Health Sciences

Chronic suppurative otitis media is one of the common otological conditions in India for which patients seek advice from an otorhinolaryngologist. Chronic suppurative otitis media is recurrent and progressive disease which is characterized with tympanic membrane perforation and suppurative discharge. Pure tone audiometry is the most common test used to evaluate auditory sensitivity.

Pulp Capping represents an important endodontic treatment in dentistry since it preserves the vitality of the tooth in contrary to Root canal Therapy after which the tooth is left brittle. Very few recent pulp capping materials have gained popularity because of the gold standards set by Dycal and MTA which are used since years. One such material which deserves to be highlighted is TheraCal–LC which was introduced by Bisco Inc, Schamburg, IL, USA. Hence, We will compare TheraCal with the two Giants of pulp capping materials on the basis of published literature.

Many term and preterm newborns with clinical signs of sepsis, whose mothers had premature rupture of membranes (PROM), have negative blood cultures, but in molecular biology research the presence of genomic DNA from different congenital bacteria has been observed. Thus, the association of molecular examination with rtPCR with different bacterial primers may help us in a more objective treatment. The samples 101 newborns with PROM were analyzed by rtPCR with primers for bacteria Streptococcus agalactie, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae.

This review summarizes the studies about association of dentistry with infective endocarditis and emphasizes the need for dental professional to provide antibiotic prophylaxis prior to dental procedures to prevent the dentistry related infective endocarditis and also to avoid the risk associated with the overprescribing of antibiotics. Infective endocarditis is a life threatening condition if untreated and continues to cause significant morbidity and mortality in defiance of modern antimicrobial and surgical treatment.

Aim of the study: To assess knowledge on occupational skin disorder among tannery workers Background: Occupational health is an area concerned with protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work. It is about the effect of work on health. It plays a vital role in helping employers care and understand the need of their employees to create enabling businesses with reduced sickness, absence level and optimized staff performance and productivity. Occupational health remains neglected in developing countries because of competing social, economic, and political challenges.

Aim of the study: To assess the prevalence among varicose vein. Background: Varicose vein are very swollen and raised above the surface of the skin. High rate of varicose vein are seen as occupational hazards among weavers. Long standing is one of the important occupational problems among weavers. Design: cross sectional descriptive design. Methods: Purposive sampling method was used. A total of 30 weavers participated in the study. Venous clinical severity score assessment was used to assess the prevalence of varicose vein.

Aim of the study: To assess the factors causing stress and assess the level of stress among working women. Background: Work and family are the two most important aspects in women’s lives. Balancing work and family roles has become a key personal and family issue for many societies. There are many facets in working mother’s lives that subject to stresses. They deal with home and family issues as well as job stress on a daily basis. Imbalance between work and family life arises due to a number of factors. Various factors appear to strengthen the brunt of pressure on women.

The number of elderly people has increased worldwide in the last years and a key determinant for life quality that has an important repercussion for the elderly is a good nutrition status. This study aimed to analyze the influence of sociodemographic factors, risk behaviors, oral health conditions, and cognitive deficit on nutritional status in a cohort of 508 non-institutionalized elderly people from a community in Brazil.

This article inquires into the existing link between Aristotelian thought and Nothingness; for it, some pre-Aristotelian references are boarded, like Sophocles, Gorgias, or Plato. In the same manner, an analysis of Aristotle’s Metaphysics is carried out, centering the attention mainly on his concept of the Immobile Motor and what has been denominated as Aristotelian Theology.

Introduction: Lowback ache with sciatica is a common musculoskeletal disorder seen with long period of sitting as with many occupations. Microdiscectomy, a keyhole surgery in the management of disc lesion is used often. Aims and Objective: of this research was to evaluate the impact of combined Pilates and physiotherapy using Oswestry lowback pain score.