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The Right Way To Treat Your Child’s Common Cold

What you should and shouldn’t do when common cold attacks you.

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This One Factor Puts Heart Patients At A Risk Of Early Death

A sample study of more than 13000 patients covering their physical health, psychological wellbeing, and their levels of anxiety and depression was studied by a group of researchers and the study published in the journal Heart had some crucial findings on the well being of their cardiac health. Read more about the research here.  The […]

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Health Facts: Understanding Cholesterol Levels

By Saila Sudha Cholesterol is a soft, fatty substance found in your body’s cells.  Cholesterol is transported through the bloodstream.  Cholesterol is transported to and from the cells by special carriers called Lipoproteins.  There are several kinds of Lipoproteins But the most important ones are: Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL)  High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL) Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL) […]

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Doctor’s Day: Musings of a Gastro-Surgeon

Happy Doctor’s Day! Dedicated to all the moms, dads, spouses, kids and siblings of doctors It is never easy to be a doctor’s family member, isn’t it?. With a whole lot of mercurial ambitions the medical student steps into the medical school, what he faces is a long and tortuous road ahead with its fair […]

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What Your Facebook Timeline Can Reveal About Your Health

At a time when you thought posting on social media could pose security and privacy issues, here is a breather. A recent study published at PLOS ONE has shown that the language you use in your Facebook posts can help determine your overall health and well being. According to research from Penn Medicine and Stony […]

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Yoga For A Healthy Body & Mind

Yoga is primarily a philosophical science, born out of man’s need to fathom the meaning of existence. Patanjali, the father of yoga, that, “Yoga is the cessation of consciousness.” The ultimate aim of yoga is self-evolution- both for the body and the mind. In ancient times, when people lived the yogic way, good health was […]

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How Yoga And Lifestyle Are Interdependant

Medicines are not always the cure for illness. Sometimes, it needs a change in lifestyle.

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Yoga & Physiotherapy Can Help Cure Asthma-Here’s How

Tips to help cure Asthma.

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What The Patient Needs To Know About Helicobacter Pylori

In this issue of Gut Speak, here is dealing with the common term you’ve heard- but not fully aware of- Helicobacter Pylori. If you thought peptic ulcers in stomach and duodenum are mostly due to stress, improper diet pattern, NSAID (pain medications), smoking and alcohol, well, there is one other very important cause- a bacteria called […]

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Basics Of Thyroid Function Tests

The Endocrine System, like the nervous system, is one of the major control systems and is closely integrated with almost every other major function system of the body. This is mainly because of precisely defined chemical messengers called hormones. The understanding of the endocrine system and its functional relevance is characterized by an ‘S’ shaped […]