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Item Awareness of hypertension among a north Indian population.(1998-10-04) Gupta, A K; Ahluwalia, S K; Negi, P C; Sood, R K; Gupta, B P; Dhadwal, DDeveloping countries are going through a demographic transition. Non-communicable diseases like hypertension are emerging in epidemic proportions. Education and awareness among people is the key to reduce the burden of the disease. To see the levels of awareness and characteristic of aware and unaware hypertensives, 7630 employees in Shimla town were screened for hypertension. Hypertension was detected in 2535 cases of which 559 (22.05%) were aware. The aware hypertensives were predominantly symptomatic and had higher age and blood pressure than the unaware hypertensives. The aware hypertensives were predominantly overweight. This low level of awareness highlights the need for a comprehensive hypertension education programme to be taken up at the national level.Item Case finding in tuberculosis in a peripheral hospital of District Shimla.(1986-06-01) Swami, H M; Parvan, U C; Vaidya, N K; Gupta, B P; Ahluwalia, S KItem A Case Report of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Punjab, India.(2014-07) Virk, Amrit; Sareen, Aarti; Takkar, Jaspreet; Grove, Gagandeep Singh; Gupta, B PLeishmaniasis, a vector-borne disease, has been endemic in India since ancient times 1, 2. At present, it is a serious public health problem in Indian subcontinent, especially in state of Bihar. It is caused by obligate intracellular protozoa of the genus Leishmania and is responsible for a broad spectrum of clinical syndromes: Cutaneous lieshmaniasis (CL), Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and Mucocutaneousleishmaniasis (ML). VL, locally known as kala-azar in India, is the most aggressive form and if undervalued is fatal. Here we describe an imported case of visceral leishmaniasisreported in the State of Punjab which is non-endemic for the disease. The importance of the case lies in the fact that, a case of Visceral Leishmaniasis has been reported after a gap of 4 years in the State.Item Child to child communication: a gainful experience.(1992-04-01) Bhardwaj, A K; Gupta, B P; Ahluwalia, S K; Vaidya, N KItem Cholesterol & lipid accumulation & protein content in the various tissues of albino rats maintained for varying periods on different lipid-starch combinations at different lipid levels.(1980-05-01) Pant, R; Chandramouli, V; Bakshi, R; Gupta, B PItem Dacryocystography and lacrimal probing in cases of congenital obstruction of nasolacrimal duct.(1976-10-01) Agarwal, M L; Gupta, B PItem Distribution of blood pressure and hypertension in healthy subjects residing at high altitude in the Himalayas.(1986-07-01) Puri, D S; Pal, L S; Gupta, B P; Swami, H M; Dasgupta, D JItem An experience with measles vaccine.(1984-07-01) Gupta, B P; Parvan, U C; Ahluwalia, S K; Vaidya, N K; Swami, H MItem Immunisation status of infants and children in ICDS project in tribal area of Himachal Pradesh.(1987-10-01) Dattal, M S; Behl, L; Gupta, P; Gupta, B P; Sharma, S LItem Perforated duodenal ulcer in a child.(2002-06-27) Mohta, Anup; Shrivastava, U K; Gupta, B P; Gupta, AmanItem Prevalence of RTIs/STDs amongst married women in the reproductive age group of (15-44 yrs) in a rural area of Distt. Sirmour (H.P.).(2007-06-15) Sharma, Savita; Gupta, B PItem Sero-epidemiological survey of measles in a tribal district of Himachal Pradesh.(1988-12-01) Bhardwaj, A K; Swami, H M; Gupta, B P; Saha, S M; Ahluwalia, S K; Vaidya, N K