Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disabling disease of the CNS that affects people during early adulthood. Despite several US FDA-approved medications, the treatment options in MS are limited. Many people with MS explore herbal products treatments to help control their MS and treat their symptoms. Surveys suggest that up to 70-80% of people with MS had tried plants products or bioactive compounds of plants for their MS. Patients with MS using herbal products potentially explore a new area for the research. The phyto therapies most frequently used include diet, omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants. The most promising therapy for the anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective agents in both relapsing and progressive forms of MS were bioactive compounds of plant like flavonoids, vitamin-c, lipoic acid and vitamin D supplementation and others. In future polyphenols, terpenes, alkaloids, anthocyanidine glycosides, plant amines, volatile oils etc. would play a prominent role in the treatment of MS

In most countries, agriculture is recognized as one of the most hazardous industries. Investigating the health status of agricultural workers is a challenging goal. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of physical activity and exercise on both farmers’ and non-farmers health status on farm production at selected villages in Bankura district, West Bengal. In this cross-sectional study, certain anthropological parameters were compared between farmers and non-farmers living in the same rural area. Farmers and non-farmers, matched per age and sex, were selected randomly in the agricultural areas of different parts of Bankura. According to personal statements, farmers suffered from several musculoskeletal disorders and joint pains such as waist region, low back pain. BMI, HR, BP were found to be lower among farmers. Whereas their PFI scores and recovery duration were higher than non-farmers. This study also shows though farmers have more musculoskeletal disorders than normal sedentary workers, farmers are comparatively more fit than non-farmers. According to personal statements, farmers suffered from hypertension, cardiovascular and orthopaedic problems in higher frequency

Suboptimal knowledge on medication use and safety and negative attitudes has negative impact on drug use. The major objective of this study was to measure the public knowledge and to identify their attitudes and practices on medication use and safety. Two cross –sectional surveys (Public-based and internet-based) were conducted during June to October 2015. Adult (> 18 years old) Saudi residing in Taif City; KSA were included. Convenience method of sampling was adopted and data was collected by mean of a structured questionnaire. Data was processed by SPSS. A total of 788 (386 and 402 in the public-based and the internet-based study, respectively) was recruited. Respondents recruited electronically with satisfactory knowledge on medication use were 302 (75.1%), compared to 234 (60.6%) included manually, (P= <0.001). Predictor of satisfactory knowledge among public survey interviewees was higher education [OR= 1.9; 95% CI (1.2-2.9); P = 0.003]. However, age (> 30 years) and higher educational level were significantly associated with satisfactory knowledge among electronically responded participants [OR= 0.6; 95% CI (0.4-1.0); P = 0.032] and [OR= 1.9; 95% CI (1.1-3.2); P = 0.015], respectively. Misconceptions in knowledge, attitudes and practices on medication use and safety were identified. Public education that brings about positive changes is imperative

Literal meaning of artefact given by “Oxford Advanced Learner Dictionary” is a “thing made by the people”. In medical science the “fact” is not true; but we observe routinely is called artefact. These defects are referred to as artifacts . They lead to misinterpretations of histopathological diagnosis. This paper attempts to put all various types of artifacts that are observed in histopathology

Intra-cardiac tumors are rare with estimated prevalence in autopsy series of 0.02%. Atrial myxoma is the most common primary cardiac tumor. The diagnosis can be challenging and high index of suspicion is required for prompt diagnosis and recognition, as symptoms and signs are nonspecific. Atrial myxoma is one of the few emergency diagnoses in cardiac surgery that require urgent consultation and resection to avoid serious embolic complications. We present a case of atrial myxoma with recurrent embolization. We reviewed the literature for prevalence, clinical presentation, diagnostic challenges and treatment of atrial myxoma

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile illness, mostly of under-fives. It is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in the developed countries, with coronary artery abnormalities in 20-25% of untreated patients. This is a retrospective study of patient records of cases of KD in 5 years at Sohar hospital, Oman looking at epidemiology, clinical presentation, investigations and management. In our study, KD occurred mostly in boys under 5,in the first half of the year. All had fever. In decreasing frequency, they had oral mucosal changes, cervical lymphadenopathy, rash, conjunctivitis and extremity changes. Most had raised CRP/ESR, raised platelets, and low haemoglobin. Less than half had a raised white cell count. Serum albumin was done in 44% of admissions, of which 37.5% had low values. 50% admissions had urine microscopy done. Blood cultures, urine cultures, ASOT, Monospot, viral studies, ALT were also done and were all mostly normal. Ultrasound neck was done in one case and chest X-ray in two cases. ECHO showed some abnormality in 50% admissions. 16.7% cases were typical KD, 72.2 % incomplete KD. All (100%) children received the recommended treatment. 5.5% of admissions was unresponsive to IVIG, and responded to methylprednisolone. Our study demonstrates recognition of KD in children in Oman, mostly presenting as incomplete KD. All children(100%) received the recommended treatment.

In order to recognize the Chinese herbal medicine our side and to provide the help for the Chinese herbal medicine lovers, we design a kind of recognition system of herbal medicine by our mobile terminal based on the Android platform. By the application software in our mobile terminal we achieve the Chinese herbal medicine recognition application to meet the requirements of Chinese herbal medicine. The application is focus the functions on storing the information of Chinese herbal medicine by database and querying the information from the database so as to recognize the Chinese herbal medicine by comparison. The system is accomplished with Android platform and Java programming. By the application, we can recognize the Chinese herbal medicine our side by our mobile terminals conveniently.