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Rheumatic Arthritis Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Diabetes type-1 Sjogren’s Syndrome Goodpasture Syndrome Psoriasis Multiple Sclerosis Inflammatory bowel syndrome Ankylosing Spondylitis Grave’s disease Some of these diseases you must be familiar with and with some you may not. We won’t be describing in detail all these but to mention, these all are autoimmune diseases. The most […]
Everybody whether they like to admit it or not, has fears and feel anxious about certain things whether it be a spider crawling on the ground or getting up in front of large group of people . In most cases though people cope up with it and comfort themselves. Phobia is defined as an anxiety […]
The corona virus pandemic has turned the world upside down and affected all aspects of our lives, including our health, livelihoods, and much more. The constant barrage of news about the global pandemic is causing fear, stress and anxiety for many during waking hours and is preventing us from getting a goodnight’s sleep. Sleep […]
If you had to choose right now, how long would you want to live? And do you think you will change your mind once you reach that age? 50,000 years ago most humans died very young, but as we learned how to use the resources around us to treat ourselves this got better and better. […]
06/25/2020 FOP, Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva, is the rarest of rare diseases with about 800 cases reported (as of 2017) worldwide. The incidence rate of this rare disease is about 0.5 per million. It is the only disease known so far that causes one organ system to change to another. Yes, you read that right. In […]
ROLE OF TELEMEDICINE IN HEALTH CARE:- A term coined back in 1970’s, means “healing at a distance”, signifies the use of Information Communication Technology(ICT) to improve patient outcomes by increasing access to medical caree professionals using information and communication technological and medical information. WHAT IS TELEMEDICINE? According to WHO, “the delivery of health care services,where […]
The ancient Indian physician Charaka once said, “A good physician nurtures affection for his patients exactly like a mother, father or brother. The physician having such qualities gives life to the patients and cures their diseases.” The relationship between doctors and their patients has been the topic of warm discussion since the time of Hippocrates. […]
“The most obvious important realities are often the ones that are the hardest to see and talk about” – David Foster Wallace That kick, that high, those oohs and aahs. When the world around you becomes 7-D and slows down, when you can hear colours and see sounds. When you crave that feeling over and […]
Coming 31st May you would see different posters and ad campaigns increasing the awareness of tobacco-related health hazards. 31st May is celebrated every year as the World No Tobacco Day when the ill-effects of tobacco consumption and maintaining lung health are stressed upon. Though the World No Tobacco Day is supposed to increase awareness against […]
05/30/2020 What is mental health? The WHO (World Health Organisation) defines health in its constitution as- “Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” If this definition is to be implied in the mental arena, then it would mean that mental health does […]
