Sudden Cardiac Deaths: Looking the other way till it actually strikes?
An interesting event occurred recently when an otherwise healthy doctor suddenly lost consciousness and collapsed on the floor with a thud at his home. Attempts by anxious relatives to wake him up by calling or sprinkling water on his face did not work the way it normally does in fainting
Third Wave of COVID and the Omicron variant
Once yet again, when we had begun to think that the COVID pandemic had faded out, the number of new cases has suddenly spiked up in many parts of the world, largely due to the Omicron variant with its 30 plus mutations. The prevailing sense of “coolness” in most people
GERD
Do you get burning sensation behind your chest bone, or have sour food come into your mouth? Do you wake up at night with “heartburn” or “acidity”, and need to drink water or take antacids for relief? If this happens more than once a week, you are suffering from GERD
Balancing Skill and Health
One of the disheartening sights is the unusually large number of wheelchairs lined up at arrival terminals at airports when a flight from India arrives. With our average life expectancy being around just 70, do we get infirm and immobile early, taking to the wheel chair or seeking physical support
Fever season : Tests for Fever and what they mean.
Fever season is back. It is hardly surprising that colleagues and friends are coming down with high fever in this post-monsoon, or shall we say, the extended late monsoon time. Fever, coming on suddenly at this time, could be due to a variety of infections such as Dengue, Flu, Malaria,
Gut Brain Connection
Several decades of medical research into what causes the common abdominal disorder called Irritable Bowel Syndrome, has revealed a deep connection between the human gut and the brain, now referred to as the Gut Brain Axis. The spectrum of gut symptoms indirectly or directly related to the brain and linked