The toxicity study of Vaivilangam Chooranam was investigated on experimental animals. The experiments were carried out in the premises of the conventional animal facility of the institute. The toxicity study of the drug was carried out to detect possible toxic effects by clinical examination, pre terminal death of animals, body weight, food intake, and histopathology study. The Clinical examinations were measured to find out the alteration in the levels of Glucose, Total Cholesterol, Triglycerides, Urea, Total bilirubin, Creatinine, Albumin, Alanine aminotransferase, Aspartate aminotransferase. The acute and sub-acute toxicity studies were found out by the changes in general behaviour, physical observation and pre terminal deaths. All the studies were carried out separately in both female and male animals. The histopathological analysis of the vital organs brain, heart, lungs, spleen, kidneys, liver, adrenals glands and testes were also examined. The overall result indicates the absence of toxic effects in animals.

Workplace violence against staff in emergency departments (EDs) has reached catastrophic proportions, and has become an endemic problem affecting nurses in all settings. The aims of this study were to investigate the prevalence of violence experienced by Palestinian staff in EDs, the types of violence, its sources, and factors affecting violence experiences, and reporting the incidence. This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted between Jan and May 2016 in the emergency department of four hospitals in West Bank, Palestine. Data were collected from 91 staff working in various emergency settings. The instrument was a 42-item questionnaire on types of violence, its sources, feelings, and ways to cope with violent behaviors. Descriptive statistics and chi-square tests were used for data analysis. The results showed 74.7% of participants had been exposed to at least one kind of violence: 26.4% to physical assault, 60.4% to verbal abuse, and 13.2% to both (physical and verbal). Patients’ family (79.4%) was identified as the primary perpetrators of violence. The most common coping method among participants (61.2%) for violence was to report to a manager. Based on results of the study, Workplace violence against nurses is a significant problem in Palestine. The impatience that accompanies waiting times may have a cultural element. Lessening waiting times and providing more information to patients and families could reduce the rate of violence, Policy and decision-makers are urged to use study findings for policy and practice interventions to create safe work environments conducive to nurses’ productivity and retention.

Back ground: These days, many students use smartphones for longer periods and more frequently than computers because they are small, portable, and accessible. Since smartphone users do internet surfing, chatting, use social network sites, write documents, and perform other tasks while looking at their phone’s small monitor, their constant and repeated motions in a certain posture can cause musculoskeletal disorders. Methods: A questionnaire based survey was done in physiotherapy students. A self-made validated questionnaire containing demographic data, questions related to the use of phone and musculoskeletal pain were included in the study. Subjects were asked to fill an online self-made questionnaire. The Data was analyzed and graphical representation was done using Google forms and Microsoft excel. Results: The study showed that the musculoskeletal problems are higher in neck followed by fingers, thumb and wrist. Conclusion: There is a prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in Physiotherapy students using smartphone.

Ksheeraja phakka is disease of malnutrition due to the ingestion of kapha dosha vitiated breast milk. Breast milk play significant role towards the development of neonates. It supplies nutrients which are very essential for growth and development of newborn from birth to six months. The present investigation evaluate efficacy of Ashwagandha ghrita on Ksheeraja phakka, total 30 children were involved in the study. The children were randomly divided into two groups A and B (15 students in each group). The group A children consume Ashwagandha ghrita along with other nutritional supplement while Group B children does not supplied with Ashwagandha ghrita, group A children receive maximum improvement however group B children also showed improvement in growth but less as compared to Group A, study proved that Ashwagandha Ghrita offer relief in Ksheeraja phakka along with nutritional supplement.

Ayurveda is the science of healthcare system not only deals with physical and mental health but also gives importance to the spiritual health of people. Oxidative stress may be considered responsible for most of the diseases now as day, lack of dietary antioxidants supplements and generation of the free radicals induces diseases associated with oxidative stress. Ayurveda believe that Rasayana drugs offer significant relief in condition of oxidative stress since Rasayana impart superior Rasa and Dhatus which help to scavenge oxidative stress, this article described antioxidant potential of Rasayana.

Introduction: Positive deviance/ hearth is an effective tool in involving individuals or communities to work together to solve a problem and to discover the solution from within by utilizing the existing resources. Aim and Objective: The aim of the study is to assess the efficacy of modified hearth approach for adolescents. Methodology: A study was carried out among 240 high school students of 8th and 9th class in Anantapur. Results: At base line, significant difference was observed in nutrition knowledge levels of high school students and their mothers among the control and experimental group exposed to modified hearth approach (p<0.05), indicating heterogeneity of the groups and the groups are independent. Post intervention revealed a significant improvement in the knowledge levels of experimental group of adolescents and their mothers (p<0.01) indicating the efficacy of modified hearth approach. However significant difference was not observed in the mean scores of post intervention-1 and post intervention-2 indicating the retention of knowledge gained during intervention in high schoolers and their mothers. Conclusion: Modified hearth approach was found effective in educating high schoolers and their mothers.

Background: In spite of extensive promising researches, blood donation by human will continue to be the only source for blood and its components. Blood donation and transfusion are remarkably safe medical procedures. However, attitude and awareness associated with blood donation and transfusion may affect such procedures. Aim: To determine the attitude and awareness about blood donation and transfusion among students of secondary schools in Asmara city and Asmara College of Health Sciences (ACHS). Materials and Methods: In this cross sectional descriptive study, 323 students aged 16 years and above were evaluated using a predesigned questionnaire. Data generated was analyzed using SPSS program. Frequency tables and percentage were calculated, and Chi-square was applied to see difference between categorical variables. P-value of <0.05 was taken as significant. Results: 67% of the total participants (50.6% females and 49.4% males) were found to have an acceptable level of awareness towards blood donation. Comparing knowledge with educational level 70% and 64% of the participants with acceptable level of knowledge were from secondary schools and ACHS respectively. Over all attitude of the participants is 75% (50.6% females and 49.4% males) having good attitude towards blood donation and transfusion. Comparing attitude of students with educational level 60% and 90% of the participants were with positive attitude towards blood donation from secondary schools and ACHS respectively. Conclusion: Although the evaluated students were with acceptable level of knowledge and attitude towards blood donation, but there are some misunderstanding and misconceptions need to be removed.