Contributed by Dr. Pavithra N Raj, Chief Dietician, Columbia Asia Referral Hospital Yeshwanthpur Women’s day is celebrated on 8th march every year, the aim is to eliminate discrimination against women. A Women has different stages of life, and in each stage, she faces a different type of challenge. In this 21st century, women are balancing […]
Contributed by Dr. Sandhya, Consultant plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Columbia Asia Hospital, Whitefield With the change in lifestyle, obesity in India has reached epidemic proportions in the 21st century. The sedentary lifestyle is the major reason for obesity, which can strongly be witnessed in youngsters and adults all over the world. India, in particular, is bearing the […]
Authored article by Dr. Anuradha H K, Consultant – Neurology, Aster CMI Hospital Epilepsy is a chronic and debilitating disorder, which causes recurrent seizures, sometimes without any apparent cause. The term ‘epilepsy’ encompasses a group of neurological diseases, that is, conditions that affect the nervous system, characterized by epileptic seizures commonly referred to as ‘fits’. […]
Contributed by Dr. Narendra Prasad, Consultant-Internal Medicine, Columbia Asia Hospital Hebbal In the present-day world where hectic lifestyle predominates, food habits have seen a major shift, and consuming outside food has become an obvious choice due to constraint of time. This has led to health concerns. One such largely increasing and less focussed issue is […]
Dr Mukta Nadig, Consultant Obstetrics and Gynecology department, Columbia Asia Hospital Hebbal wareness and information about any disease is the biggest tool that we have in recent times to fight against any disease be it something as major as cancer. Cancer has continued to terrify people across the globe just by its name. Cancer has many forms […]
Dr. Sherly Ganesh, Chief Dietician, Columbia Asia Hospital Hebbal Thousands of people take supplements hoping for health benefits from weight loss to muscle building, without knowing the adverse effects on health. When bodybuilding supplements came into the market, the supplements were taken for building a healthy body and the desire to improve overall health along […]
It can never be stressed enough about how sensitive infants are. Their bodies and immune systems take time to adjust to the new world that they are born into, which is why they are more prone to catching infections and require utmost attention and care. Hence the onus is on the parents to be very […]
Ahead of World Cancer Day tomorrow (Feb 4), Dr. Vijay Agarwal, Lead & Sr. Consultant – Medical Oncology & Haematology, Aster CMI Hospital gives us some important pointers for early detection or prevention of this deadly virus. The top cancers that affect the Indian population are lung, breast, cervical, head and neck and colorectal cancer. […]
Contributed by Dr. Sejal Shah, Senior Consultant Pediatric and Fetal cardiologist, Columbia Asia Hospital Sarjapur Road We constantly stress on taking care of our hearts as it is the most crucial organ of our body to stay alive. But what if the heart has an issue at the time of birth itself? It is an […]
Our body is all that we have with us till we live and losing any part of it can be traumatizing not just cosmetically or physically but also mentally and emotionally. That combined with the dreadful disease of cancer is what has made breast cancer a very taxing experience. However, Dr. P.S. Venkatesh Rao, Columbia […]