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How Is Your Baby Affected If You Are A Diabetic Who Is Pregnant?

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Excerpts from the book.- A Simple Guide to Prevent Birth Defects authored by Dr. PremaLakshmi Narayana and Dr. C. VidyaShankar The metabolic changes in a pregnant diabetic woman affect her reproductive outcome in many ways, from conception to delivery, and the effects may be felt by the baby soon after birth or even later. Diabetes […]

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Women's Wellness

16 Basic Facts On Mammogram That Every Woman Must Know

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A screening mammogram is an X-ray of the breast used to detect breast changes in women who have no signs or symptoms of breast cancer. It usually involves two x-rays of each breast. With a mammogram, it is possible to detect microcalcifications (tiny deposits of calcium in the breast ) or a tumour that cannot […]

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The Rising Numbers Of ADHD And How To Identify The Symptoms

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By Consultant Paediatrician Dr Priya Chandrasekar One of the pleasing sights that we all like to see is children running about and playing.  But when the running about is incessant with the child hardly listening and not concentrating or following simple instructions, we must take note and see if there is any problem. One of […]

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Planning A Surgery In Summer? Find Out If It Is The Right Move

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Your queries on electing for a surgery in summer answered.

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What The Patient Needs To Know About Helicobacter Pylori

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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

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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 […]

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Amazing Facts About The Human Digestive System That You Didn’t Know!

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The digestive acids in your stomach are strong enough to dissolve zinc. Since the cells in the stomach lining are replaced rapidly, with about five hundred thousand cells being replaced every minute, and the entire lining every three days, the acids do not have time to dissolve the lining. Now, that’s quite a save! It […]

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Amazing Facts About The Human Brain

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The human brain is the most complex organ in the human body. It is the control centre of life. It not only affects and governs everything you do, how you think, feel and act, but what kind of person you are. There is much more about this mysterious organ which baffles doctors, scientists and philosophers. […]

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Hepatocellular Carcinoma- What The Patient Needs To Know

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World Liver Day April 19th Liver does that kind of work which no machine can ever do. A diseased liver threatens all-around health; without a liver, life would be impossible. The liver can be a seat of cancer. They can be primary or secondaries from tumours of the gastrointestinal tract. Primary liver tumours are the […]

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How To Keep Your Kids Physically Active?

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By Dr. Madhu Thottappillil, Sports Medicine and Ergonomics Specialist   According to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), poor physical fitness in childhood is associated with the development of risk factors for cardiovascular disease such as diabetes and high blood pressure. In the study, researchers discovered that young […]