The health and efficiency of workers working in any organization get influenced in large measures by conditions prevailing in their work environment. The prevailing conditions are related to physical, biological, chemical and social agents. A worker is usually exposed to these agents for about six to eight hours daily. It is therefore, essential that this environment should be wholesome and free from any kind of harmful agents as far as possible.The study was undertaken to estimate the prevalence and to assess the knowledge regarding prevention on health problems among incense stick workers in selected industries at, Bangalore.

Purpose. We studied the occurrence of dermatophytes and non-dermatophytes fungi from diabetic patients. In addition, we compared the newly developed dermatophyte identification medium (DIM) that has little cost with the established dermatophyte test medium (DTM).

Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is intracellular protozoa. Infection with T. gondii can result in a serious sequel to the fetus if infection occurs in the first trimester of pregnancy. Laboratory diagnosis is the main method of diagnosis.

Children in the age group of 5-15 years are often considered as school age. It is recorded that in India, one fifth population consists of children between 5-14 years, which includes the primary and secondary school-age (1). Adequate micronutrient status is critical for good health and development during childhood. Access to high quality data on nutrition and health indicators in this age group would aid in prioritizing and setting up deliberate, evidence based nutrition intervention programs, targeting the nutritional problems that are of real concern (7). Objectives: 1. to examine the prevalence of clinical signs of nutritional deficiency disorders among school-age children. 2. to find out the difference in prevalence of deficiency disorders among boys and girls.

In this article were analyzed clinical, X-ray and sonographic results of the treatment taken by patients suffering for metatarsalgia. The said study involved 189 patients suffering from metatarsalgia (269 feet) who were divided into a core group that included patients suffering from metatarsalgia and patients having the same disease that was combined with hallux valgus and who underwent a surgery by using of the method developed by us (87 patients, 136 feet) and a control group which included patients suffering from metatarsalgia combined with hallux valgus and who underwent a surgery earlier by using of different techniques which goal was to correct hallux valgus (102 patients, 133 feet).

The health and efficiency of workers working in any organization get influenced in large measures by conditions prevailing in their work environment. The prevailing conditions are related to physical, biological, chemical and social agents. A worker is usually exposed to these agents for about six to eight hours daily. It is therefore, essential that this environment should be wholesome and free from any kind of harmful agents as far as possible.The study was undertaken to estimate the prevalence and to assess the knowledge regarding prevention on health problems among incense stick workers in selected industries at, Bangalore.

Purpose. We studied the occurrence of dermatophytes and non-dermatophytes fungi from diabetic patients. In addition, we compared the newly developed dermatophyte identification medium (DIM) that has little cost with the established dermatophyte test medium (DTM).

Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is intracellular protozoa. Infection with T. gondii can result in a serious sequel to the fetus if infection occurs in the first trimester of pregnancy. Laboratory diagnosis is the main method of diagnosis.

Children in the age group of 5-15 years are often considered as school age. It is recorded that in India, one-fifth population consists of children between 5-14 years, which includes the primary and secondary school-age (1). Adequate micronutrient status is critical for good health and development during childhood. Access to high-quality data on nutrition and health indicators in this age group would aid in prioritizing and setting up deliberate, evidence-based nutrition intervention programs, targeting the nutritional problems that are of real concern (7). Objectives: 1. to examine the prevalence of clinical signs of nutritional deficiency disorders among school-age children. 2. to find out the difference in prevalence of deficiency disorders among boys and girls.

In this article were analyzed clinical, X-ray and sonographic results of the treatment taken by patients suffering for metatarsalgia. The said study involved 189 patients suffering from metatarsalgia (269 feet) who were divided into a core group that included patients suffering from metatarsalgia and patients having the same disease that was combined with hallux valgus and who underwent a surgery by using of the method developed by us (87 patients, 136 feet) and a control group which included patients suffering from metatarsalgia combined with hallux valgus and who underwent a surgery earlier by using of different techniques which goal was to correct hallux valgus (102 patients, 133 feet).