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Women's Wellness

Pre-Menstrual Syndrome (PMS): What Is It & How To Deal With It?

It’s more to do than just the mood swings you think you have. Read to know more on what you go through.

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Most Popular Reads Women's Wellness

Women’s Health: What To Look Out For In Your 40s

‘Coz 40 is the new 30!

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Women's Wellness

Pelvic Floor Dysfunction In Women- What Is It & How Is It Caused?

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 […]

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Children Women's Wellness

Here’s How You Can Help A Working Mom Who Is Breastfeeding

The importance of breastfeeding the new born.

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Women's Wellness

The History of Ceasarean Surgery & How It Has Evolved Over Times

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 […]

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General Women's Wellness

What Are The Common Causes Of Hair Loss In Women?

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 […]

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Women's Wellness

Maternal Mortality & Causes Of Maternal Death

“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 […]

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Women's Wellness

Obstetrical Ultrasound Scanning- Why Is it Done?

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 […]