Epidemiological study of gall-stones in Urban Kashmir.

The study is conducted by using ultrasonography as an imaging tool. It is found that the gall stone prevalence (per 100) is 6.12:3.07 in males and 9.60 in females. The prevalence increases with increase in age in both sexes. There is no significant relation of gallstone prevalence with obesity, SE status and diet

Role of Personal and Dietary Habits in the Causation of P malignant Lesions and Malignant Tumors of Stomach.

The prevalence of gastric cancer is very high 4444/1000 in Kashmir valley. The prevalence of Chronic gastrites (with or without atrophy) and intestinal metaplasia is 76.64% and 26.35% respectively mostly in smokers and older people. People consuming Nune-CHai" have higher prevalence 91% of gastric precursor lesion lack of sufficient retinol, riboglavin and vitamin C in diet seems to have a casual relationship with gastric pre-cursor lesions