Teething
Teething can be an ordeal for parents and babies alike. Learn how to soothe sore gums and care for your baby's new teeth.
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Indoor Physical Activities : You Can Enjoy this Summer
As the summer advances, many of us will find the sun shining bright before we lug ourselves out of bed. Going for that much needed morning walk will become even more difficult. If summers are particularly hot in your part of the world, outdoor activities may not be fun even in the mornings and evenings. You may find yourself missing out on your running, jogging and cycling. However, there are pleasurable and feasible ways of catching up on physical activity indoors. Do not let the weather be your excuse for being sluggish. Pick up something that you will enjoy and stay fit through the heat.
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Achondroplasia The Commonest Cause Of Dwarfism
Achondroplasia is characterized by abnormal bone growth that results in short stature with disproportionately short arms and legs, a large head, and characteristic facial features with frontal bossing, a narrow thorax, a waddling gait and mid-face
hypoplasia. It is an inherited disorder of bone growth that leads to the most common type of
dwarfism. It is one of the groups of disorders collectively called chondrodystrophies. Dwarfism is generally defined as an adult height of 4 feet 10 inches or less but height may vary from two feet eight inches to four feet eight inches.
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Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal cancer also called
colon cancer or large
bowel cancer is that forms in the tissues of the colon that is colon, rectum or
appendix and the normal cells become abnormal and form more cells in an uncontrolled way resulting in abnormal tissue growth
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Screening of heart disease
In many patients, the first symptom of coronary
artery disease is
heart attack or sudden death, with no preceding
chest pain as a warning. Screening tests are of particular importance for patients with risk factors for
coronary heart disease. The gold standard for coronary artery disease is coronary angiogram, used to identify the exact location of disease, anatomical details and the severity of disease.
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Colic in infants
Colic is a sharp , painful sensation in the abdomen manifested by infants by excessive crying and usually a relatively tense / tight tummy and the child may tend to fold his legs upon the tummy and get red in the face and cry incessantly.
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Healthy habits in children
Part of your responsibility as a parent is to teach your children how to lead healthy lives now and when they are adults. The best time to start teaching these lessons to children is when they are young, before unhealthy choices become bad habits. When you pass on healthy habits to your kids, it is important to practice what you preach. Just telling your kids what to doif it wont work? they need to see you choosing healthy behaviors too.
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CT Scan
CT scanning or CAT scanning and is a noninvasive, painless investigation used to diagnose and treat medical conditions. In this procedure special x-ray equipments are used to produce multiple images of the internal organs of the body in various sections and slicings and a computer joins them together which can be examined on a computer monitor or printed.
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Indications of ultrasound in pregnancy
Ultrasound scan is an important investigation done in the
pregnancy. It is done to see if there is fetal, maternal or abnormalities in the
uterus, placenta. It also used to diagnose pregnancy as early as 6 weeks.
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Rabies
Rabies is a disease caused by dog bite. It is caused by a virus called
rabies virus. It is a zoonotic disease. It is extremely fatal if not treated.
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