By Dr. Yogesh Sovani
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Prostate: Most Common Urological Issue in Men

The urinary system in a human body consists of many vital organs including kidneys, bladder, urethra etc. They conduct the important function of managing and eliminating the waste from the body. Urological issues are experienced by people irrespective of their...

By Dr. Amit Nulkar
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Men and Mental health

‘Being a man’ means being strong and asking for help when needed According to the National Mental Health Survey 2015-16, the overall prevalence of mental morbidity was higher among men (13.9%) than among women (7.5%) and the prevalence of alcohol...

By Dr. Nitinkumar Londhe
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An Insight into Brain Tumors

Tumors can affect the brain by destroying normal tissue, compressing normal tissue, or increasing intracranial pressure. Medical science neither knows what causes brain tumors nor how to prevent primary tumors that start in the brain. Tumors can affect the brain...

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Root Canal Treatment in Children

Demystifying common notions What is root canal treatment? Root canal treatment (RCT, called pulpectomy in children) is basically a process to remove diseased and infected portion of tooth and filling it with a biocompatible material to restore form and function....

By Dr. Rahul Nerlikar
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Reverse Shoulder Replacement

This is a procedure performed to provide pain relief and improve movement in painful and stiff shoulders. It differs from normal shoulder replacement, as the implant reverses the anatomy of the ball and socket of the shoulder joint. This is...

By Dr. Kannan Subramanian
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Blood Cancer

Haematology is a speciality that deals with the diagnosis and management treatment of all diseases related to blood. Among these, cancers that are related to blood and non-cancerous diseases which cause abnormalities in either red blood cells (RBC), white blood...

By Dr. Minish Jain
February, 2021
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Understanding and Managing the Side Effects of Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is very important in the armamentarium of cancer treatments (also including surgery, radiation). Even with the introduction of newer agents like targeted therapies, immunotherapy etc, chemotherapy still forms the basis of treatment. Most chemotherapies can cause side effects which...

By Dr. Pushkar Gadre
January, 2021
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Piezoelectric Bone Surgery Technique – Making Access More Safe and Precise

Piezoelectric bone surgery works on the basis of ultrasound. A necessity in oral and maxillofacial surgeries is to get proper access to the area which needs treatment. The access is made possible by cutting bones, traditionally using power-driven high-speed bone...

By Dr. Rashida Melinkeri
January, 2021
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World Thyroid Awareness Month

While we all understand the importance of timely diagnosis and treatment of health ailments, thyroid disorders remain one of the most common but under -diagnosed health ailments across the globe. January is observed as ‘Thyroid Awareness Month’ and presents an...

By Dr. Abhijeet Botre
December, 2020
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Paediatric Epilepsy : FAQs and Commonly Asked Questions

What is epilepsy? Many (20:1000) children experience single seizures in early life. Not all provoked (ex fever,injury) seizures constitute epilepsy. Epilepsy is the tendency to get recurrent unprovoked seizures by various mechanisms . It is not very uncommon and can...