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Periodic health examinations are often taken for granted, especially in developing countries like India where people avoid visiting a health professional as far as possible and do so only when they suffer from some illness. This is because the healthcare scenario in India is pathetic. If you want good services, you need to pay [...]
Everyone knows that an apple a day can help to keep the doctor away, but not many know the reason behind this. We will tell you why. First and foremost, apples are a fairly good source of dietary fiber; so, they do reduce the absorption of sugar and fat from the intestines, besides brushing [...]
Corticosteroids are medicines that have very strong anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant properties. Owing to this, their effects in acute manifestations of diseases such as allergies or severe inflammatory conditions are dramatic and almost magical. This tempts most physicians to prescribe them so as to offer immediate relief to their patients, fearing that a delay may [...]
If you were to ask a group of people what they think is important to get healthy or stay healthy, a large number might actually land up saying that if you have a lot of money, you can stay healthy. Ask them why and they will tell you that if you are rich, you [...]
Do you feel like you have just come out from a foreign language class when you leave your doctor’s clinic? Do you sense that lack of communication and poor rapport between you and your doctor? Well, please don’t lose heart. All that you need to do is just prepare yourself for a visit to the [...]
Doctors are that part of the community that is meant to help the public – physically and mentally. So it should be; so it is not. Well, not always. On one hand, doctors are known to work long exhausting hours in an operation theatre struggling to save the life of an accident victim or remove [...]
‘Vaidya’ or ‘Hakim’ as known in the olden times or ‘Doctor’ as known in the contemporary society has always been a person who devotes his life alleviating anguish that people suffer from. Their oath to serve mankind comes above every other commitment of their lives. Their hard work has led to the discovery of many [...]
“I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.” - Mohandas Gandhi Service and sacrifice are practised by every woman knowingly or unknowingly as a daughter, a wife or a mother. We have evolved out of those times where a girl born was regarded as a curse [...]
In today’s tech savvy world, everything is just a click away. All you have to do is switch on your computer and get connected to the World via Internet. You can make online reservations for a movie, for a tour or even for a meeting with your doctor. There are organizations which provide [...]
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