With increasing longevity the world over, the proportion of geriatric populations is gradually on the rise. Providing appropriate health
care to them is becoming a formidable issue. Narayani Sahu & Umesh Kumar Sharma  dwell on the efficacy of behavioural interventions in promoting health behaviour of geriatric population with reference to respiratory pandemics. Their study concludes that behaviour interventions help prevent or mitigate spread of respiratory pandemics.

The article by Akashpreet Kaur et al assesses the prevalence of hypothyroidism among adults in urban Amritsar and how it is related to the epidemiological parameters.