Typhoid still a killer disease in urban India!

Typhoid fever or enteric fever still continues to be a dangerous disease of the intestine. It is one of the commonest forms of fever. As is known there are numerous causes of fever with new diseases c...   Read More

Posted by drketanvagholkar on Sun, 20 Nov 2011        (0)        (5026)

Nightmares

Everybody has to deal with night mares at point of time. Some get bad dreams regularly while others once in a while. Current neuro- imaging studies of the dreaming brain suggest that dreams are actual...   Read More

Posted by Lachmi Deb Roy on Sat, 19 Nov 2011        (0)        (4133)

Dwindling attendance in medical colleges ! who is to be blamed?

Recently in a  article published in Times of India it was reported that 40 undergraduate medical students were denied permission to appear for the second MBBS exams as there attendance was very poor. ...   Read More

Posted by drketanvagholkar on Sat, 19 Nov 2011        (0)        (4297)

When your Back Pains

Back pain is one thing that is very common after child birth. My friend was suffering from back pain after the birth of her child. Whenever she used to get this pain she used to pop in pain killers or...   Read More

Posted by Lachmi Deb Roy on Thu, 17 Nov 2011        (0)        (4325)

KIDNEY STONES CAUSES AND TREATMENT

Kidney stones is one of the commmenest problem seen in general population. No age is immune for it, anybody can develop kidney stones from childrens to old persons both males and females.The causes ar...   Read More

Posted by drrajeshpatel08 on Thu, 17 Nov 2011        (0)        (3683)

Travelling with your Baby

Whether you are travelling by road, taking the rail or flying you need to prepare yourself well before taking your child out. If you are travelling by car, the first thing you should do is to install ...   Read More

Posted by Lachmi Deb Roy on Wed, 16 Nov 2011        (0)        (3320)

WEIGHT AND LOWER BACK PROBLEMS

Low back ache is one of the most common complaint in our practice. Obesity by itself may not cause back pain but if a heavy person gets back pain the suffering would be more and the response to the tr...   Read More

Posted by Dr.MohanKrishna on Wed, 16 Nov 2011        (0)        (4461)

Back pain in kids and teenagers

……..Oooch my back hurts MomThere is a myth that we don’t get back pain till we grow and most of us think it is a disease of tired bone. In contrast kids and teenagers do get back pain. Many studies ha...   Read More

Posted by Dr.MohanKrishna on Wed, 16 Nov 2011        (0)        (6319)

Can I Add Salt to Baby Food?

Salt should not be added to a baby's food until she is 1-year old as this may damage her kidneys. A baby requires less than 1gm salt which is easily obtained from breast milk and/or formula milk. A ba...   Read More

Posted by Dr.Trupti on Tue, 15 Nov 2011        (0)        (6479)

Stressed? Sleepless? You Could be a Caregiver and Not Know It

Stressed? Difficulty sleeping? Caregiving expert, Wendy Packer explains that you are likely functioning in the role of caregiver without even realizing it. Although November is National Caregiver Mont...   Read More

Posted by WendyPackerRN on Mon, 14 Nov 2011        (0)        (3910)