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  • How To Differentiate Common Viral Illnesses
    Dr Joyeeta Basu explains about common viral illnesses like flu, dengue and Covid-19, the importance of a precise diagnosis, the symptoms to watch out for and whether one should self-medicate. Plus common misconceptions. Please explain the difference between the common cold, influenza, chikungunya, dengue and covid. Influenza (flu) and the common cold are both contagious respiratory illnesses, but they are caused by different viruses. Flu is caused by influenza viruses only, whereas the common…
  • प्लांटार फ़ेशियाइटिस के कारण एड़ी में दर्द
    जब आप सुबह अपना पहला कदम उठाते हैं तो क्या आपकी एड़ी में दर्द होता है? हो सकता है कि आपको प्लांटार फ़ेशियाइटिस है। इस लेख में डॉ शीतल रावल प्लांटार फ़ेशियाइटिस के लक्षण और इस दर्द को कम करने के लिए व्यायाम साझा करती  हैं। प्लांटार फ़ेशियाइटिस क्या है? प्लान्टर फ़ेशिया (तलवे की प्रावरणी) एक सपाट लिगामेंट है जो एड़ी की हड्डी को पैर की उंगलियों से जोड़ता है और पैर के आर्च को सहारा देता है। यदि इस लिगामेंट पर ज्यादा जोर पड़ता है, तो इसमें इन्फलामेशन हो सकती है। इसे प्लांटार फ़ेशियाइटिस कहते हैं और…
  • How To Help Children Deal With Pandemic Stress, Anxiety And Reduced Socialisation?
    How To Help Children Deal With Pandemic Stress, Anxiety And Reduced Socialisation? A two part webinar series in English and Hindi with experts from MPower  The pandemic is affecting a lot of us emotionally. However the emotional wellbeing of children is often overlooked. Kids and teens have hardly played or interacted with their friends. They have spent months looking at screens for long periods of time. This is affecting their health in many different ways and creating conflicts and…
  • When There Is A Will, There Is A Way To Donate Blood
    With a motto like 'Give blood and keep the world beating' World Blood Donor Day this year strives to keep the Blood Banks in proper shape, despite the travails of an ongoing pandemic. Some committed blood donors share their views and talk about how they have gone ahead with blood donation despite the challenges posed by Covid 19. Shubhojit Kumar Ganguly 1. How often do you donate blood? Why? About once in 3 months depending on the need of the patients. Being a member of a Blood donor group, I…
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    Donating Blood Is An Easy Way To Help Save Lives
    On this World Blood Donor Day 2021, Dipesh Tank, an avid blood donor recounts his experience of donation during the Covid pandemic and the importance of donation. #BloodDonation #WorldBloodDonorDay #WorldBloodDonationDay Dipesh, tell us how did you start donating blood?   What inspired you to keep donating?  My first job was as an office boy in a computer manufacturing company. We had a job in hand to execute India's largest blood donation drive in NESCO, around 100+ hospitals…
  • रक्त दान गाइडलाइन्स
    हम सब रक्त से जुड़े हुए हैं  क्या आप रक्त दान कर सकते हैं? रक्त दान के लिए क्या तैयारी करनी चाहिये? रक्त दान करने के बाद किस तरह की देखभाल की जरूरत है? इन सब सवालों के जवाब, एक जगह।  रक्त दान के लिए योग्यता/ रक्त दान कौन कर सकता है • कोई भी स्वस्थ व्यक्ति जो फिट है और जिसे कोई संक्रामक रोग नहीं है, वह रक्त दान कर सकता है। • रक्त दाता की उम्र 18 और 60 के बीच होनी चाहिए और वजन कम से कम  50 किलो होना चाहिए। कुछ ब्लड बैंक  वजन 45 किलो से अधिक हो तब भी रक्त दान की अनुमति देते हैं…
  • Webinar Update: COVID-19 Vaccinations and Home Care Isolation Guide
    There are still so many questions on vaccinations and home care, isolation and quarantine. We bring together Dr. Swati Jha and Dr. Shital Raval Patel for an interactive session to address these questions. Dr. Swati Jha, Public Health Director at Reliance Foundation and Dr. Shital Raval Patel addressed a wide range of questions and concerns on vaccinations and home care for COVID-19 patients, including mucomycorsis (also known as black fungus), eligibility for vaccinations, time interval, covid…
