Dr Sunil Kumar Prabhu, Senior Consultant Dermatologist and Aesthetic Physician, Aster RV Hospital Winter is particularly a challenging time for skin and normal individuals and those with skin disorders face a difficult period. The prolonged chill with reduced humidity impairs our skin barrier function and leads to loss of water from skin that makes the […]
By Soumita Biswas, Chief Nutritionist, Aster RV Hospital Negative calorie food refers to those items that consume more energy during their digestion, in comparison to the amount of energy they give to the body. We can say that the calorie cost of digesting the food would be greater than its energy content. These foods are […]
Kochi, 29th November: Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders affecting about 60 lakh people in India. In 70 % of these patients, seizures can be controlled with medical treatment. However, 30 % of patients, (approximately 16 lakh patients in India), have drug-resistant epilepsy which is a severe form of epilepsy that does not respond […]
29th November 2022, Bangalore: One of the more important signs of the development of a nation is measured in infant mortality. A UN report says the current infant mortality rate for India in 2022 is 27.695 deaths per 1000 live births. Thankfully the number of neonatal (newborn) mortalities and morbidities have decreased significantly. One reason is […]
Dr Sunil Kumar Prabhu, Consultant Dermatologist and Aesthetic Physician, Aster RV Hospitals Monkeypox is an illness caused by the monkeypox virus. It is a viral zoonotic infection, meaning that it can spread from animals to humans. It can also spread from person to person. The disease is called monkeypox because it was first identified in […]
BENGALURU / JULY 22, 2021 – India’s biggest conference of women endoscopic surgeons organized by the Indian Association of Gynaecological Endoscopists in association with KIAGE is being held in Bengaluru. The three-day event, called Eve Endoscopy, began on July 22, 2022. More than 400 women gynecologists from all over the country are participating, with another 500 attending […]
By Soumita Biswas In simple terms, body odour is the smell your body exudes when sweat comes into contact with the bacteria in your body. The odour is not a result of just sweat but the bacteria that causes the sweat to smell. The most common affected areas are the armpits, groin, and pubic area. […]
BENGALURU / May 17, 2022: Nearly 37% of 3,000 people from Bengaluru who underwent regular health screening at imaging and healthcare expert NURA were found suffering from hypertension. The incidence was equal in both men and women but showed an increase with age. Said Dr. Tausif Ahmed Thangalvadi, Medical Director, NURA, a collaboration between Fujifilm Healthcare and […]
Dr Devendra G Parikh, Surgical Oncology, Advanced laparoscopic & Robotic Cancer Surgeon, HCG Cancer Centre Ahmedabad Gastric cancer, known to be the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths and the fifth most common cancer worldwide, is often diagnosed at an advanced stage that requires radical gastrectomy. While Radical Gastrectomy has been the primary treatment over […]
A team of ortho-oncologists removed cancer-affected broken bone from the ball of the hip joint up to the mid-thigh, measuring 17 cm long as a single piece. Bangalore, 25 April 2022: Apollo Cancer Centre, Bangalore, performed a complex limb salvage surgery of tumour mega prosthesis to treat a unique case of fracture caused due to […]