Are Your Joints Begging You To Lose Weight?
When discussing health conditions caused by obesity, we most often hear about diabetes and heart diseases. But did you know your weight can have a significant...
Read more..Jaundice May Signal Trouble!
Yellow eyes! Jaundice! That is the most obvious conclusion one draws when the eyes looking back at you in the mirror seem yellow or you hands have a curious ...
Read more..Gallstones: Stones That Compromise the Gallbladder
Have you been living with on-off acute abdominal pain? Are you one of those people who believe a visit to the doctor is not justified for a ‘minor discomfort’ that disappears
Read more..Living with IBS
Acidity, indigestion, constipation, diarrhoea are conditions all of us are familiar with and have suffered from at some time of our life or the other. Sporadic bouts of these conditions can usually be written off as a food-related temporary abnormality that can be fixed with an antacid or minor diet corrections.
Read more..Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
NAFLD encompasses the entire spectrum of fatty liver disease (fatty liver to steatohepatitis to cirrhosis) in individuals without significant alcohol consumption. Significant alcohol consumption is defined as 21 standard drinks per week ...
Read more..Hernia: Causes, Treatments and Diagnosis
Mr Mukherjee, a retired school teacher, had lately been observing pain in his groin area, particularly when he coughed or bent to lift something.
Read more..Hydrocephalus
Hydrocephalus can happen to anyone, but occurs frequently among infants and adults, 60 and over. It is the buildup of fluid in the cavities...
Read more..Brain Aneurysm
A brain aneurysm is a bulge formation or ballooning in a blood vessel in the brain. A brain aneurysm can leak or rupture, causing bleeding in the brain which leads to a haemorrhagic stroke.
Read more..Spinal Tumour
While spine tumours are relatively rare (only one person in 100,000 develops a spine tumour each year), if you have one, the impact can be life-altering.
Read more..Brain Tumour
According to reports, in India, every year 40,000-50,000 people are diagnosed with brain tumour. Of these 20 per cent are children. The average survival rate for all malignant brain tumour patients is only 34.4%.
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