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Parents play an important role in oral hygiene of their children starting from primary school. Read more
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To compare whether somatostatin is as effective as H2 blockers to stop the bleeding, a study by  Caglayan Geredeli  was conducted in patients who were admitted to the Department of Internal Medicine of Dicle University. The study revealed that average time passed to stop the bleeding was 15 hours (6-24 hours) for the somatostatin group, whereas it was 34 hours (6-72 hours) for the H2 receptor blocker group. Read more
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A study on 132 patients of Head and Neck cancer in South East Asia was conducted by Arifa Aziz et al. As per this study,  Head and neck cancers were observed to be more common in males 101 (76.5%) as compared to females 29 (22%). The commonest environmental factors causing head and neck cancer included various forms of smokeless tobacco including pan, mainpuri, supari and gutka. Out of 132 patients, 77 (58.3%) were using smokeless tobacco, 41(31.1%) were cigarette smokers and 6 (4.5%) were using alcohol. The commonest cause was found to be different forms of smokeless tobacco easily accessible to the public. Read more
191 Journal titles covered in Indian Citation Index are pending for evaluation by the Standing Committee. The list of pending journals for evaluation is available at  https://www.ugc.ac.in/journallist/191_Journals.pdf
UGC removed 4305 journals from 'Master List'  https://www.ugc.ac.in/journallist/4305_Journals.pdf
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A study conducted on 1000 students of class 8 th , 9 th , 10 th of government and private schools of Udaipur city (Rajasthan) with prior consent and found that  Girls (12.6%) were more overweight/obese, than boys (8.6%). Majority (87.74%) of the study subjects belonged to nuclear family and rest from joint. Read more 
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A Cross sectional study was done among the girl students of primary school in Buraydah City in the age group of 7-9 yrs with sample size of 401 and found that a mong the 401 study subjects, dental caries are prevalent  upto 80.80% in primary teeth and 29% in permanent teeth. Read more