Childlessness may be a tragedy to the married women and can be a cause of marital upset as well as of personal unhappiness and ill health. In today‟s fast world due to lack of time, mode of life and increasing mental stress, infertility is emerging as a major disorder affecting the social and psychological aspect of the life of the masses.Looking into the Samprapti of the Vandhyatwa, it is a disease in which main vitiated dosha is Vata, strotas involved are Artavavahastrotas and the adhisthana is Yoni i.e. female reproductive system. So our treatment should be aimed at Vatashamaka, Yonidoshahara, Srotoshodhaka, Rasayana and Garbhasthapana. So in the present study, 30 clinically diagnosed patients from OPD/IPD of Prasuti & StriRogaDeptt., NIA, Jaipur were selected along with consideration of inclusion and exclusion criteria. Two groups of 15 patients each were formed. Group A was given Shatapushpachurna along with Ashwagandha ksheer paka and Group B was given Pippalyadichurna along with Ashwagandha ksheer paka for 90 days or 3 consecutive menstrual cycles. The study reveals that group A showed better results than the group B in all parameters but both were almost equally effective on conception.

Occupational workers need to perform activities like pulling, pushing, lifting etc. during their work-day. These activities require high strength of muscles of lower extremities (LE), which include quadriceps, hamstrings and gastrocnemius. Rehabilitation exercises (RE) play a major role in strengthening LE muscles. These also help in alleviating many workplace-injuries of LE muscles.

This study investigated the mosquitocidal activities of marine algae collected from Gulf of Mannar. The larvae Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefaciatus tested  against sargassum wightii and Ulva fasciata  were extracted using different solvents like Chloroform, Methanol, Petroleum ether and Acetone. The two different seaweed extracts using four different solvents were proved statistically significant (p<0.05). The seaweed extract used for the   LC50 assay against II and III instar larval mortality was recorded. The overall results was observed all the solvent extract against sargassum wightii especially more toxic in acdtone and chloroform  of Culex quinquefaciatus (II & III -100%) followed by chloroform in Aedes aegypti (II & III -83%). Likewise the similar species of mosquito larvae (Aedes aegypti) against Ulva fasciata extract in Chloroform, acetone and methanol showed the high mortality was noted. These findings may help in developing a prospective alternative source to control the mosquitoes.

Background and Aim: Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common metabolic disorders which is characterized by numerous long-term complications affecting almost every system in the body. Foot ulcer, which often results in lower extremity amputations, is one of the most common complications associated with the disease. This study was proposed to determine magnitude of lower limb amputation and to identify associated factors with lower limb amputation among Diabetic Foot Ulcer patients admitted to Adama Hospital Medical College from January 2013 to

December 2017.  

Methods: Institution based cross sectional study design was conducted. Data was gathered from medical records using prepared checklist; data was entered and analyzed by SPSS version 20.  

Results: Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU) accounted 110(12.9%) out of total DM patient admissions (n= 850) from January 2013 to December 2017.  Out of DFU patients, 39 (35.5%) individuals lost their limb(s). The odds of being age of 61 to 69 years, being rural resident, having grade 3 DFU, havingPeripheral Arterial Disease (PAD), positive finding Doppler Ultrasound and Random Blood Sugar (RBS) 400 to 599 mg/dl were 4.16 times, 3.11 times, 6.81 times, 4.66 times, 8.23 times and 1.39 times more risk for lower limb amputation respectively. 

Conclusion:Grade 3 DFU, PAD, positive finding Doppler Ultrasound, rural residence and poor glycemic control are factors identified in patients who lost their limb(s) because of DFU. Hence, strict patient education, good glycemic control, early investigation for PAD, early management of foot infection are critical to reduce the risk of lower limb amputation.