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PARKINSON'S DISEASE: DON'T GIVE UP

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Taken from internet For the last few days you are observing that your father couldn’t button his shirt, frequently forget his laptop password, and drop things from his hands often. You asked what has happened to him, he replied that for the last few weeks his hands are trembling with stiffness of arms and find difficulty in holding things for long. You thought to consult a doctor; the doctor examined and diagnosed him Parkinson’s Disease (PD). It’s heartbreaking to know that your loved one is suffering from such a deteriorating brain condition.   WHAT IS PD? Firstly let me brief you how brain works and what it may result in if any of its area is insulted from any cause.   Brain is a fundamental part of your body that plays a major role in directing your limbs movement, and various other activities like speech, sleep, memory etc. under action of various chemicals like dopamine, serotonin etc. Under certain circumstances, genetic and environmental factors, dopami...

WOMAN DAY: SOME ISSUES TO BE TAKEN CARE OF

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Women Day passed and Like others you also have forwarded/shared messages about women and their importance to our life and society, but, have you given due insight to the issues of women especially to their health. We all pride women’s day, but overlook Women, the vital of the family very next day. Your family is completely dependent on her. Today’s woman is not just a home-maker to make your home a heaven, but she has many roles to play in daily life. She is not just wife, mother, sister, or daughter; she is entrepreneur, doctor, engineer, even IAS officer. She is woman. Being woman is not easy daily she has to struggle against the time while balancing work with home. But have you ever wondered she tend to overlook herself while looking after you and your family. What happens when she get down with health, you feel helpless, there is chaos at home, room messed up, no clean utensil available. Then you urge that your woman stay healthy. Do you know 68% working women suffer from l...

ARE YOU READY FOR YOUR EXAMS?

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Yesterday a mother visited my clinic with her child. The mother admired if I have a medicine to improve her child's memory that he perform well in board exams. I observed fear on child’s face and his persistently moving legs . While inquiring I found that the mother had threatened him of dire consequences if he did not score at least 90 % in each subject. The mother was so much obsessed with the marks that made this child under tremendous pressure. Out of utter nervousness he was suffering not just mentally but physically as well.  The child had  examination fear , a fear of failure, fear of getting low marks, fear of not fulfilling parent’s expectations. I don't know whether you can connect this case with a movie or not. But this case has remind me a famous movie,  3 idiots where an engineering student Raju Rastogi aka Sharman Joshi tried to commit suicide by jumping from his principal’s room owing to fear of failure. Examination fear is a very common p...

DANDRUFF: EMBARRASSING ISN'T IT?

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Have you ever come across this embarrassing moment when in an interview everything was going perfectly, you are on verge of getting appointed but suddenly an unstoppable itch forced you to scratch your scalp and a cascade of white flakes onto your black blazer exposed your hidden dandruff to the interviewer. Quite embarrassing isn’t it? Many of us have faced this situation once in life.   Dandruff is a medical condition that can grab anyone no matter gender, age or race. While dandruff can be embarrassing at times, it usually doesn’t indicate any serious health condition or an unhygienic state. It is generally worsened in the winter and fall. CAUSES The cause of shedding scalp skin is unclear but believed to be due to a number of genetic and environmental factors.  The causes can be dry skin, not scrubbing scalp often, frequent shampooing or not shampooing enough, sensitivity to hair care products, scalp diseases such as seborrhoeic dermatitis, psor...