Prevalence of Tobacco Consumption and Its Economic Burden among Adult Males (≥18 Years) Residing in an Urban Area of Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.

Globally, besides being the second largest consumer of tobacco, India is also the second largest tobacco producer. There are very few studies that give data on economic burden of tobacco consumption. We estimated the prevalence of tobacco consumption along with monthly expenditure for the same among adult males.

Clinical, Demographic, and Oral Presentations of COVID-19 Associated Mucormycosis from a Tertiary Care Hospital in India: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: The black fungus, mucormycosis, is on the list of lethal complications reported in recent times in COVID patients.

Methodology: This cross-sectional study included all cases of post-COVID-19 mucormycosis. Patients' demographics, clinical presentations, and general health information were collected using a pre-designed form.

Key findings from NFHS-5 India report: Observing trends of health indicators between NFHS-4 and NFHS-5.

The National Health Family Survey (NFHS) is one of the largest cross-sectional surveys in the world and plays a very important role in seeing the health sector's growth in India. Its comprehensiveness in data points serves as a baseline for policymakers to amend or continue the health policy at the national and state levels. It is also imperative to look up the survey's major findings and compare the same with the previous survey finding to obtain a trend (positive/negative) of the placed data indicators.

Burden of Childhood Injuries in India and Possible Public Health Interventions: A Systematic Review.

Childhood injuries are a major public health challenge in India and globally. This systematic review was conducted to understand the burden and spectrum of childhood injuries, with a focus on unintentional injuries, among children 5-14 years of age and to suggest approaches to prevention that can be adopted in the Indian context. This systematic review was conducted with the standard approach and use of keywords.

Undiagnosed hypertension and associated factors among adults in the urban field practice area of AIIMS Raipur: A community-based screening survey.

Introduction: Undiagnosed hypertension (HTN) increases the risk of severe consequences such as chronic kidney disease (CKD), hypertensive retinopathy, heart failure, and stroke. Population-based screening can be used to expose the hidden diseased mass with active disease. Thus, a screening survey was conducted to estimate the proportion of people with HTN among apparently healthy adults of age ≥30 years residing at the urban field practice area (UHTC) of AIIMS, Raipur, and also determine the predictors of undiagnosed HTN among the study participants.

A systematic review of excess all-cause mortality estimation studies in India during COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Mortality statistics are fundamental to understand the magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to limitation of real-time data availability, researchers had used mathematical models to estimate excess mortality globally during COVID-19 pandemic. As they demonstrated variations in scope, assumptions, estimations, and magnitude of the pandemic, and hence raised a controversy all over the world.

Predictors of Out-of-Pocket Expenditure on Health Incurred by Elderly Persons Residing in a Rural Area of Faridabad District.

Background: A significant portion of India's 1.2 billion population consists of elderly individuals, accounting for approximately 8.6%, who incur substantial out-of-pocket (OOP) healthcare expenses.

Prevalence of erectile dysfunction in Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and its predictors among diabetic men.

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the common causes of morbidity and mortality globally. It has also been associated with erectile dysfunction (ED) adding to poor quality of life. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of ED and its predictors among diabetic men.

Correction: Viral Hepatitis as a Public Health Concern: A Narrative Review About the Current Scenario and the Way Forward.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.7759/cureus.21907.

Viral Hepatitis as a Public Health Concern: A Narrative Review About the Current Scenario and the Way Forward.

Viral hepatitis is one of the emerging public health problems, which urgently needs special attention. The disease has a varied presentation at the time of diagnosis, and it can progress from an accidental finding to life-threatening conditions like liver cirrhosis. It belongs to the rare group of diseases that can cause chronic inflammation inside the body, and it can have a delayed presentation.

Prevalence of Hepatitis B and C Among Prison Inmates in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Viral hepatitis is still considered a major cause of the burden of disease in India. It is the most common cause of cirrhosis and liver cancer. Prisoners are one of the groups at most risk for hepatitis.

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent health in India.

SARS CoV2 is an emerging infectious pandemic. The preemptive measures taken to curtail the spread has its effects far and wide across different sectors and all age groups. The most unspoken sufferers are adolescents.

COVID-19 reinfection: Linked Possibilities and future outlook.

SARS-CoV-2 is the third major coronavirus epidemic to affect humans. There had been multiple instances of patients turning positive after recovering from SARS-2-CoV infection. Though many different theories emerge, false positive RT-PCR is logically the foremost cause and there is a general consensus that during quarantine re-infection from outside seems unlikely when strictly adhered to.

Tribal population in India: A public health challenge and road to future.

India with 8.6% of tribal population is finding it difficult to bridge the gap that exists between tribal and non-tribal population in regards to healthcare. Tribal population suffers triple burden of disease; in fact it is quadruple, namely, communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, malnutrition, mental health, and addictions complicated by poor health seeking behavior.

Vaccination coverage and vaccine hesitancy among vulnerable population of India.

Vaccination coverage in India has improved from 44% to 62%, an increase of 19% over a span of 10 y (2006-2016), the inequity continues among the vulnerable people belonging to tribal groups and migrant population. In order to leave no one behind strategy, their vaccination coverage, reasons for low coverage were analyzed from available literary sources through this review article. A systematic search for relevant articles was conducted and articles published in various journals over the past 5 y were included.

A notorious vector-borne disease: Dengue fever, its evolution as public health threat.

Dengue fever, the most notorious of vector borne diseases is under global resurgence. Incidence has increased 30 fold with global expansion. It is thus imperative to review the origin, history and current epidemiology of dengue, its transmission, factors responsible for resurgence, surveillance and the treatment options available.

Correction: Health behaviors, outcomes and their relationships among young men aged 18-24 years in a rural area of north India: A cross-sectional study.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.

Health behaviors, outcomes and their relationships among young men aged 18-24 years in a rural area of north India: A cross-sectional study.

Background: There is limited information related to health behaviors and their related factors among young men in rural setting of India. This study was conducted to investigate multiple health risk behaviors and outcomes among young men aged 18-24 years in rural India.

Methods: This was a community-based cross-sectional survey conducted in the Ballabgarh block of Faridabad district, Haryana, India.

Evaluation of osteosynthesis with dual fibular bone grafting for neglected femoral neck fractures.

Background: Femoral neck fractures in young adults is an unsolved problem and neglected femoral neck fractures presents more challenge to the orthopaedics surgeon if femoral head salvage is attempted. We reviewed the operative results of neglected femoral neck fractures in young adults with fixation with dual fibular bone grafting Purpose of study was evaluation of epidemiological, clinical, functional, rehabilitative outcome and complications in such patients.

Methods: Twentyeight patients in age group 18-50 years were operated having fracture neck femur by dual fibular bone grafting in the Department of Orthopaedics, S.