Member Announcements

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Dear All,

This is my pleasure to announce the launch of our new journal, The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. The IJOEM is open access and is available through www.theijoem.com. We look forward to receiving your invaluable comments as well as your [colleagues’] relevant manuscripts. Many thanks in advance for your kind attention.

All of the Best,

Farrokh Habibzadeh
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Dear Members of WAME,

I'm delighted to inform you that the 9^th issue (Vol 5, No 1, January 2010) of IJMU has been published and is available at: http://akspublication.com/vol5_no1_jan2010.html

Find below the table of contents for your kind perusal.

Table of Contents

Editorial

• Originality in Medical Writing
  Professor Sushil Dawka (Surgery) Mauritius
  [Full text] [PDF]

Original Work

• Role of Echogenic Amniotic Fluid Particles and Optical Density in prediction of Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Labor
  Dr. Shankar H S Ram (Obstetrics) India
  [Abstract] [Full text-PDF]
• Study of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: characteristics, risk factors and outcome
  Dr. Shalini Tripathi (Pediatrics) India
  [Abstract] [Full text-PDF]
• Clinical assessment of functional outcome in lateral epicondylitis managed by local infiltration of autologous blood
  Dr. Ajay Bharti (Orthopedics) India
  [Abstract] [Full text-PDF]
• Analysis of ankle alignment abnormalities as a risk factor for pediatric flexible flat foot
  Dr. Ajai Singh (Orthopedics) India
  [Abstract] [Full text-PDF]
• A Different Technique of Primary Indirect Inguinal Hernia Repair by Inserting a Synthetic Mesh into the Pre and Retroperitoneal Spaces to Wrap the Peritoneal Reflection: Preliminary Report
  Professor Aydın Altan (Surgery) Turkey
  [Abstract] [Full text-PDF]

Review

• Proteomics: an evolving technology in Laboratory Medicine
  Dr. Javed Akhter (Laboratory Medicine) Saudi Arabia
  [Abstract] [Full text-PDF]
• Interaction between anti-hypertensive and non-steroidal anti inflammatory drugs: implications in management of osteoarthritis and opinion on a compromise therapy
  Dr. Talhatu K. Hamzat (Physiotherapy) Nigeria
  [Abstract] [Full text-PDF]

Case report

• Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome in leprosy
  Dr. Vaibhav Chewoolkar (Medicine) India
  [Abstract] [Full text-PDF]
• Long-standing unreduced anterior dislocation of the knee - a case report
  Dr. Navin Kumar Karn (Orthopedics) India
  [Abstract] [Full text-PDF]

Letter to editor

• Cancer Nanotechnology--- A Panacea
  Dr. Vicky V Mody (Medicinal Chemistry) USA
  [Full text] [PDF]
• Pattern of injuries in deaths due to bomb explosion
  Dr. Manoj Kumar Pathak (Forensic Medicine) India
  [Full text] [PDF]

I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to submit your comments on the articles published in the form of “Letter to editor” or manuscripts to IJMU and ask you to forward this e-mail to your colleagues and other researchers who you know might be interested in publishing with IJMU. General suggestions may be sent to editorijmu@akspublication.com or agnihotri_arun@hotmail.com.

Thank you.

Regards,

Dr. Arun Kumar Agnihotri
Editor in chief, Internet Journal of Medical Update
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September 28, 2009

WAME Policies in Articles, News, and Blogs

Plos Medicine: Ghostwriting: The Dirty Little Secret of Medical Publishing That Just Got Bigger

Plos Medicine: What Should Be Done to Tackle Ghostwriting in the Medical Literature?

CSE's White Paper on Promoting Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications

The Free Library: Ghostwriters and ghostbusters: drugmakers routinely hire writers to prepare 'research papers' touting their products for publication in prestigious medical journals, and some physicians are happy to sign their names to them--for a fee

Medical Musings: Ghostwriting - from "The Inside": Outrage Hinges on Unclear Definitions 

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September 25, 2009

The Council of Science Editors' International Scholarship Program has been developed to support editors from developing nations. A number of scholarships are being offered to enable attendance at CSE's 53rd Annual Meeting, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, on 14-18 May 2010. The focus of the 2010 meeting will be "The Changing Climate of Scientific Publishing." Each funded scholar will receive free registration to the conference (including hotel stay and all meals) and partial reimbursement for travel expenses.

