Sickle cell (HBS) is a blood genetic disorder with morbidity and mortality affecting large number of tribal population. Universal screening programs are still cost intensive. The present short communication is an attempt to provide an anthropological method for estimating HBS spread and identifying hot spot regions in Indian population to aid prevention. The Indian population is largely structured into Read More
An outbreak of acute diarrheal disease in a village in Chhattisgarh India was investigated through personal interviews of all households. Spot maps were drawn of the water supply system, sewage, hamlets and area with observed fecal contamination of soil within and around the village. Five clusters of household were selected purposively. One from each hamlets Read More
The paper tries to examine the population variation in the pattern of menstruation between two linguistically cognate tribes of North East India, namely, the Mishing tribe of Brahmaputra river valley (plains) of Assam and the Minyong tribe of the hilly terrains of Arunachal Pradesh. The common belief for the cause of menarche and menstruation is found to be Read More
Aim & Objective: The study intends to find out the relation between blood pressure and body composition indicators among the adult Bengalee male of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India. Material & Methods: A cross sectional study has been conducted among 233 Bengalee male (aged 18 – 60 years) in four villages of North 24 Parganas. Read More
RA is a chronic inflammatory condition leading to irreversible destruction and deformation of synovial joints. RA patients were found more prone to develop CVD as compared to normal individuals. So, the present study was designed to evaluate the various risk factors of CVD in RA patients from North India. Furthermore, the effects of obesity were Read More
The study intends to find out the relationship of blood pressure and obesity among adult male of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal. A cross sectional study has been carried out among 232 male (aged 18 to 60 years) in four villages of block Habra I and II of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal. Two anthropometric Read More
The field of Human Biology has taken giant strides during the last decade with the mammoth efforts of unraveling the mysteries of the sequencing of the Human Genome. About 20000 genes and three billion letters (bases) have been identified which are responsible for the way we look and are built and the way we function Read More
The present cross-sectional study was carried out to find the association of percent body fat (PBF) with blood pressure (BP) variables among apparently healthy young females studying in Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. A total of 150 females ranging in age from 20-25 years were personally interviewed. Height and weight of each subject was taken Read More