Does gender play a significant role in surgical trainees’ stress levels?

Does body composition play a role in predicting sports injuries? A systematic review

Introduction: This study aimed to review the literature on the role of body composition as arisk factor for injury in an athletic population.Materials and Methods: We searched articles in English in Google Scholar Science direct,PubMed, WOS, Scopus, ProQuest, and Cochrane Library databases without time limit until2020 using keywords rela...

Cororna Virus Spread in the Society: Does PCR Test Play a Role in this Regard?

Letter to Editor

Preventing retained surgical items: what role does technology play?

Does vitamin D play a significant role in type 2 diabetes?

BACKGROUND Vitamin D deficiency reportedly is associated with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). We aim to examine whether 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) has clinically significant influence on hemoglobin glycation (HbA1c) and insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) in T2DM subjects. METHODS Present study was carried out in 912 subjects (429 T2DM cases and 483 non-diabetic controls) from Western India. The enrolled s...

Does Tamm-Horsfall protein-uric acid binding play a significant role in urate homeostasis?

BACKGROUND Mutations in Tamm-Horsfall protein (THP), also known as uromodulin, lead to a group of diseases known as the uromodulin storage disorders. Clinically, these diseases present with tubulo-interstitial damage, progressive renal dysfunction, hyperuricaemia, and gout. However, it remains unclear how a mutation in THP, a protein produced in the thick ascending limb, can cause hyperuricaemi...