Eating disorders are one of the unspoken secrets that affect many families. Eating disturbances may include inadequate or excessive food intake which can ultimately damage an individual’s well-being. What is Eating Disorder? An eating disorder is a mental disorder defined by abnormal eating habits that negatively affect a person’s physical or mental health. They describe illnesses that are characterized by Read More …
Eating Disorders: Sign, Symptom and its Treatment
Eating disorders are one of the unspoken secrets that affect many families. Eating disturbances may include inadequate or excessive food intake which can ultimately damage an individual’s well-being. What is Eating Disorder? An eating disorder is a mental disorder defined by abnormal eating habits that negatively affect a person’s physical or mental health. They describe illnesses that are characterized by Read More …
How Diet is Related to Low Blood Pressure? Low blood pressure, also known as hypotension, is a condition in which a person’s blood pressure drop so low that it causes symptoms like dizziness, fainting, fatigue, nausea, difficulty breathing, blurred vision, palpitations, and cold, clammy skin. A drastic drop in blood pressure can cause heart, neurological and endocrine disorders. The organs 
India is the world’s antibiotic popping capital, recording the highest number of such pills consumed annually – 13 billion pills as against 10 billion in China and 7 billion in the US. As a result of such reckless use, deadly strains of life-taking bacteria that are resistant to even the latest generation of antibiotics have been found to be rampant 
What is White Coat Hypertension? The term “white coat” comes from references to the white coats traditionally worn by doctors. The white coat effect means that your blood pressure is higher when it is taken in a medical setting than it is when taken at home. On average, when your blood pressure is taken at home the top (systolic) number 
Shift in Malaria Cases According to the latest estimates from WHO, many countries with ongoing malaria transmission have reduced their disease burden significantly. On a global scale, the rate of new malaria cases fell by 21% between 2010 and 2015. Malaria death rates fell by 29% in the same 5-year period. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has set a global 
No Liver – No Life Weighing in at just over one kilogram, the liver is a complex chemical factory that works 24 hours a day. It processes virtually everything you eat, drink, breathe in or rub on your skin and that’s just some of its over 500 different functions of liver which is vital to life. Some of the important 
What is Hemophilia? It is a condition in which bleeding is prolonged and is a condition present from birth and is normally inherited. In some rare instances, it may develop later in life (typically affecting people in the 50+ age group). It is more likely to affect males than females. The incidence of hemophilia is quite low. Hemophilia A is 
Risks of Low Blood Pressure The main risks of low blood pressure (hypotension) occur due to mainly (but not always) from shock caused by severe injury or illness. Even moderate forms of low blood pressure can cause dizziness and weakness. But the bigger concern is that they can also cause injury from falls due to fainting. Falls in older adults 
1 in every 7 person will experience at least a short period of depression at some stage in their life. Depression Treatment Treatment will help you recover faster from depression. The two main treatments are talking therapy and antidepressant medicines. Both treatments together is often the best way to treat depression. Talking therapies aim to treat depression by helping change 
Delhi is Suffering! Chikungunya and dengue cases in New Delhi had tapered off by the first week of December last year, ending the vector-borne disease season in the city that witnessed its worst chikungunya outbreak in the last 10 years. Blame it on the Climate Change but because of untimely rains last week, the Capital city is dealing with the