Meena Varma ¹, Jyoti Dave ², Meenal Vaidya ¹, R. Maheshwari ², S. Narang ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Biochemistry, M.G.M. Medical College, Indore, IN
2 Department of Biochemistry, Holkar Science College, Indore, IN

Abstract

Hypertension is one of the most important causes of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. It has become a significant health problem in many developing countries. Age, obesity, alcohol consumption and high blood pressure are closely associated with increasing risk of developing hypertension. The relevance of both hypertension and obesity, as important public health challenge, is increasing worldwide. Compared with the year 2000, the number of adults with hypertension is predicted to increase by 60 per cent to a total of 1.56 billion by the year 2025.

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Meena Varma ¹, Meenal Vaidya ¹, S. Narang ², P. G. Raman ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Biochemistry, M.GM. Medical College, Indore, IN
2 Department of Pathology, M.GM. Medical College, Indore, IN
3 Department of Medicine, M.GM. Medical College, Indore, IN

Abstract

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women of developed and developing countries. Cancer itself imparts an oxidative stress on the host organism. This is illustrated by the rapid elevation of lipid peroxidation products and impaired antioxidant status of animals xenografted with various tumours and cancers exhibit similar changes.

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Meena Varma ¹, Meenal Vaidya ¹, Sanjeev Narang ¹, R. S. Vaidya ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Biochemistry, M.G.M. Medical College, Indore, IN

Abstract

Smoking in different forms is a major risk factor for atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. Dose response relationship has also been observed between the number of cigarettes smoked and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Cigarette smoking leads to an increase in concentration of serum total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL-C, VLDL-C and fall in the level of antiatherogenic HDL cholesterol.

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