Health Sciences

Siddha is one of the ancient medical systems in India considered as the mother medicine of ancient Tamils/ Dravidians in South India. The word Siddha means “Established Truth” or “One who is accomplished. Bronchitis is the inflammation of the mucous lining of the bronchial tree (air passages) of the lungs. The process of making yarns from the textile fiber is called spinning. There are various type of spinning methods producing various types of yarns such as stable yarn, spinning filament yarn and multi-component yarns.

Paarvai paarthal is a traditionally practiced method of magical healing the poisonous bite. Study of traditional healing practices is an important area in the discipline of folklore and anthropology in traditional societies most of the bodily illness are related to supernatural power and several kinds of ritual, vows and offering are performed in order to heal the illness .it tries to understand how the body is culturally professed, purified and healed through rituals in a particular cultural context.

The objectives of this study were to assess the oral malodor in patients and analyze its association with prosthetic status of them. The study comprised 94 patients (60 males and 34 females) between the ages of 34 and 68 years old. This cross-sectional survey was carried out at the ENT department of the Metaxas Cancer hospital. Oral malodor was assessed by two clinician judges using the organoleptic method. There was agreement between the two clinicians. The prevalence of malodor was high (43,33%) in the men who worn complete or partial dentures.

To promote the improvement in the conditions of reproduction and birth of the indigenous population, one needs to understand that they have a different way to deal with their health needs, especially regarding maternity. This study aimed to identify the socio-cultural and health factors related to the process of indigenous childbirth.

Objective: To identify, in the literature, the strategies for tracking and monitoring diabetic foot in nurses' practice. Method: Integrative review conducted in the MEDLINE, CINAHL, Web of Science, BDENF and LILACS bibliographic databases, between 2002 and 2018, totaling 23 articles. Results: The main strategies for diabetic foot tracking were the 10 g Semmes-Weinstein monofilament, the 128 Hz tuning fork, the assessment of the posterior and pedistibial pulses, the risk stratification, the ankle reflex and the Neuropathy Screening Instrument. from Michigan.

This work analyzed the practice of the transfusion audit carried out by the Hemovigilance and Supervision Department of the HEMOPA Foundation. It is a descriptive, documental, retrospective, quantitative study that analyzed the monthly reports of the transfusion audits conducted between 2015 and 2017. In this period, the hemovigilance sector visited 20 health institutions in the metropolitan region of Belém, which performed 36,217 transfusions, 7.3% of which were audited and 78.8% of them presented inadequacies or nonconformities in the process.

Our human body is made up of ninety six thathuvams. Alterations in any thatuvam results in Pathological states.Moolam results from derangement of Vatham and Pitham. This is best illustrated in the verse. "Anila Pithathonthamalathu Moolam Varathu- Tharayarsekarapa. It is fact that 50 – 85% of the world's population will be affected by haemorrhoids at one or another episode in their life time.

This study aimed to analyze biopsied lesions at the Faculdade de Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil. A sample of 150 cases of patients who underwent a biopsy procedure during the period from 2013 to 2016 were included in the research. As data samples were performed through the reports of the archives in the dental clinic of the Faculdade de Imperatriz.

This is a sciometric study of the international scientific literature aiming to quantify research in the area of childhood obesity and epigenetics. Forty-five studies were analyzed in relation to the research site, the central theme and the impact factor of the journals that published the works. Studies are scarce, but most of them showed that environmental insults such as antibiotic use, smoking, breastfeeding or infant formula use, air pollution, among others, during intrauterine and early life, as well as pre BMI.

Objective: To analyze the impacts of mastectomy on the self-esteem of women who have cancer and who attend a high complexity hospital. Method: This is a descriptive-qualitative study conducted in a reference hospital in oncology Teresina-PI. For data analysis, the Collective Subject Discourse (CSD) method was used. Results: It was verified through the speeches, how much breast removal interferes with female self-esteem.