Khasi Myths and Atriliny

Age at menarche in adolescent Khasi girls, Meghalaya.

The mean and median age at menarche in 360 Khasi girls was found to be 13.22 ± 0.88 and 12.13 ± 0.79 years, respectively; socio-economic status was observed to be a strong predictor of age at menarche in this population.

I-39: Facts and Myths in IVF Treatment

Many myths are still present today in assisted reproductive techniques and particularly in infertility management. Most of them exist because we do not want to really look at the facts for various reasons. In this lecture we will review 7 of these myths: 1. HP-HMG improves pregnancy rates, 2. HMG prevents progesterone rise in follicular phase, 3. Clinical importance of progesterone rise in foll...

Cholera in a Khasi Village and Its Treatment with Bacteriophage

Jakrkm is a village in* the Khasi Hills 16 miles !?v road and twenty-five by footpath south-west ?f Shillong. It consists of 142 houses and has population of 744. Never in the memory of the villagers has it been visited by cholera. On the 3rd October, 1929, eleven men went to seek work two days' march south to Maodon. adjacent to the plain of Sylhet. On their arrival they tound cholera in Maodo...

AIDS Myths and Myths about AIDS Myths: A Study about AIDS- related Perceptions in South Africa

Rhodesia : Myths and Facts