During the evolution process the human being evolved from a four-legged to a two legged being. We have to pay a price of it. The entire weight of our body now rests on two legs instead off our and the knees take the weight of the whole body and are...
You may have witnessed a typical roadside scene where a person has suddenly fallen down and people have gathered around him, saying that he has had an attack of mirgi (the Hindi name for epilepsy). Epilepsy is characterized by fits with loss or dist...
Drugs An attack of migraine may last for several hours and varies in severity. In some, attack is mild and required simple pain relievers. In others it is severe and disabling and therefore needs to be treated with specific anti-migraine drugs. The...
Tricyclic Group Imipramine (Depsonil), Amitriptyline (Sarotena), Trimipramine (Surmontil), Clomipramine (Clofranil), Amoxapine, (Demolox) Doxepin (Spectra). Tricyclic antidepressants are commonly used in the treatment of mental depression. The exact...
Mental illness is one of the most complicated disorders about which very little is known. No one likes to be labelled as mentally sick. In India, mental illness is a stigma, and the relatives of usually try to keep the patient isolated. Few patients...
The heart pumps blood, which supplies nourishment to all parts of the body, including itself. During each contraction, the heart pumps out a certain amount of blood but under certain circumstances, such as in severe anaemia, chronic infection of lun...
Bones always imply hardness. What would happen if bones are no longer hard and tough? The term osteoporosis means 'porosity of bones'. It is more common as age advances, in post-menopausal females, chronic smokers and alcoholics, those taking cortic...
India is known for its wide variety of cuisine. A large number of condiments and many varieties of chilies are used to titillate the palate, and so, we often tend to overeat. This gives rise to sour eructations, indigestion, and a stomach upset, and...
Over a billion people carry one or another type of parasite in their intestines. This constitutes one of the major public health problems. In tropical countries like India, intestinal infection is largely due to impure water supply and unhealthy env...
Anesthesia is a relatively new development in the ancient practice of medicine. It was not until the last century that doctors harnessed inhalants and other chemicals in order to effectively reduce pain. For the most part, anesthetics are used in or...
There are about 8.8 million cases of tuberculosis worldwide, more than 40% of these cases are in South East Asia; India has 53.3% of South East Asian burden. Globally, one person is infected with tubercle bacilli every second. Till about the first h...
The miracles of modern medicine allow doctors to fix problems in the human body that their predecessors couldn’t even diagnose. The rapidly growing field of medical technology continues to eradicate threats to human life at every turn, but one of...