Citation Styles

 The practice of evidence based medicine and widespread clinical research have rendered literature search,a vital tool .It is practically impossible to write any article without inputs from previous literature,whether from a book,journal or a website. The backbone of any publication is the bibliography or references. This is a compilation of all the sources of data used for the research paper. A reference mentions all the details of the source,namely title,authors,journal name,year,volume and issue number and page numbers. In order to avoid plagiarism,all references should be quoted in proper context after giving due credit to the respective authors. If a manuscript needs to be revised with inclusion of additional references,the authors will have to also modify the list of references appropriately to accommodate the same.

Ear piercings Revisited

Piercing of the ears and body is an age old practice of adornment. Piercing, is defined as the insertion of a needle to create a fistula for decorative ornaments1.The earliest record of piercing, is in the Bible (Genesis 24:22), where a golden earring was one of the gifts given to Rebecca, wife of Abraham’s son Isaac. Over the ages, ear piercings have become a widespread practice enjoying social, cultural and religious acceptance. Body piercing is beyond the scope of this article.