Letters to the Editor Indian Pediatrics

Research-agenda Bias: letters to the editor

Challenges for "National Blood Pressure Control Program": letters to the editor

According to medical studies, cardiovascular diseases are the most common and most important risk factor for mortality and disability in Iran. Hence, the National Blood Pressure Control Program was implemented throughout the country from May 17, 2018 (coinciding with the World Blood Pressure Control Day) to July 6th. One of the important issues in blood pressure screening is the correct diagnos...

Wheat Grass Juice in Thalassemia LETTERS TO THE EDITOR INDIAN PEDIATRICS

INDIAN PEDIATRICS 79 VOLUME 43JANUARY 17, 2006 Lipoblastomas are circumscribed while lipoblastomatosis is diffuse and infiltrative. It is important to completely excise the tumor to avoid leaving residual tumor and to prevent recurrences which mostly occur within 2 years. Confusion with myxoid liposarcoma, well-differentiated liposarcoma, and typical lipomas may occur. Anup Mohta, Ritesh K. Ana...

Gender gap and Indian Academy of Pediatrics: still a long way to go!

We conducted this study to document the female participation in the administrative and academic affairs of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP). Of 45 IAP Presidents till date, 7 (15.6%) were women. Females comprised 6% (2/31), 8.8% (3/31), 5.4% (2/37), and 2.3% (1/44) of IAP executive board members in 1990, 1995, 2000, and 2005, respectively. Only once (out of 10), a woman was appointed as t...

Nurturing in Delhi! Editor: Dr. PN Taneja; Years 1970 - 1972.

After six years, the child born in Kolkata (and named as ‘Indian Pediatrics’) was brought to Delhi for further nurturing and growth. It must have been a tough decision taken after lots of deliberations and heartburns as apparent from the last editorial from Kolkata by outgoing editor Dr NG Mojumdar [1]. Circumstances behind this decision are anybody’s guess. Dr PN Taneja, often referred to as t...

The digital impact: Dr Panna Choudhury as editor-in-chief (2002-2007).

In this continuing saga of the journey of your journal, let us take you through the times of Dr Panna Choudhury, who took over as editor-in-chief from his friend and colleague Dr HPS Sachdev. The new millennium had kicked in just a year back, world wide web was making its presence felt, and the medical world as usual was in a continuous state of flux. On that new year day of 2002, Indian Pediat...