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"Stress And Hypertension Are The Biggest Enemies"
Atul Garg*, 31 has been battling Type I Diabetes for last 8 years and has understood how important it is to lead a disciplined life to be able to keep the diabetes in check.  Please tell us a bit about your condition I am an insulin dependent…
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Driving Cars As A Way to Independence For Disabled Persons
Anita Sharma from Jaipur, who has a 70% disability due to Polio, did a PhD from IIM Indore in Disability and Entrepreneurship. Driven by her own passion to drive modified cars and to enable persons with disabilities to be independent, she started a…
"But The Pain Does Not Leave Me"
Anal Shah's son was 15 years old, when he developed a sudden fever and after a struggle of 20 days, died of multi-organ failure on 27th June 2017. She still struggles with her grief and wrote this heart wrenching note 20 months after his death. To…
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Faith And Support Are Important When A Family Member Is Affected By Cancer
Dipanwita Mukherjee was a small girl when her father Bibhuti Bhusan Chakraverty was diagnosed with throat cancer. This is his story, how he overcame his condition and also how he reached out to many others to alleviate their pain. A recent Bengali…
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Alive Today Because Of My Brother
Dr. Vipulkumar Goyani, 35, a doctor from Surat shares his personal experience of a how a diagnosis of Hepatitis B rapidly changed to needing a liver transplant. And how he changed his lifestyle after the transplant to keep his liver healthy. …
No Shortcuts To Hasten The Healing Process
Nothing prepares you for the loss of a parent, even in adulthood. On the first anniversary of her mother's death, Shweta talks of coming to terms with the loss as she reminisces about the year gone by. Last May, one ugly morning, we all woke up to a…
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"It Is Important To Believe In Our Children"
Pallavi Mehta, 42 talks about the trials and triumphs of taking care of her 11 year old son Divyam who has Fragile X Syndrome, a genetic condition. Please tell us a bit about your son’s condition My son Divyam is 11 years old and is suffering from…
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'My Son Continues To Inspire The Perpetual Fight'
Tahira Tahir from Pune is the Regional Coordinator of Cure SMA Foundation of India and a passionate parent advocate for access to the treatment options for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1, despite losing her son to this rare disease. It’s been less…
Autism - My Super Power For Modeling: A Live Conversation
In a free wheeling live conversation, PatientsEngage spoke with Pranav Bakhshy, India's model on the autism spectrum and his mother Anupama on the journey to his goal. Great parenting insights. Now available as a video recording. It all started in…