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Chemotherapy For Cancer: What it is, how it works, and chemo side effects

Introduction  Chemotherapy is a common cancer treatment in which drugs travel through the bloodstream to destroy cancer cells at the original location of the tumour and also in parts of

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Covid 19 Vaccines and Pregnancy

The arrival of COVID 19 vaccines hopefully signals the beginning of the end of the pandemic. While the vaccines have all been tested and approved for use, people still have

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Tips to protect your lungs in hot weather

Hot weather in general, and summer especially, can be a testing time for people. Managing the heat and humidity, especially if one lives in the tropics or in coastal locations,

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Why should you know about Mucormycosis?

The second wave of Covid-19 infections has done more damage than the first, bringing unprecedented deaths and slowdown of the economy, in almost every country of the world. In addition

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Whooping Cough (Pertussis) – What Parents Should Know

Whooping Cough (Pertussis) is a lesser known ailment to many people. Yet, it is a serious condition with serious consequences. That is precisely the reason the TDaP (Tetanus, Diphtheria and

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What Fingernails Tell Us about Our Health

The human body is vulnerable to disease and disability as we all know it. However, the beauty of nature is that there are various signs and symptoms that say something

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Treatment of Frail Elders with Fractures

Falls are the bane of the elderly. The risk of a fall related injury in people aged 65 and above is indeed a cause for concern. Falls are the most

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Team Members of an ER and their Roles

Emergency medical care can cut down fatality rate, improve treatment outcomes, reduce rehabilitation time, and optimize treatment costs for many patients. That is why an emergency room or ER is

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D-dimer Values as a Biomarker of COVID-19 Severity

The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is ravaging several countries of the world, including India. Compared to 2020, the number of deaths due to the virus could be lower,

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Covid-19 Virus and Airborne Transmission

The Covid-19 pandemic has evolved into a second wave, one that seems more severe than the first one. Our understanding of how COVID 19 spreads may help us to understand

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