significance.

Aim: To assess the clinical utility of Serum adenosine deaminase, gamma glutamyl transferase and alkaline phosphatase in carcinoma breast patients for diagnostic and prognostic purpose.

Materials And Methods: Thirty clinically and histopathologically confirmed female patients of the age group of 30-65 years served as cases and 30 normal healthy females in the same age group served as controls. The parameters were estimated by standard biochemical methods.

The role of 'paraoxonase-1 activity' as an antioxidant in coronary artery diseases.

Background And Objectives: A majority of the Coronary Artery Diseases (CAD) result from complications of atherosclerosis. There is a growing body of evidence which has revealed that the reduced activity of the HDL-associated enzyme, paraoxonase1 (PON1), is predictive of vascular disease in humans, which include the results from prospective studies. The mechanisms by which PON1 activity influences risk of vascular disease continue to be evaluated.

Hospital based preliminary study on osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.

The awareness of osteoporosis has grown world wide in recent years. This silently progressing metabolic bone disease is widely prevalent in India, and osteoporotic fractures are a common cause of morbidity and mortality in adult Indian men and women. Rapid bone loss occurs in postmenopausal women due to hormonal factors which lead to increased risk of fractures.