In order to make headway in the control of morbidity we must try to answer the following questions: what do we define as schistosomiasis related morbidity, how do we measure it, what is the impact of the detected morbidity on the health of affected communities, what other factors might influence the level of morbidity in an endemic setting, and how can we measure the impact of treatment or inte...

Seventy asthmatic patients newly referred to a hospital outpatient clinic have been studied. In one-third of the patients the diagnosis of asthma had not been considered. Eight patients presented with an FEV1 of one litre or less. Acute severe asthma is commonly believed to precede death from asthma, but patients with more chronic symptoms may have equally severe airways obstruction without app...

The nature of the international health burden, its changes, its problems, and even its solutions over the next quarter century are surprisingly apparent at this time and are more positive than often supposed. The average period of lessened physical status is likely to shorten, and the need for and cost of hospitalization in the later life of the individual is likely to decrease. The period of i...

The mortality pattern among 86 men was determined to investigate the possible hazards of polishing steel. The men had polished steel with polishing paste for at least five years. The polishing pastes had contained tallow, beeswax, carnauba wax, alundum, carborundum, ferric oxide, and chalk. A total of 18 men had died compared with 13.3 expected. Four had died of stomach cancer compared with 0.4...

Background: Malnutrition among tribal preschool children is highly prevalent in almost all states of India and is the predisposing factor for morbidity as well as mortality. Objectives: Aim of the study was to detect prevalence of malnutrition and their associated factors. Study design: A cross sectional study. Study subjects: Lodha tribal children aged 1-5 years. Sample size: A total of 141 ch...