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Five Top Tips For Safe Travel

After two years of stringent COVID-19 travel restrictions, which have now largely eased, many are finally enjoying travel again and particularly during these months.

Is High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) A Risk?

Hypertension....The very normal BP of our lifestyle is a serious abnormality of our health.

Need for Nutrition Improvement and planning the right eating habits crucial for long term benefits, says health experts

New Delhi: Under its Illness to Wellness Campaign, ASSOCHAM, an apex body, organized a Webinar on "Sahi Bhojan Behtar Jeevan - What India Eats" with the objective to generate greater awareness on this issue for eating right and eating healthy.

How breast milk promotes healthy early brain development

Understand the cognitive benefits of breastfeeding. There is evidence that breastfeeding has benefits which enhances a child's neurodevelopment. It is proven that breastmilk is far more nutritive than formula milk.

Robotic Surgery: An advanced treatment approach to treat Gynaecological Cancers

Robotic surgery is the recent advancement in the field of minimally invasive surgery. Robotic surgery for treating gynaecologic cancer has superseded laparoscopic surgeries due to various perks

Hon'ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurates 2,600-Bed Amrita Hospital at Faridabad - the largest private hospital in the country

FARIDABAD, DELHI-NCR: The Honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, inaugurated Amrita Hospital Faridabad on August 24th in the presence of world-renowned humanitarian and spiritual leader Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma).

Importance of Sunscreen

Most times when a skin specialist or cosmetologist suggests sunscreen as a must in skin care routine, you may have several questions.

Full Mouth Dental Implant Cost

Full mouth Dental implant treatment is cost-effective, affordable and without long waiting hours in India.

USE HEART FOR EVERY HEART: Cholesterol and heart

The balance between good and bad cholesterol is significant for cardiovascular and stroke problems.

Functional Bowel Disease: All you need to know

Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) are common disorders characterized by persistent and recurring Gl symptoms. Many of them suffer because they do not get relief with standard prescriptions. It is estimated that more than 40% patients coming to GI OPD are diagnosed to have FGID.

SAKE VIVA!

The Japanese campaign called the nationwide to increase alcohol drinking as the SAKE VIVA campaign.

Trauma care Golden Hour

Road Accidents is one of the leading causes of death, disability and hospitalization. Victims are unable to reach the right hospital within the golden hour due to lack of awareness and proper rescue facilities

Monsoon Maladies: Diseases that accompany the monsoon showers

Although it is great fun to play and dance in the rain, we are often unaware of the fact that the beautiful season also comes with the silent risk of sickness. People with low immunity, small children and the elderly, easily fall prey to the health issues brought on by the rains.

Can Diabetes Affect Your Eye Vision?

If you have diabetes you must get your eye examination done at regular intervals and must follow the advice of your eye specialist.

Snoring – A Common Issue Or A Serious Disease?

In simple words, snoring is a noise one makes while sleeping. Scientifically snoring is a breathing noise that occurs when air flows past relaxed tissues in the throat causing the tissues to vibrate when one breath.

Understanding Hemophilia: Causes, risk and treatment

Imagine you have a minor cut and the bleeding does not stop. This can happen to those people with Hemophilia. It is an inherited bleeding disorder where the body lacks the ability to make blood clots, a process needed to stop bleeding.

Breastfeeding: A matchless food for infants

Suitable and appropriate way of exclusive breastfeeding for first 6 months of new born is the ideal recommendations.

Dry Compressed Air – Enhancing the medicine life cycle

Pharmaceutical forms an intricate part of healthcare services. Though it always played a pivotal role, the importance was starkly felt during the pandemic.

Diagnosis and management of Acute Coronary Syndromes

Coronary heart disease and acute coronary syndrome remain predominant and the top cause of death in people over age group of 35 years

Healthy people found with lung anomalies may develop into cancer

Out of 3,500 healthy people who underwent preventive health screening in the last 12 months at NURA, about 4-5% were found with suspicious anomalies in the lungs that should be investigated by a pulmonologist to rule out lung cancer.

THE FRENCH PARADOX

The knotty problem of French Paradox is an interesting point of research. In fact, the Rutgers University research calls the French Paradox a modern-day myth.

Guide for first-time users of contact lenses

What is Contact Lens?

A new heart, for the new life…

Another successful Heart Transplant surgery at VIMS by Dr. Durgaprasad Reddy.

A Ray Of Hope Together We Fight Covid - 19

India has medicines for covid-19

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy– Heart Attack at Young Age

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a condition that is caused due to abnormal thickening of the myocardium or heart muscle. As a result, the heart struggles in pumping blood and ultimately leads to a heart attack. This is not a common heart condition and hence this condition many times goes unnoticed.

Have an active lifestyle: Proper nutrition and dietary habits for healthy heart

Heart care tips

Rise in burn injury cases due to unsupervised steam inhalation among children

Ever since the advent of the pandemic, steam inhalation was considered by many as a prophylactic measure to prevent corona virus infection. Traditionally in India, this has been practiced for common flu and nasal congestion. Steam inhalation is considered effective for a host of respiratory issues. However, it would not be prudent to use this method in children without adequate adult supervision.

Stretch Marks: Why Do They Occur and How Can They Disappear!

Dhanya (name changed), my childhood friend came in for a surprise consultation. It had been a decade since I met her. She was trying to get fitand was worried of her stretch marks developed in pregnancy. Through her consultation, Dhanya expressed she had developed itching specifically at the stretched skin areas and found it as a cosmetic hinderance. She had tried various promising products, but nothing seemed to work. That is when she decided that she must seek medical advice. Let us understand about Striae. Striae/Stretch marks are irregular areas of skin that look like bands, stripes,or lines. You might have observed stretch mark impressions are of a different colour and texture than the normal skin. They are usually seen around the abdomen, breasts, thighs, buttocks, hips, and arms.

The threat of Zika virus The zoonotic invasion

As of July 2021, the world population is 7.90 billion. This is a very big number, and the continuously increasing human population is certainly making deeper inroads into the land that supports much of flora and fauna.

This Onam, bless your hair with the gift of ayurvedic ingredients

Onam is one of the most important festivals celebrated by Malayalis across the world and it is celebrated every year with great enthusiasm and fervor. Kerala is truly enchanting during this time of the year, giving a spectacular glimpse of cultural glory with Vallam Kali - the local boat races, Pulikali- tiger dances, Pookkalam - flower Rangoli, and many more. Hair plays an integral role in the festive appearance of women across the country, especially more, to the women of Kerala during Onam where they are seen dressed in Kasavu sarees and have flowers adorning their long lustrous hair.