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Background: Smart phones have become an integral part of our life, especially among the younger population. Due to its overuse, the effects caused by mobile phones and electromagnetic field also show an increasing trend. Hence this study was conducted to assess the ill effects of mobile phone use among the college students in Chennai. Methods: Cross sectional study was conducted among college students, Chennai, from May 2019 to June 2019. Males and Females between 17 to 23 years of age were included in the study. A total of 125 students selected by convenient sampling technique were included in the study. The study was conducted using a questionnaire, covering particulars related to mobile phone usage and its ill effects on them. Data entry and analysis was done using SPSS version 23. Results: Proportion of participants with different ill effects includes pimples (18.4%), sleep disturbances (16%), loss of interest in studies (15.2%), fatigue (11.2%), headache (9.6%), restlessness (8.8%), and redness of eye (6.4%), irritability (6.4%), dizziness (4.8%), thumb pain (3.2%) and earache (1.6%). Conclusion: Students needs to be educated regarding the health problems owing to the over usage of mobile phones and large-scale studies are needed to assess the extent of the problem.
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INTRODUCTION: Tobacco use is a major health and social problem worldwide. Among the ill effects of tobacco use, the proportion of cancer in Male and female is 56.4% and 44.9%. Given the current pattern of tobacco use globally it is estimated 250 million who are alive today, would die prematurely because of tobacco and mostly in developing countries, India ranks 4th in the total tobacco consumption in the world but India's cigarette consumption ranks 11th in the world. The perception of the community about health programs and their involvement in organizing for health awareness, affect their level of low perception about the long term risks related to smoking were 3.64 times more likely to smoke compared with those who had high perception of smoking related risks. METHOD: A comprehensive systematic search of published literature and journal articles from Pub-Med database was done that are focusing from 2010 to 2017. Search strategy specific to each databases was used. RESULT: Out of six articles, five research studies revealed that the majority of respondents were aware about ill effects of tobacco use and one research study found that majority of respondents were not aware about ill effects of tobacco use. CONCLUSION: The study concluded that there is a strong need to create awareness of smoking effects on oral health. Educating students about the complications of smoking on oral health should be the part of smoking cessation programs and policies
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Aims: To find out the effect of crude extract of Oscillatoria willei, a marine cyanobacterium on hydrazine induced toxicity. Methodology and Results: In this study, the experimental mice were injected intramuscularly with 5 mg of hydrazine/kg body weight continuously for 20 days. Crude extract of Oscillatoria willei was given to the animals induced with hydrazine toxicity. The animals were subjected to various biochemical and immunological parameters after exposing to hydrazine and followed up treatment. The results revealed that intra-peritoneal administration of O. willei reduced interleukin 2 (IL-2), reducing sugar, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), liver enzymes, bilirubin, creatinine and uric acid level. Conclusion, significance and impact of study: O. willei treatment was found to reduce the ill effects induced by hydrazine.