Protein-energy malnutrition coupled with dental caries in rural area school children

The study was aimed to determine prevalence of protein-energy malnutrition [PEM] coupled with dental caries in rural area school children at Faisalabad. Normal and malnourished children, further categorized into different degrees of malnutrition, were sorted out as per Jellife's classification. The number of carious teeth in each case were noticed by naked eye. Majority [76.70%] of the children among which more [27.73%] female children were found malnourished. Percentage of female malnourished children against their male counterparts increased towards escalated degrees of malnutrition. Further, majority [52.56%] of the children carried carious teeth; and amongst the malnourished children more [50.40%] appeared with dental caries. The results revealed poor state of health of rural school children at Faisalabad with female children being badly affected. There appeared good% age of malnourished school children in the area suffering from dental caries

Effect of cimetidine, ranitidine and tiotidine on histamine stimulated gastric acid secretion in intact rats under local conditions

Antisecretory effects of cimetidine, ranitidine and tiotidine were studied on histamine-stimulated gastric Secretion in pylorus ligated intact rats at the dose levels. The data obtained showed that the efficacy of these drugs in reducing the volume of gastric juice was in the order of ranitidine> tiotidine> cimetidine. However, their acid reducing capacities were observed to be in the order of ranitidine> cimetidine> tiotidine in the checked doses. Thus, the data suggests that ranitidine is the most effective antiulcer drug of all the three tested H2-bloking agents

Risk of diabetes mellitus in offspring of diabetic parents

Diabetes Mellitus is believed to be genetically transmitted in families and, hence, termed as a hereditary disease. The sufferings of the disease with succeeding periods of time is a grave experience. The present study was, therefore, aimed at determining potential for the disease in families [offspring] with single/both parents diabetic [confirmed in the laboratory] so as to make them cautious of the disease inflictions before hand. The results reveal that greater the potential for diabetes from the parents, more of their offspring were found to have been affected. That is more offspring in both parents diabetic families appeared to be diabetic or inclined to become diabetic [abnormal] in future, than those in single parent diabeticjnan-diabetic parents families. Furthermore, normal offspring is diabetic parents[s] families also showed a positive trend to become abltnormal / diabetic sometimes in future. The results are alarming and, therefore, offspring with family history of diabetes must be cautioned at an earlier age so that they may adopt prophylactic measures against the disease