Dr. Kushagra Katariya, CEO and Chief Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Artemis Health Institute, Gurgaon replies       1. Watch your diet: Try to have balanced diet. Eat fresh fruit and vegetables, starch foods such as wholegrain bread and rice. 2. Get active: At least aim for 30 minutes of moderate exercise a day. Keeping yourself fit not only benefits your heart but also improves your mental health and well-being too. 3. Get your blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol levels monitored: Routine check-up will help you keep an eye on your blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol levels. Also will ring an alarm if you need a medical help. 4. Smoking reduces life-expectancy by 15-25

To maintain youthful appearance and to keep lines of ageing far away Thermage is the newest tool in cosmetologists’ armour. This is not a substitute for face lift and is effective in people who are having some sagginess but the lines have not become permanent. Thermage is useful in— • Making the skin tight, • To lift sagging eyebrows • To sharpen the features by tightening skin around chin, jaw and neck • To decrease the depth of acne scars • To decrease the forehead creases. What are the advantages of Thermage? • It is completely non-invasive, since no surgeries or injections are involved. • The improved tonicity, outline and texture of the skin are naturally achieved

An attractive smile is a quality that reveals a person’s character and a state of mind. A good, bright smile exudes loads of confidence, credibility, life and a state of overall well-being that opens doors to a wonderful world that’s full of opportunities. And if you think you don’t the fit the bill, Dr Sageer, Consultant Dental Surgeon-Paras Hospital Gurgaon, has the answer. How are teeth whitened? There are various methods to whiten the teeth nowadays. Majorly, three whitening options are available depending on concentration of peroxide and varying application times. In Office Whitening [At Dentist’s Chair] It can whiten teeth by as many as 6 shades. In-office whitening,

Hemophilia is an inherited bleeding disorder. The blood of someone with hemophilia will not clot normally. Bleeding may occur spontaneously or following injury. Hemophilia occurs in 2 forms - Hemophilia A Hemophilia B In both forms, a gene is defective. The defective gene interferes with the ability of the body to produce the clotting factors that allow for normal clotting. The result is a tendency for abnormal, excessive bleeding. Hemophilia A occurs in 1 in 10,000 people. Hemophilia B occurs in 1 in 40,000. In mild form of hemophilia, bleeding occurs only under severe stress, such as major injury. In moderate form Moderate form- rarely will have spontaneous bleeding but will bleed

Human body is equipped to regulate its own temperature.When heat stroke happens, the body is unable to do so and the body temperature rises which is a life threatening emergency.  Sweat is the natural cooling mechanism of our body. But, in hot, humid weather sweat stops serving the purpose. The surrounding air is already warm and heavy with humidity, and it cannot absorb extra heat and sweat. Consequently, the body begins to warm up, and the heart begins to pump more blood to the skin to release extra heat.  In heat stroke victims can either stop sweating or sweat profusely. Still, in both the cases, our bodies produce more heat than it can lose which raises our body temperature to

What is Optic Nerve Atrophy? Dr. Ajay Sharma, Chairman & Chief Medical Director, Eye Q super specialty eye hospitals explains… The optic nerve carries images of what we see coded as electrical impulses, from the retina to our brain. The optic nerve is like a cable of more than a million tiny electrical wires, or nerve fibers each carrying a part of the visual information. If these nerve fibers become damaged, the brain doesn’t get all the vision information and our sight becomes blurred. Optic nerve atrophy is the loss of some or most of the fibers of the optic nerve. Optic nerve atrophy can be hereditary or acquired. Meningitis is one of the causes for loss of optic

Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDRT) is a scarier version of TB that needs prolonged treatment and is a major public health problem. It also threatens the success of DOTS, the WHO-recommended treatment approach for detection and cure of TB, as well as global tuberculosis control. DOTS—Directly Observed Treatment Short Course is a method of conquering TB. The basis of this program is to both treat and then monitor the TB infected subjects very closely, making sure they complete their course of antibiotics. What is MDRT? Dr R. K Maini, Director, Department of Pulmonogy at Artemis Health Institute says, “MDRT is defined as TB which is not responsive to the first line of

Globally tuberculosis or TB is on rise, WHO fact sheet on TB says that someone in the world is newly infected with TB bacilli every second. Every year March 24 is commemorated as World Tuberculosis day. Unknown facts about TB TB is a fatal disease with an ancient pedigree. The remains of Egyptian mummies have shown evidences of tubercular decay. Regular inhaling of airborne germs expelled by coughing, sneezing, singing and spitting of a person with active tuberculosis infection spreads the disease.  We wrongly believe that only people belonging to lower socio-economic strata get the disease, this is not true, anyone can get TB. Though living in cramped spaces like slums, prisons,

  For people afflicted with kidney disease dialysis mimics what human kidneys do—purifies blood. However, in no way dialysis will correct the endocrinal function done by kidneys. Rather it is a stopgap arrangement till the patient finds a donor who can lend a healthy kidney.     What dialysis patients need to know? 1. Except needle prick dialysis is not a painful procedure. Though some people might have a drop in their blood pressure, which can result in nausea, headache or cramps. 2. Dialysis does not prohibit you from working, but you need to refrain from heavy work, like digging or lifting. 3. Dialysis patients can travel provided they schedule their dialysis in their place of

If your sleep is disturbed by loud snoring, choking sensations, gasping efforts for breathing and excessive daytime tiredness and sleepiness, you might be suffering from “Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSA)”. OSA is a serious sleep related breathing disorder where a person stops breathing hundreds of times in one night during sleep. The period may last for 10 seconds to more than 2 minutes at a stretch and thus could be life threatening. Sleep apnea—chronic sleep disorder—sufferers survive turmoil in bed day after day, but they remain oblivious to the fact. The struggle ensues in their slumber for catching their breath, which invariably disrupts their sleep and reflects in