The present study examined indigenous phytotherapies use by fisher folks, living inside islands of Chilika lagoon. Fishing being the only livelihood, they have to be in salt water of Chilika for a long time and skin disease is the most common disease in this population in all age groups. Being inaccessible to the health care facilities in the mainland, they use frequently leaves of 13 medicinal...

Glycosidases are the enzymes involved in various biochemical processes related to metabolic disorders and diseases. Therefore, much effort has been focused on searching novel pharmacotherapy for the treatment of these ailments from medicinal plants due to higher safety margins. To pursue these efforts, the present study was performed to evaluate the α-glucosidase inhibitory activities of thirty...

Background: Plants are important sources of traditional medicine in many cultures. Ethiopia, being rich floral and cultural diversity, merits documentation medicinal plants associated knowledge various parts the country. To this end, an ethnobotanical study was conducted Nensebo district, southern Ethiopia. Methods: Ethnobotanical data were collected using semi-structured interviews, field guid...

The problem of the aged sick in the community to-day is urgent but complex. I propose to consider certain salient features only. The Population Trend. People are living longer to-day than they did fifty years ago. In this country at the beginning of the century there were about 2| million people over the age of sixty; to-day there are 7! millions, and it is estimated that in 1977 there will be ...

Morindacitrifolia, also known as noni belongs to the family Rubiaceae has been in high demand in yurvedic medicine. It has been used long since in various cultures as a medicine for cure of various ailments. This review attempts to analyze the evidence for the claim as a therapeutic cure for many diseases. This review article is presented to compile all the updated information on its phytochemi...

The dearth of medical experts in the developing world has subjected a large percentage of its populace to preventable ailments and deaths. Also, because of the predominant rural communities, the few medical experts that are available always opt for practice in the few urban cities. This consequently puts the rural communities at a disadvantage with respect to access to quality health care servi...

COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the newly discovered coronavirus. severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV2). shows long term effect on multiple systems such as respiratory, circulatory, digestive system, nervous etc. Post COVID / for people, who have symptoms after 4 weeks -12 of infection to up one year. The most common reported are fatigue, anorexia, joint pain, ...

This research was aimed at identifying ergonomic risks for the warehouse operators in workstation of a plastics industry company, it also explained reason ailments caused by bad posture and proposed design solutions. It is an applied, quasi-experimental, exploratory descriptive research; with mixed approach where Nordic Questionnaire REBA methodology were used, as they detect musculoskeletal sy...