By Dr. Suruchi Goyal Agarwal, Consultant – Paediatrics and Paediatric Endocrinology, Columbia Asia Hospital Whitefield Most of us know that Vitamin D is essential to maintain the health of our bones. However, most of us aren’t aware that this amazing Vitamin has a crucial role to play in our immune system! What is Vitamin D […]
As part of its Patient Education Programme (PEP) and respecting the lockdown and the social distancing norms set by the Government of India to combat the rapid spread of COVID-19, Neuberg Diagnostics Private Limited, a StartUp in the PathLab chain segment, today organised a PEP Talk in the form of a Webinar. The Webinar was […]
Contributed by Dr. Deepa Krishna Murthy, Consultant – Dermatologist Columbia Asia Hospital Sarjapur Road During the summer season, there is usually a rise in the cases of fungal infections due to the increased humidity. Fungi, which grows all around us as well as within the body, thrives in moist and humid environments and can multiply […]
The article has been contributed by Dr. Mahesh D. M, Consultant – Endocrinology, Aster CMI Hospital Thyroid diseases are a common hormonal disorder around the world. In India too there is a critical weight of thyroid ailments. Recent studies on thyroid sickness, have highlighted that around 42 million individuals in India experience the ill effects […]
By Dr. Suruchi GoyalAgarwal, Consultant – Paediatrics and Paediatric Endocrinology, Columbia Asia Hospital Whitefield The Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pandemic has been a steep learning curve for doctors, scientists and health care communities worldwide. New information especially with regards to children is surfacing which has led to significant anxiety in parents. This article aims to […]
Contributed by Dr. Mohan Kumar Columbia Asia Hospital Sarjapur Road. We have entered the month of March but the sense of strong sun and hot summer can already be felt. This only indicates that the coming months will only get warmer and let’s be prepared to beat the heat. One of the most common and […]
Contributed by Pavithra N Raj, Chief Dietician, Columbia Asia Referral Hospital Yeshwanthpur While it’s been almost more than a month of lethargic days of lockdown in India. Staying at home all day with lack of physical activity and exercise, too much of snacking and enjoying variety of special dishes cooked at home. Finally unwinding the day […]
Minimum dose of hydromethylthionine could slow clinical decline and brain atrophy in behavioural variant Fronto-Temporal Dementia as well as Alzheimer’s Disease In a paper published online in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-191173), TauRx reported that the drug it is developing for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (hydromethylthionine) also has significant pharmacological activity in behavioural variant […]
By Dr.Anil R, Consultant Neurologist, Columbia Asia Hospital Hebbal Do you struggle to sleep or frequently wake up in the middle of the night and lie awake for hours, you might be suffering from insomnia? Insomnia is a common sleeping condition where people find it difficult to fall asleep or they stay awake for long […]
By Dr. Ravichandar Kelkar, Senior Consultant- Orthopaedics, Columbia Asia Hospital Hebbal Nobody can replace health with anything in one’s life. Health is a precious factor for any person, that once lost it can take ages to build back the immunity and health. The process of building immunity starts when young and goes till the very […]