  • Person with haemophilia, Vinay Nair in a brown kurta with his wife in a red and gold sari holding baby girl in green and white dress in arms
    बच्चे मेरे बेटे के साथ खेलने को तैयार नहीं थे क्योंकि उसकी मांसपेशियों में ब्लीडिंग होती थी
    32 साल के विनय नायर को हीमोफिलिया है और उनका बचपन, बड़े पैमाने में मध्यम या गंभीर रक्तस्राव के एपिसोड वाला रहा था। उनकी माँ, इंदिरा, अपने बेटे के सकारात्मक रवैये और दृढ़ निश्चय की तारीफ करती हैं और कहती हैं कि इस की वजह से वह अपनी स्वास्थ्य चुनौतियों का असाधारण रूप से सामना कर पाया है। जब विनय 6 महीने का था, तो उसके हाथों और पैरों पर अजीब तरह के नीले-नीले निशान उभरने शुरू हो गए थे, उसी प्रकार के नीले-नीले निशान जो तब होते हैं जब आपको चोट लगी होती है या कोई चुटकी भरता है। ये हालांकि छोटे आकार के…
  • A profile picture of Rajiv, a person with hemophilia
    कम जागरूकता हीमोफीलिया के प्रबंधन के लिए सबसे बड़ी चुनौती है
    बेंगलुरु के 43 वर्षीय राजीव चंद्रभानु एक पीडब्ल्यूएच( (पर्सन विथ हीमोफीलिया, यानी कि (हीमोफिलिया वाले व्यक्ति) हैं - उन्हें 6 महीने की उम्र में ही हीमोफीलिया का निदान मिला था । इस इंटरव्यू में वे इस अवस्था के साथ अपनी व्यक्तिगत लड़ाई के बारे में बात करते हैं और बताते हैं कि इस के बावजूद वे अपने जीवन को कैसे ठीक से संभाल पा रहे हैं। कृपया हमें अपनी स्थिति के बारे में कुछ बताएं मुझे सिवीअर हीमोफीलिया ए (फैक्टर VIII डेफिशियेंसी) है। हीमोफीलिया एक दुर्लभ अनुवांशिक रक्तस्राव विकार है, जो रक्त में…
  • Products for dental hygiene like floss, toothpaste, tooth brush, clock with the text overlay on blue strip Tips for Good Oral Health
    Should I Rinse My Mouth After Tooth Brushing?
    Dr Mariya Khambati, a dental practitioner in the UK for the last 27 years, addresses dental issues like dry mouth, gum disease, precautions for tooth extraction and also how conditions like diabetes and cancer and even rheumatic conditions have a direct correlation with dental health. Good tooth brushing is really important. Good tooth brushing means correct tooth brushing which should also involve cleaning between the teeth which people tend to forget.   Decay is one of the most…
My brother is suffering through schizophrenia from past 20 years. He is on the medication since then. He left his education in the school itself due to the disorder. My parents have become old now. There isn't that great improvement in his behaviour…
Please help if you have any experience with ovarian or peritoneal cancers with you or your loved ones. It's for my mum who is 73, and twats are still running but super slow diagnosis due to Covid lockdown in kolkata. 
Anyone suffering from CAIS , Please share your experience and course of treatment You are taking.
Whole body pain; very stiff in the morning after waking up. Pain in the neck, thighs, knees. If I am sitting for a long time and stand, then Soles pain, especially the heels. My homeo dr. has advised to take some vitamin d tablets. Under medication…
I need a assistance in how can I loose my weight easily
As 2019 comes to a close, we would love to hear from you: a. What stories of 2019 did you you like b. What would you like us to write about or share in 2020?  
Is there no Ebook available for Thyroid problems?
Having paraplegia since 2015. Can't walk from hips. No sensation for urine & stool. Dr recommended physiotherapy & buy callipers but can't afford due to no income. Pls do needful.
the doctor has advised my father: weekly 2 MHD at BMP centre. what does it mean? any full from of BMP ? I asked doctor to admit my father at govt. hospital if needed. I am from Kolkata, India
My 4 years old daughter has been diagnosed with gall stone. Pl suggest a diet pla

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