Home Health, covid's offering
The covid pandemic's after-effects have pushed many of us to opt for home healthcare services instead of visiting hospitals. Technology has offered us medical instruments like automated blood pressure monitors, weighing scales, and pulse oximeter usable at home making it convenient for home/ tele consultation. Peritoneal dialysis therapy for kidney problems can now be done at home, read more.
Singing to preterm infants during kangaroo care reduces maternal anxiety: Article review
Premature births are upsetting life challenges that expands the danger of uneasiness for moms and may tangles the development of the connection between mother and new-born child. This study shows that the mix of singing and kangaroo care helps the health of the moms of preterm babies, likewise making it simpler for them to set up an association with their infant.
कंगारू मधर कैर टिप्स
माँ और नवजात शिशु के बीच त्वचा से त्वचा का संपर्क कंगारू माँ की देखभाल है। वैज्ञानिक कहता है कि प्रिमच्योर बच्चों में कंगारू मधर कैर के सकारात्मक परिणाम हैं और मृत्यु दर में कमी आई है। यह न केवल माता-पिता और बच्चों के बीच संबंध को बेहतर बनाता है, बल्कि रोग प्रतिरोधक शक्ति को बढ़ाने और प्रसवोत्तर डिप्रेशन को कम मे मददगार है। यह पिता और नवजात शिशु के बीच भी हो सकता है।
How to deal with the rebellious behaviour of a teenager?
Teenage is all about hormones. As puberty hits, significant hormonal changes taking place with your kid. Entering into teenage brings a behaviour change as well. Now they are a different person, with their own idea and all they need is your support. There can be somethings you could help them in, but others are now curious to know about themselves. Basically “less preaching and more talking.
Big Tobacco Tiny Targets
It's a study conducted by the Voluntary Health Association of India and Consumer Voice via a mobile app. The main aim was to find the violations of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2003. The study was conducted on more than 1000 institutions, and the results were shocking. More than 72 per cent of cigarette/tobacco selling outlets were present near these institutions. Read more
A connection with a transcendent being, can it be considered by science
Psychology, before being accepted as Science had a long struggle, today same is the case with spirituality, including such phenomenon in a scientific approach for wellbeing. Recently spirituality, religion, psychology, and science integration has been given importance but by very few medical experts. We Indian as considered a spiritual country should not ignore its integration with medicine.
PAP test for women, a cancer prevention routine
Papanicolaou test is a screening test for women to detect potentially cancerous cells in the cervix. Dr. Karamjit Kaur of Fortis La Femme Hospital, Bengaluru explains that it is not a method to diagnose cancer. It's a way to screen any malignancy. He suggests that all sexually-active women between the ages of 21 and 65 years should get it done. Read about the timing and how is this test conducted
Tele-Advisory for Delhi's residents
Delhi government is planning to launch HIMS, cloud-based health care information management system. The tele-advisory service would be provided by a healthcare staff panel, primarily including nurses, paramedics, etc. nominated by Delhi government. During the initial stages, the benefits would cover primary health advice on stress, depression, anxiety and many other ailments. Read more
Hysterectomy among women aged 45 and above
LASI Longitudinal Ageing Study of India is one of the largest and India's representatives in covering the determinants of population ageing in India. This report focuses on the hysterectomy, i.e. the surgical removal of the uterus, which is the second most conducted on-obstetric surgery in other parts of the world. Read more facts about women's reproductive problems hysterectomy
Managing Diabetes Like a Boss
This is a story of Lupe, after being diagnosed with diabetes, a consequence of living under mental stress. She knew about her condition well in advance and tried to live an active life. Mental stress led her to stray away from healthy activities.After 9 years, struck by unavoidable reasons she took decisions in hand to maintain a healthy diet and started running, read more of this encouraging stop
How Common Is Eclampsia in Pregnancy?
Eclampsia is a severe condition of preeclampsia, an uncontrolled or unresolved condition of high blood pressure during pregnancy. While the data is challenging to get, every 1 in 1500, pregnancies are diagnosed with eclampsia. Often most women are treated during the preeclampsia phase. Still, when left untreated, they could result in seizures and become a life-threatening event for mother & baby.
Sugarcane Juice, green nectar for health
Nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar, suggests that sugarcane juice should be consumed at least 3 times a week. As the summer season is nearing drinking sugarcane juice can be a natural coolant for your body. It has many benefits apart for quenching your thirst, it optimizes liver functions, as a good diuretic smoothens kidney function. It also helps prevent dandruff and improves skin condition.
What's Your Rashi: Your Parenting Style Based on Your Zodiac Sign Taurus (April 20- May 20)
You are the ideal parent and a cosy mom. You love to be inside the house, in your pyjamas and hang out with your children as much as possible. You often get easily irritated when something gets off your schedule, or plans change uninformed.
Small things bug you a lot when you don't get preferred items, but still, you like to keep it traditional and like spending time with kids than outdoors.
Introvert Child, Is It A Problem?
No, it is not. Being an introvert is entirely ok and trust me; it has nothing to do with their career. Being an introvert is a behavior, a habit and is just as normal as a blue sky. As a parent, you could understand your child, yes, we know you know him best, but you might miss out on this. Know your child's preferences, his choices and expect them as they are.
Cramping While Pregnant, Normal?
Pregnancy comes with a lot of pain, morning sicknesses and whatnot. But cramps? You might not be expecting this coming. But hey! This is normal. Some abdominal cramps and stomach pain is expected during the early months of conceiving, including blood flow and constipation at times. Late stages could be a sign of contractions or even gastric distress!
Kids spread COVID-19 quickly than adults.
While kids are defenseless to infection with the new Covid, they are almost 60% more probable than adults above 60.
The research likewise found that infants were altogether bound to be infected with COVID-19 than youngsters between 2 and 5. It's less likely there will be an immunization for newborn children against COVID-19 soon, so we need to ensure their parental figures.
Want to maintain blood pressure, stretch
Warm-up your body with the help of some stretching as it lowers blood pressure. Some studies suggest it more effective than brisk walking. One may include both the routines. Walking would help cut down that excess fat, and stretching can help maintain systolic and arterial pressures. Read more to know which stretching exercises you can start with to help your heart's rhythm.
Weight Loss: Hot or Cold zero-calorie liquid
You might have heard about drinking cold water may make you gain weight, that may not be true. But consuming a sufficient amount of water is a great way to keep your metabolism rate on track. When a person consumes cold water, his body burns some calories to bring the water temperature down to the body's temperature. Read more of this article to what Nutritionist Pooja Makhija explains.
Ahmedabad, dip in the active case of covid
The number of active cases went below 5000 for the first time in the last 54 days. Ahmedabad has accounted for more than 36% of the total covid positive cases in Gujarat. A decline has also been noticed in the testing for covid activity. The monthly testing average declined from 42000+ to around 35000. The positive cases among the test cases were 1.4%. Read for more information.
