Health

It’s biology 101: every living being, in one way or another, relies on the sun for its continued existence. Sunshinemakes plants grow, which nurture animals. People set their daily rhythms to the movement of the sun and plan their holidays around its abundance. They play in the sunshine, bask in the sunshine, read, work and garden in the sunshine. It …

Pune – Minimally access brain surgery technique uses specialised endoscopes with high resolution video cameras to perform surgery of the brain. This technique can be used to diagnose and treat neurological conditions such as brain tumours, hydrocephalus (fluid build-up in the brain) and movement disorders. Traditional brain surgery requires removing a part of the skull to allow access to the …

Article by Dr. Manjunath Malige, Chief Endocrinologist and Diabetologist, Aster RV Hospital, JP Nagar, Bengaluru Diabetes is a chronic illness in which your body’s normal mechanisms for managing blood sugar, also known as blood glucose levels, fail. Blood sugar levels rise as the meal is broken down by the body. Your body’s cells take the sugar into your circulation and …

The role of vaccines in protecting humanity is unprecedented. Covid-19 is probably the best example that we have witnessed live and have been able to understand the importance of vaccines. Earlier also, vaccines have helped protect us from numerous diseases such as smallpox, polio, ebola, chickenpox, tetanus, whooping cough, rubella, mumps, measles, diphtheria, hepatitis A and B, pneumococcus, rotavirus, meningococcal …

When it comes to diseases, some are curable whereas others are not. Diabetes belongs to the incurable group, which means people have no option but to learn to live with it. But what makes diabetes incurable? Is there any specific reason why diabetes cannot be cured? To answer such questions and to better understand diabetes, here are some important things …

Diagnosing death may not be as easy as it sounds. It is possible that the person may just be unconscious or has entered a state of coma. Also, there have been various cases where people have literally been back from the dead. For example, the phenomenon of auto resuscitation is widely known in the medical fraternity. In such cases, the …

Sweating may not be a good experience. It’s sticky and makes a mess of our clothes and overall appearance. But we should thank evolution for sweat, as its one of the most important bodily functions that keeps us alive. Sweat is a mechanism that cools us down and helps regulate body temperature. Every human on an average is born with …

As if the virus was not enough, people have started dying by drinking hand sanitizer. A number of cases have been reported in recent times, where people were rushed to the hospital after they ingested hand sanitizer. A number of fatalities have also been reported in such cases. Worst still, some have undergone permanent organ damage or lost their eyesight. …

One of the key differences between a human and a machine is that we have the ability to experience pain. It is a part of our survival mechanism, which tells us that something is not right with the body. Pain helps us identify the problem area and take steps to fix it. Pain is also part of the healing process, …

After recent findings of new viruses in humans, leading epidemiologists predict that more such viruses may emerge in the future. At present, around 3-4 entirely new viruses are being discovered every year. This rate is expected to increase in the coming years. Most of these viruses originate from animals. some examples of diseases caused by these viruses include Ebola virus …