Being told you have a critical illness is devastating but there are approaches you can take in order to alleviate fear and anxiety. “My advise is – don’t wait for bad news. It is extremely important to go for regular screenings that can detect critical illness. The earlier you find out, the earlier you can respond…” Read on what our Medical Officers have to say about Health-Screenings.
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More than half of all people will at some point develop symptomatic haemorrhoids. Haemorroids are actually anal cushions which are specialized, highly vascular, connective tissue and smooth muscles in the submucosal space of anal canal. Its bleeding is bright red because of presinusoidal arterial bleeding. It is important for continence. Haemorroids are divided into internal and external.
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Fever is one of the most common reasons for children to visit the clinic or hospital. Fever itself is not an illness, and is not a diagnosis. Rather, it is a sign or symptom of sickness. Fever is a sign that the body’s defense system is trying to fight an infection, by enhancing the immune response towards the infection.
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Planning for pregnancy? What is in the way in stopping you from getting pregnant? Does the food affect your chances in getting pregnant? Here is some advice from the experts in helping you to embark on the journey of pregnancy.
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In simple terms, a febrile seizure or convulsion is a seizure caused by fever. It occurs when there is a sudden rise in body temperature, usually a fever above 38⁰C.
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Back mouse or Episacral lipoma is painful nodule over the posterior sacraoiliac spine. It is caused by herniation of fat pad through a tear in the thoracodorsal fascia
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Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr. Harjeet Singh returns for his monthly show on sports medicine and orthopaedics. This month, he focuses on athletics.
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Got a questions that you’re either too shy or embarrassed to ask? Here are the answers from the experts from different fields to your curious questions about having children, smell during cycle, visiting gynecologist. menopause, health-screening and so on.
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Ever wondered how gadgets affect our health? Do you own a smartphone, TV, laptop, or tablet? Chances are, you spend more time on your gadgets than you do on sleep.
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Cervical myeloradiculopathy is the dysfunction of the cervical spinal cord (myelopathy) and nerve root (radiculopathy).
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