Last updated on December 28th, 2022 at 03:05 pmUnderstanding Pre-menstrual Syndrome The last week of a woman’s menstrual cycle is often a bad time for her both physically and emotionally. Premenstrual syndrome or PMS as it is commonly known is a medical condition that requires treatment when the symptoms cause distress. Women are often hesitant […]
‘Coz 40 is the new 30!
By Dr.Karthik Gunasekaran, Consultant Urogynecologist In a country with an estimated population of 10 billion people, approximately 45% of them women, there is a dire need for subspecialists catering to women’s health. Women, on account of pregnancy and delivery are subjected to certain stressors which are very unique to them. Though childbirth is a profound […]
The importance of breastfeeding the new born.
Last updated on August 5th, 2020 at 09:39 pmBreastfeeding is best for the baby’s brain and psychological well-being say, doctors. Breast milk appears to be a baby’s first brain food. Breast milk contains a long chain of fatty acids with a composition that is very much like brain tissue. Thus, you are laying down the […]
Caesarean section is the surgical delivery of a baby through an incision in the mother’s abdomen and the uterus. In modern obstetric practise about 10 to 20 % of babies are delivered by cesarean section. In fact, there were several factors that contributed to the rapid rise in cesarean sections. Some of the factors were […]
By Consultant Dermatologist Dr. Parvathi Padmanabhan “If clothes make the man, then hair makes the woman”. Today, this should read “ Hair and clothes make the metrosexual man”. Even now in an image-conscious age, when the masculine icon of the youth footballer David Beckham, can voluntarily surrender his trademark dishevelled blond fringe for a shaven […]
“Safe motherhood is a human right, if the system lets the woman die, then the system has failed. Our task and the task of many like us….is to ensure that in the next decade safe motherhood is not regarded as a fringe issue, but as a central issue”. – James, Wolfensohn, Ex-President The World Bank […]
Ultrasound imaging, also called ultrasound scanning or sonography, involves exposing part of the body to high-frequency sound waves to produce pictures of the inside of the body. Why are they preferred by OB-GYNs? Ultrasound exams do not use ionizing radiation (as used in x-rays ). Because ultrasound images are captured in real-time, they can show […]
Last updated on August 7th, 2019 at 06:08 amThis World Breastfeeding Week, World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a series of posters and active campaigns to help spread the awareness of the benefits of breastfeeding and why every new mom must swear by it. But often, breastfeeding is easier said than done. Do women today […]
