Assessment of Nutritional Anaemia and its Predisposing Factors among Women of Reproductive Age Group in a Slum of Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Introduction: Anaemia is a major public health problem affecting women of reproductive age groups all over the world.As per NFHS-IV data, prevalence of anaemia in India is 53% and in urban areas of West Bengal is 58.2%.Studies conducted among women of reproductive age in slums of Mumbai and Bhubaneswar, the prevalence of anaemia was 49.5% and 60.8%

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Urology in ancient India

The practice of medical and surgical measures in the management of urological ailments prevailed in ancient India from the Vedic era around 3000 BC.Subsequently in the Samhita period, the two stalwarts - Charaka in medicine Cleaning brush and Susruta in surgery elevated the art of medicine in India to unprecedented heights.Their elaboration of the

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