An epidemiologic assessment of the problem of cancer in women in Kerala based on 3 Population Cancer Registry data and a Hospital Based data is presented. Kerala's Socio-economic and demography presents an intermediate development from a less developed to a better-developed state. As yet, the women follow a tradition-based life style. Cancer incidence rate in Kerala was only 80% of urban rates ...

BACKGROUND Data on quit rates among diabetes patients are limited. PURPOSE To find whether positive change in knowledge on smoking-related complications is associated with increased quit rates among diabetes patients. METHODS We randomized 224 male diabetes patients into intervention groups 1 and 2. Both groups received a standard diabetic-specific smoking cessation message from a doctor. I...

BACKGROUND Inadequate public action in vulnerable communities is a major constraint for the health of poor and marginalized groups in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). The south Indian state of Kerala, known for relatively equitable provision of public resources, is no exception to the marginalization of vulnerable communities. In Kerala, women's lives are constrained by gender-based ine...

The role of Aedes albopictus (Skuse) in the spread of many arboviral infections including dengue and chikungunya is now well-documented1–3. Aedes albopictus currently shows a global presence and recognized as a major threat to human health. In India, re-emergence of chikungunya has been reported from several states since 20054. Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) plays a key role in the transmission in va...

Background: High blood pressure increases the risk for significant health issues including heart attack and stroke. According to studies, tribal population in India is likewise going through a transformation has increasing prevalence of high pressure. Therefore, this study was done with objective determine proportion hypertensives uncontrolled among persons origin attending primary care centre ...

Eleven species of calappid and leucosiid crabs were identified from by-catch landed by trawlers at four fishing ports in Kerala, India that were surveyed in 2007 and supplemented by material obtained in January 2013. Four species are reported for the first time from India, six are new records for Kerala. The status of Mursia bicristimana Alcock & Anderson, 1894, is clarified and the species red...

the impacts of land cover change on the hydrologic cycle from local to regional scales are not fully understood with regard to humid tropical river basins of kerala, india. this study provides an approach to identify the effects of land cover changes on streamflow of a river basin in the humid tropical zone of kerala, india using the soil and water assessment tool (swat). the swat model was cal...

Kerala state at the Southern tip of India leads the country in many parameters of human development. Kerala is densely populated and is an almost continuous corridor of towns and villages. Arrikode is a small village in the Malapurram district of Kerala state. Malapurram is populated mainly by Muslims. The village is situated at the district boundary with neighbouring Kozhikode. After finishing...

Two new species, Ooencyrtus alrake Hayat, sp. nov. and Syrphophagus wayanadensis Hayat, sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae), are described from material collected in Kerala State (India) from Trioza jambolanae Crawford (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Triozidae), a leaf gall-inducer on species of Syzygium (Myrtaceae). Two species, Psyllaephagus garuga S. Singh and P. phacopteron S. Singh, b...