Subjective and Objective Assessment of Effect of Allergic Rhinitis on Voice in Indian Patients.

To perform a subjective and objective assessment of vocal complaints in patients of allergic rhinitis (AR) using voice handicap index and video-stroboscopy respectively and find the association of their parameters with severity of the disease. Cross-sectional-observational study design. Outpatient department of Otorhinolaryngology of a tertiary centre.

How to make rules and regulations for the states in accordance with the Mental Healthcare Act 2017.

Mental Healthcare Act (MHCA) 2017 was gazetted on April 7, 2017. It repeals the Mental Health Act, 1987, and it can be implemented only after the state rules are formed. The central government has already published three sets of rules.

Tumour angiogenesis-Origin of blood vessels.

The conventional view of tumour vascularization is that tumours acquire their blood supply from neighbouring normal stroma. Additional methods of tumour vascularization such as intussusceptive angiogenesis, vasculogenic mimicry, vessel co-option and vasculogenesis have been demonstrated to occur. However, the origin of the endothelial cells and pericytes in the tumour vasculature is not fully understood.