Introduction: Infant feeding practices include exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months added with timely and appropriate introduction of complementary feeding to children after around 6 completed months of age. This study was aimed to assess the awareness regarding feeding practices among mothers. Methodology: A crosssectional study was done at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, India on mothers visiting the immunization center selected by consecutive sampling. A pretested semistructured questionnaire was prepared and given to all the mothers. The sample size consisted of 103 mothers. Results: Most of the mothers (91.3%, n = 94) claimed to be aware regarding initiation of breastfeeding. Nearly 56% (n = 38) of mothers from urban locality and 61.1% (n = 22) mothers from rural locality believed that breastfeeding should be started within 30 minutes to 1 hour after a normal delivery; while 40% (n = 27) of mothers from urban locality and 47.2% (n = 17) mothers from rural locality knew that breastfeeding should be initiated after 4 hours of cesarean delivery (P = 0.025). Multivariable regression model demonstrated that mothers belonging to Hindu (OR 0.13; 95% CI, 0.03–0.52; P = 0.004) and Muslim (OR 0.12; 95% CI, 0.02–0.85; P = 0.034) religion were associated with lower odds for practicing bottle feeding as compared to mothers from other religions. Conclusion: There are differences in feeding practices among different locality, religion, and other demographic factors.

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Early repolarization syndrome (ERS) is a common electrocardiography (ECG) variant which may prove to be an indicator of increased long-term cardiac mortality in general population. Although the condition is usually considered to be benign, potential arrhythmogenicity of it has been suggested by experimental studies. ERS involving inferolateral leads in the ECG has been seen to be associated with syncopal attacks or sudden cardiac death in young healthy persons. Here, we report a rare case of young asymptomatic healthy male who presented with syncope while at rest and sinus bradycardia with incidental findings of ERS on ECG.

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Jeju National University Medical School, Korea, conducts a week-long orientation program for the newly admitted students, called Jeju Pre-Medical School (PMS) course. The aim of this course is to harmonize the relationship among students themselves and between professors and students and give them a chance to get exposed to the hospital and learn some basic fundamentals of medical studies. Student feedback survey was conducted right after the PMS course in the year 2011 and repeated an year later on the same students who attended the program, with the intention of understanding the student-satisfaction level with the current PMS course. The student satisfaction level dropped considerably in 2012 as compared to 2011.

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A 75 years old female presented with yellowish lesions around both the eyes. The lesions started as tiny yellow spots at inner canthus bilaterally and gradually progressed over the last two decades to involve the whole of skin around the eyes. On examination yellowish plaques, involving all the four eyelids in a circular fashion was bilaterally seen. A diagnosis of xanthelasma palpebrarum was made.

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