india and zionist regime relationships have had many ups and downs over the past six decades. indians have been among the supporters of arabs for a long time and had been backing the palestinian issue long before the partition plan of palestine. india had proved no tendency to improve its relationship with israel regardless of jews and the occupier government‘s massive efforts over four decades...

This is a report and interpretation of the inherited blood types in the eastern band of Cherokee Indians residing on their reservation in the western part of North Carolina. Its significance rests on the fact that few studies are available of American Indians from the southeastern part of the United States. The Cherokee, an Iroquois-speaking tribe, once occupied land in what is now eastern Tenn...

BACKGROUND Lactose malabsorption (LM), the inability to break down lactose into glucose and galactose, is due to a deficiency in the small intestinal lactase phlorizin hydrolase enzyme. Ethnic and geographic variations of LM are known. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare the frequency of LM in healthy southern and northern Indian populations. DESIGN A total of 153 healthy volunte...

INTRODUCTION This is the first prospective cohort study in Singapore to describe the incidence of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and stroke among Chinese, Malays and Asian Indians. MATERIALS AND METHODS The Singapore Cardiovascular Cohort Study is a longitudinal follow-up study on a general population cohort of 5920 persons drawn from 3 previous cross-sectional surveys. Morbidity and mortality...

BACKGROUND Disparities in stroke and heart disease have been well defined in many populations in the United States. Relatively few studies, however, have assessed current disparities in cardiovascular disease in American Indian populations and compared trends with other regions of the United States. METHODS AND RESULTS Using mortality data, age-adjusted all-cause, heart disease, and stroke mo...

OBJECTIVES We aimed to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity, represented by extra body weight and abdominal circumference, among older Indians; and to characterise the social pattern of obesity and measure the magnitude of hypertension attributable to it. SETTING A nationally representative sample of older Indians was selected from 6 Indian states, including Rajasthan, Uttar Prad...

Abstract For a half-century, the historiography on Spanish Habsburg rule suggested that crown envisioned Indies society as best divided into two segregated sociolegal groups: republic of Spaniards and Indians. This model was popularized by eminent mid twentieth century Swedish historian Magnus Mörner has since become foundational concept in field. However, using extensive archival evidence, thi...

Introduction: Previous studies have revealed ethnic differences in glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) value at the same glucose concentration. This study aimed to determine variation HbA1c as an index of glycaemic control among type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. Methods: cross-sectional, retrospective recruited 293 T2DM patients by simple random sampling medical outpatient clinic a tertiary ho...

Acculturation, Obesity, and Hypertension Among Female Brazilian Indians To the Editor: The Amazon is the largest native forest in the word. There, many isolated and relatively unacculturated Amerindian populations still strive to keep their cultures untouched. In a series of reports from 1989 to 1992, one of us (Carvalho) and colleagues of the Intersalt Study have evidenced that both obesity an...

expenditure. 13 In addition to adipocytokines, pro-inflammatory markers like tumour necrosis factor-α [TNF-α] inhibit insulin signaling in human adipocytes, 14 enhance insulin resistance and increase the risk for diabetes. Recent reports show that Indians have low levels of adiponectin compared to their Caucasian counterparts. 15 In this issue of JAPI, Lele and Joshi 16 report on interesting ne...