‘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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Incidence of hip and knee osteoarthritis is increasing in India. Increasing longevity, urban lifestyle combined with obesity are the main causes of knee arthritis. Hence, the need of patients requiring joint replacement surgery is also on a steep rise. Rheumatoid...
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