The scholarships are intended for candidates who live in countries on the Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) eligibility list (Band 1 [free access] or Band 2 [low-cost access]) maintained by the World Health Organization. Applicants who live in other countries are disqualified.

Decisions will be based on review of 2 short (150-word) essays, in which applicants should discuss (1) why they are interested in attending the conference and (2) how they plan to apply what they learn during the meeting. Applicants who address all points will be scored higher than those who do not. Clarity of expression and perceived enthusiasm will reflect positively on the candidate. Applicants with specific goals will be scored higher than those with vague ideas.

Applications must be received by 2 October 2009. The application must be completed on the Web site. Do not fax, e-mail, or mail the application form.

http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/events/annualmeeting10/scholarships.cfm

Scholarship winners will be notified in November 2009

Best of luck to all scholarship applicants, and we look forward to seeing you 14-18 May 2010 in Atlanta!

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20 August 2009

WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE ON HEALTH IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

The health consequences of climate change will be highlighted at a conference in Copenhagen next month when experts join representatives of the WMA to discuss new policy.

The WMA wants to ensure that the voice of health professionals is heard when a new global climate treaty to replace the Kyoto accord is considered at the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change being held in December. Medical professionals are concerned that those creating policy on the issue of climate change do not recognize the impact that climate change will have on health throughout the world.

Next month's one-day seminar will be held on September 1 by the WMA at the Danish Engineers Building, Kalvebod Brygge, in Copenhagen.

Among the keynote speakers are:

-    Dr. Colin D. Butler, Associate Professor, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, AUS

-    Ms Francesca Racioppi, Global Change and Health, WHO Regional Office for Europe

-    Dr. Ray Copes, Physician expert in environmental health, Director of Canadian National Collaborating Center for Environmental Health.

-    Ms Susan Wilburn, Technical Officer, Occupational and Environmental Health Department of Public Health and Environment, WHO

-    Dr Dong-Chun Shin, Director of the Korean Medical Association, and Dr. Paul Saoke, Vice President of the International Society of Doctors for the Environment (ISDE Africa region), will present the perspectives of the regions of Asia and Africa.

The full programme in English can be found at:

http://www.laeger.dk/nyhed/download/docs/F25315/English.doc

and in French at:

http://www.laeger.dk/nyhed/download/docs/F25132/Francais.doc

Journalists who would like to attend should contact Nigel Duncan.

For further information please contact:

Dr. Otmar Kloiber    WMA Secretary General

                     +33 4 50 42 6757 (office)

                     +33 6 73 90 76 86 (mobile)

Clarisse Delorme     WMA Advocacy advisor

                     +33 450 42 67 61 (office)

Nigel Duncan         WMA Public Relations Consultant

                     +44 (0) 20 8997 3653 (work)

                     +44 (0) 7984 944 403 (mobile)

                     nduncan@ndcommunications.co.uk

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Dear All,

Regards,

SM Kadri MB, MPH/ICHD

Indian J for the Practising Doctor

Contents

1.     Editorial

2.     A Correlation of Common Carotid Intima Media Thickness with Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients
Aftab Sas, Sudha V, Dixit US, Bairy KL

3.     Study of Injuries among Construction Workers in Ahmedabad City, Gujarat
Shah CK, Mehta H

4.     Medicinal Uses of Honey: Results of a Survey of Patients Visiting Family Doctors at a Teaching Hospital in Karachi
Qidwai W, Waheed S, Ayub S, Syed, IA

5.     Role of Flax and Flax Gum in Health and Diabetes
Mitra A, Bhattacharya D

6.     CABG at SKIMS - An Initial Experience
Lone RA, Ahangar AG, Zubair H, Hussain Z, Dar AM

7.     Does HIV Infection Afford a Prevention from Hypertension?
Rampal V, Ahmad M

8.     A Retrospective Study and Evaluation of Rubber Band Ligation as a Treatment of Hemorrhoids
Wani NA, Fazilli A, Bhat GH, Mir IS

9.     Comparative Study of Clinical Profile of Elderly and Young Hypertensives
Chowta K N, Sundeep S, Chowta M N

10.   Hyperkalaemia-induced Ventilatory Failure with Pseudo-myocardial Infarction - A Case report
Talib A A, Alkhuwaitir TSA, Wani BA,Al- Sharary M

