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MEDICAL JOURNAL DY PATIL UNIVERSITY, KOLHAPUR

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The awareness of osteoporosis has grown worldwide in recent years. This silently progressing metabolic bone disease is widely prevalent in India, and osteoporotic fractures are a common cause of morbidity and mortality in Indian women. Rapid bone loss occurs in postmenopausal women due to hormonal factors which lead to increased risk of fractures. Biochemical markers of bone metabolism are used to assess skeletal turnover. Aim: To evaluate the magnitude of bone loss in postmenopausal osteoporosis women and the effect of specific antiresorptive therapy(alendronate+calcium+calcitriol) regimen in postmenopausal osteoporosis by assaying relevant biochemical parameters. Study Design: Prospective. Setting: Postmenopausal osteoporosis patients from Civil Hospital, Miraj, Sangli and Ortho Hospital and Post Graduate Institute of Swastiyog Pratishthan,Miraj. Participants: 60 clinically diagnosed postmenopausal osteoporosis patients and 60 normal subjects (postmenopausal nonosteoporosis women) were recruited as control. Objectives: 1. To measure bone formation and resorption markers such as serum total calcium, inorganic phosphorus, alkaline phosphatase and tartrate resistant acid phosphatase at the baseline level and 3 months post therapy. Results: Serum calcium and phosphorus was significantly decreased (P<0.001) in postmenopausal osteoporosis patients as compared to controls and it was found to be significantly increased (P<0.001) after 3 months post therapy in PMO. Alkaline phosphatase and tartrate resistant acid phosphatase was significantly increased (P<0.001) in PMO as compared to controls and post therapy these levels were decreased significantly (P<0.001) in PMO. Conclusion: Biochemical markers of bone turnover provide information that can aid in predicting risk of future bone loss and osteoporotic fracture. These markers can also be used to monitor and establish the effectiveness of an antiresorptive therapy in the PMO patients. KEY WORDS : Postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO), Alkaline phosphatase (ALP), Tartrate resistant acid phosphatase (TRACP). ABSTRACT : Prostate cancer is one of the most common malignancies in elderly men. The incidence of this disease increases with age. In the last 40 years the mortality of prostate cancer has not declined, in spite of advances in its diagnosis and treatment (1) . Prostate cancer in India is increasing in incidence by 1% per year. This study was undertaken to examine the diagnostic importance of prostate specific antigen (PSA), acid phosphatase (ACP), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in prostate cancer patients. Serum prostate specific antigen (PSA), acid phosphatase (ACP), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) were determined in 40 patients with age above 50 and compared with 40 age/ sex matched healthy controls by using Student 't' and 'z' test. Serum PSA, ACP, ALP and LDH activities in patients were increased significantly (p<0.

Journal of Rashid Latif Medical College (JRLMC)

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MEDICAL EDUCATION SEMINAR PIMS, ISLAMABAD

MEDICAL EDUCATION SEMINAR PIMS, ISLAMABAD, 2009

Time to revisit education, training of healthcare professionals. The education and training of healthcare professionals needs a serious revisit. Behavioural sciences must be included in the curriculum and a programme on human resource development should be developed for people involved in patient care. Dr. Muhammad Saaiq from the Department of plastic surgery focused on the value of evidence-generation by virtue of research and the resultant authenticity of the evidence so produced. He