India’s battle against tobacco addiction

Columns |  Views | By Dr Gowri Kulkarni | 0 Comment | 30 May, 2019

Be it Mumbai, Bangalore or Delhi; all metro cities in India have one thing in common – a large part of their population are regular smokers. Despite the government coming up with a sl...Read more

Don’t just keep a check on your child, HEAR them too

Columns |  Views | By Jayanthi Krishnakumar  | 0 Comment | 30 May, 2019

'H-h-h-hello', does your child take longer than usual to pronounce certain words? Or says 'nana' instead of banana? Sounds cute? Well, we might need to dig deeper. Considering the age of th...Read more

Need for the young and healthy to come forward for stem cell donation

Columns |  Views | 0 Comment | 27 May, 2019

The use of stems cells is the new frontier that is slowly changing the face of disease management. These ‘miracle’ human cells have the restorative and transformative abilities ...Read more

Understanding Hearing Loss

Columns |  Views | By Dr Dillon Dsouza | 0 Comment | 27 May, 2019

Ears anatomy and function Ears are the friends we have that enable us to collect and process sounds and transmit them to our brain. They also help us keep our balance and give us an idea o...Read more

All you need to know about Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery

Columns |  Features | By Dr. Mangesh Kohale | 0 Comment | 27 May, 2019

If you’ve been told that you or your loved one needs a heart surgery, then you would want to know all about it right? For most of us, what may come to our mind is an open heart s...Read more

Timely intervention for allergic cough is the need of the hour

Columns |  Features | By Dr Arvind Kate | 0 Comment | 24 May, 2019

Continuous coughing can be annoying and may rob your peace.  Moreover, if you are suffering from an allergic cough then it is essential to consult your expert immediately and get it so...Read more

Myopia hitting India's youth

Columns |  Views | By Sandeep Bothra | 0 Comment | 22 May, 2019

India is one of the world’s youngest countries – with a median age of less than 29. That translates into over well over 350 million young Indians between the ages of 10 – ...Read more

Reversing Hierarchies in Healthcare

Columns |  Views | By Dr Vijay Janagama | 0 Comment | 18 May, 2019

Nurses have always been at the sharp end of care. Despite being a prominent symbol of healthcare since the history of medical sciences, nursing profession certainly hasn’t received it...Read more

World Hypertension Day: Ayurvedic herbs to fight hypertension

Columns |  Views | By Dr. Partap Chauhan | 0 Comment | 17 May, 2019

Hypertension (known as Rakta Gata Vata in Ayurveda) is elevated pressure of the blood in the arteries. The increase in blood pressure depends upon a person's age, sex, physical and mental a...Read more

High time to defeat oral cancer with timely diagnosis

Columns |  Features | By Dr. Ravi Gaur, COO, Oncquest Laboratories | 0 Comment | 14 May, 2019

In a country where 232.4 million adults consume tobacco daily; almost 10 per cent people smoke tobacco and 29.6 per cent men and 12.8 per cent women use chewable tobacco, the increase in or...Read more

Antibiotic abuse in an internet-fed world

Columns |  Views | By Dr Sanjith Saseedharan | 0 Comment | 10 May, 2019

In a recent Italian study published in the International Journal of Medical Informatics, among 913 respondents in the lay public, 73.4% used the Internet to search for information about ant...Read more

Reduce passing on the faulty gene to the next generation

Columns |  Views | By Dr Manish Banker | 0 Comment | 09 May, 2019

India reports an average of 10,000* children born with Thalassemia major every year. The disease which is inherited is passed on to 25 % of the offspring when both the parents are carriers ...Read more

The Epidemic of Beta-Thalassemia is Crunching India's future

Columns |  Views | By Neeraj Gupta | 0 Comment | 08 May, 2019

Why a simple blood test for couples can ensure a healthy offspring Thalassemia is a common yet chronic genetic disease that is life-restricting and requires long and specialized treatment....Read more

Your child must not cough the childhood away

Columns |  Features | By Dr Sunil Kumar K | 0 Comment | 07 May, 2019

An initiative by WHO, World Asthma Day is observed yearly on May 7th, with the aim to raise awareness on the growing rise of asthma across the world. India has recently been in the limeligh...Read more

Impact of Artificial Intelligence in the Healthcare Sector

Columns |  Features | By Vivek Saxena | 0 Comment | 30 Apr, 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are gaining momentum in the last couple of years. The penetration is getting higher because when it is applied in an organizational context effe...Read more

Heat stroke cases surge with soaring temperatures

Columns |  Features | By Dr. Sunil Havannavar | 0 Comment | 23 Apr, 2019

Heat illnesses occur due to the body's inability to cope with heat. Heat stroke results from prolonged exposure to high temperatures usually in combination with dehydration which leads to f...Read more

A novel therapy for liver failure

Columns |  Features | By Dr. Pradeep Mahajan | 0 Comment | 19 Apr, 2019

The incidence of liver diseases is on the rise considering that there has been a widespread increase in the rates of alcohol consumption. Alcoholic liver disease is the third most common ca...Read more

Keep your movement game up to avoid blood clotting in your deep veins

Columns |  Features | By Dr. Krishna Chaitanya K H | 0 Comment | 17 Apr, 2019

While information and awareness has been a boon, it has also increased the health problems that people are suffering from without even knowing about them enough. The increasing availability...Read more