Health Sciences

Introduction: In India the number of accidents and the number of fatalities due to road traffic accidents is increasing day by day. But the general population is reluctant to follow certain safety measures that have to be followed during driving. The younger generation in particular is not willing to wear the helmets or seat belts while riding in two wheelers or four wheelers. Aim and Objectives: To study the knowledge, attitude and practice of road safety rules among the college students in Trichy district, Tamilnadu, India.

We report a case of tuberculous arthritis of the hip in a 42 year old male patient, primarily treated with native Indian medicine followed by antituberculous antibiotic therapy for 3 months. On presentation, he was walking with support and had an antalgic gait pattern. The joint had become arthritic and hence he underwent uncemented total hip arthroplasty. He received antitubercular antibiotic therapy for 12 months postoperatively. At 3 year follow-up there was no evidence of recurrent infection.

Introduction: The Metabolic Syndrome, a collection of five problems namely abdominal obesity, hypertension, hyperglycemia, increased triglyceride and decreased level of HDL cholesterol, greatly increase a person’s risk for stroke, heart attack and diabetes. On other side, vitamin B12 has a great protective role on haematological, neurological and cardiovascular system. Aims: To estimate serum vitamin B12 levels among the patients attending hospital with metabolic syndrome and find out the relation of serum vitamin B12 with the various biochemical parameters of metabolic syndrome patients.

Background: CD34 a 110- to 115-Kda transmembrane sialoglyco pro- V twin, is expressed by early hematopoietic (myeloid and lymphoid) progenitor cells, endothelial cells, murine embryonic fibroblasts, and bone marrow (BM) stromal cells and their precursors. CD34 expression has great importance in diagnosis, classification and management of acute leukemia. Aim of the study: To evaluate the expression of CD34 (percentage and meanfluorescence intensity) in Sudanese patient with acuteleukemia.

The anthelmintic activity of Citrus sinensis fruit juice on eggs, first stage larvae (L1) and adults of Heligmosomoides bakeri was examined by in vitro and in vivo tests. Freshly harvested C. sinensis fruit was washed and sliced into two halves each, which were squeezed gently into a clean container to obtain the juice after filteration through a Whatsman paper. The fruit juice was prepared to obtain seven increasing concentrations. Distilled water and albendazole were used as negative and positive control groups, respectively.

Potchefstroom Koekoek and Venda chicken breeds. These three chickens are the most available indigenous chicken breeds in South Africa. However, many studies need to be done on these three different indigenous chickens. Thus, crossbreeding, description and quality attributes are essential to be identified on these chickens. Crossbreeding is beneficial for two primary reasons. First, a well-designedcrossbreeding system allows the combination of desirable traits of the breeds involved in the cross while masking some of the disadvantages of the breeds.

Fusion is a rare developmental anomaly of shape of tooth characterized by the union of two adjacent teeth and has very little documentation in Indian population. The prevalence of this anomaly is less than 1% and most common in the primary dentition in incisor-canine region. The purpose of this article is to report a rare case of fusion of maxillary lateral incisor and supernumerary tooth in a 14 year old male patient.

Background: Tobacco smoke contains many oxidant s and free radicals that can cause damage to lipids, proteins, DNA, carbohydrates and other biomolecules. This is a case-control study. Carried out in Khartoum State from December to February 2015. Material and Method: Three ml of venous blood were collected from study population; serum zinc and cadmium was estimated using absorption spectrophotometer. Results: The study results revealed that the mean age of smokers was (26.7±6.3) year and for non smokers was (25.0±7.0) year.

In view of the fact that ancient time, plants have been a tremendous source of medicine. The knowledge of traditional medicine and medicinal plants and their study of scientific chemical principles may lead to the discovery of newer and cheaper drugs.Cassia was observed to have antibacterial activity and can be used to combat against vast flora of microorganisms.

Cold agglutinin disease (CAD) is a subgroup of autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA). This is usually associated with cold reactive autoantibodies. Acute form of CAD is attributed to infectious or autoimmune disease and chronic form to lymphoproliferative disease. In this paper, we report a case of secondary CAD due to Mycoplasma pneumonia in a 34 year old female patient. Cold antibody test and direct coombs’ test were positive. The patient was treated accordingly and get relieved from the symptoms.