Knowledge of Private Practitioners Regarding Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program- A Cross-Sectional Study from the Haryana state of India.

Background: India's aim to achieve tuberculosis (TB) eradication by 2025 necessitates the engagement of all stakeholders, encompassing both private and public sectors, across all phases of the TB program - spanning from diagnosis to the curative outcome. However, certain private practitioners pursue an individualized approach instead of adopting a collective strategy, thereby contributing to the emergence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Consequently, in order to formulate an enhanced strategy that fosters improved collaboration and professional behavioral change among all partners, it is imperative to comprehensively assess their level of knowledge.

Exploration of Optical and Radiative Properties of Fluorinated β-keto Carboxylate Tb Complexes Emanating Cool Green Light.

Tb complexes with β-ketocarboxylic acid as main ligand and heterocyclic systems as auxiliary ligand were synthesized and analyzed to assess their prospective relevance as green light emitting material. The complexes were characterized via various spectroscopic techniques and were found to be stable up to ≈ 200 ℃. Photoluminescent (PL) investigation was performed to assess the emissive nature of complexes.

Comparison of Different Ultrasound Parameters for Airway Assessment in Patients Undergoing Surgery under General Anaesthesia.

Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate and correlate ultrasound measurement of airway parameters with the Cormack- Lehane (CL) grading observed under direct laryngoscopy for prediction of difficult airway.

Methods: This prospective, observational study was conducted in a tertiary care institute. Ninety-six patients were scheduled for elective surgery under general anaesthesia and tracheal intubation.

Giant Warthin's Tumour of the Parotid Gland: A Rare Case Report.

Warthin's tumour was first adequately described in 1929 by an American pathologist, Aldred Scott Warthin. It is synonymous with papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum (PCL), cystadenolymphoma or adenolymphoma. Giant salivary gland tumours are usually pleomorphic adenomas.

Lateral arthroplasty along with buccal fat pad inter-positioning in the management of Sawhney type III temporomandibular joint ankylosis.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to highlight the role of lateral arthroplasty along with interposition of the buccal fat pad (BFP) in the management of Sawhney type III temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis.

Materials And Methods: Ten patients with TMJ ankylosis (7 unilateral and 3 bilateral, total of 13 joints) were treated with lateral arthroplasty and BFP interposition. The bony bridge of the ankylotic mass on the lateral aspect was resected, leaving a distance of 1.

Unusual clinical presentations of choriocarcinoma: A systematic review of case reports.

Choriocarcinoma (CC) is a highly malignant tumor originating in the trophoblastic tissue. The clinical presentation of CC is so much varied that every case may be one of its kinds and thus can be a diagnostic challenge. Numerous case reports have been published in various journals regarding the unusual clinical presentations of this cancer.

Efficacy of combined hormonal vaginal ring in comparison to combined hormonal pills in heavy menstrual bleeding.

Objective: To compare the efficacy, acceptability and compliance of combined hormonal vaginal ring (CVR), with combined hormonal pills (CHP) in patients with heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB).

Study Design: This prospective study was conducted in 50 women with HMB in age group of 25-40 years. Patients were divided in two groups of 25 each and followed for six treatment cycles.

Leptin inhibitors from fungal endophytes (LIFEs): Will be novel therapeutic drugs for obesity and its associated immune mediated diseases.

Treatment of obesity and its associated immune mediated diseases is challenging due to impaired function of leptin system. Thus leptin is providing an interesting target for therapeutic intervention. Leptin, an adipose tissue-derived adipokine, displays a variety of immune functions, and regulate both innate and adaptive immune responses.

Pattern of cancer in a tertiary care hospital in malwa region of punjab, in comparison to other regions in India.

Context: Cancer pattern varies in different regions and depends on race, lifestyle and diet. There is a lack of definitive information regarding hospital-based cancer profile in Southern Punjab, which is a cotton growing area. Excess of toxins in the macro-environment is thought to be the reason for the high incidence of cancer in this area.

Familial Facial disfigurement in Multiple Familial Trichoepithelioma.

Trichoepithelioma is an uncommon, benign hamartomatous tumor of the pilosebaceous follicle. Presenting as multiple papules and nodules on face and neck, they pose a significant cosmetic problem in affected individuals. Familial involvement of this dermatosis occurs in an autosomal dominant pattern, the locus being located on chromosome 9p21, which causes multiple facial lesions in family members and their kins.

Do our medical colleges inculcate health-promoting lifestyle among medical students: a pilot study from two medical colleges from southern India.

Background: Behavioral risk factors are responsible for a substantial portion of chronic disease. Educating patients is a professional responsibility of medical practitioners. However, it has been observed that physicians did not practice what they preach.