11.   Fulminant Ocular Molluscum Contagiosum
Untoo RA, Shaheen N, Lone IA, Sheikh S

12.   CHARGE Syndrome
Vaghela J, Sharma R

13.   Laparoscopic Treatment of a Giant Non-parasitic Hepatic Cyst: A Case Report
Chalkoo M

14.   Protecting our Health from Climate Change - an Urgent Matter!
von Hilderbrand, A

15.   Evolutionary Changes in Diagnosis of Hepatitis C: A Brief Review of Laboratory Diagnosis
Irshad M, Kawatra M

16.   Growth Hormone Supplementation in Elderly People
Kalra S

17.   Health Consequences of Iodine Deficiency
Kapil, U

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I'm delighted to inform you that the 7^th issue (Vol 4, No 2, Jul-Dec 2009) of IJMU has been published and is available at: http://www.akspublication.com/vol4_no2_jul2009.htm Find below the table of contents for your kind perusal.

Table of Contents

Editorial

• Statistical Analysis of Medical Data - Doing it right
  Dr. Vandna Jowaheer (Mathematics) Mauritius
  [Full text] [PDF]

Original Work

• Clinical complications of Chikungunya fever in Mauritius
  Dr. S. S. D. Goorah (Medicine) Mauritius
  [Abstract] [Full text-PDF]
• Placental thickness: A sonographic indicator of gestational age in normal singleton pregnancies in Nigerian women
  Mr. C. C. Ohagwu (Radiology) Nigeria
  [Abstract] [Full text-PDF]
• Histomorphologic alterations of the cerebellum of wistar rats following Amodiaquine plus Artesunate administration
  Mr. M. B. Ekong (Anatomy) Nigeria
  [Abstract] [Full text-PDF]
• Coagulation activity in liver disease
  Dr. Sheikh Sajjadieh (Laboratory Medicine) Ukraine
  [Abstract] [Full text-PDF]
• EEG arousal prediction via hypoxemia indicator in patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
  Dr. Chen-Liang Lin (Internal Medicine) Taiwan
  [Abstract] [Full text-PDF]
• Screening assays to find out late latent syphilis cases - which is the best one?
  Dr. Dzintars Ozoli (Microbiology) Latvia
  [Abstract] [Full text-PDF]
• Dynamic changes in biochemical markers of renal function with thyroid status- A study in Indian population
  Dr. Devika Tayal (Biochemistry) India
  [Abstract] [Full text-PDF]

Case report

• Aspiration of mediastinal hydatid cyst - A case report
  Dr. Girish Sindhwani (Respiratory Medicine) India
  [Abstract] [Full text-PDF]
• Weismann-Netter-Stuhl Syndrome - a rare form of skeletal dysplasia
  Dr. Shalini Tripathi (Pediatrics) India
  [Abstract] [Full text-PDF]
• Torsion of the vermiform appendix: A case report
  Dr.  Imtiaz Ahmed Wani (Surgery) India
  [Abstract] [Full text-PDF]

Book review

• Manual of Neonatology, 1st edition, edited by Vineet Bhandari
  Dr. N. N. Munshi (Pediatrics) Mauritius
  [Full text] [PDF]

I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to submit your comments on the articles published in the form of "Letter to editor" or manuscripts to IJMU and ask you to forward this e-mail to your colleagues and other researchers who you know might be interested in publishing with IJMU. General suggestions may be sent to editorijmu@akspublication.com or agnihotri_arun@hotmail.com.

I look forward to your continuing support.

Thank you.

Regards,

Dr. Arun Kumar Agnihotri

Editor in chief, Internet Journal of Medical Update
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Archives of Medicine is designed for the prompt publication of peer-reviewed articles in all areas of medicine. I also have an spanish version called Archivos de Medicine. You can visit our web page http://www.archivosdemedicina.com/ojs/index.php/archmed/index

There are two new interesting articles
1. El test de la marcha de los seis minutos en hipertensión pulmonar de cualquier etiologia
2. El valor de la minilaparatomía en la histerectomía total por enfermedades uterinas benignas: Estudio comparativo con enfoques convencionales de tipo Pfannestiel y laparoscópico.

We accept articles in spanish or english. Spanish version will be published in archivos de medicine and english version will be published in archives of medicine. We also translate articles published in a biomedcentral journal.

I hope you like it.

Sincerely.

Ricardo Correa
Editor in chief