By Dr. VISHAKHADATTA MATHUR KUMARASWAMY, Consultant – Neurology, Columbia Asia Hospital Sarjapur Road Epilepsy is a chronic and debilitating disorder that impacts not only those with it, but also those who care for them. The term ‘epilepsy’ encompasses a group of neurological diseases, that is, conditions that affect the nervous system, characterized by epileptic seizures commonly […]
Contributed by Ms. Bharathi NR, HOD Dietetics, Columbia Asia Hospital Sarjapur Road Hypertension or high blood pressure is a serious health condition that can result in irreparable complications and sometimes even death if left unchecked. In this condition the blood vessels persistently raise pressure. It can increase the risk of heart, brain, kidney and other […]
Chennai, July 27, 2020: MGM Healthcare has performed a complex artificial heart implant procedure for the first time in South East Asia, Middle East & Africa involving two artificial heart pumps known as ‘Berlin Heart’ to support both the right and left side of the heart of a 3-year old Russian boy, weighing 10 kg. The procedure […]
Contributed by Dr.Sangita Satyamurthy, Consultant – Rheumatology, Columbia Asia Hospital Whitefield Health is wealth, goes a wise old saying as nothing is more valuable than your own health, nothing can replace a healthy body and nothing remains of any utility if the body is not doing well. Arthritis is one such illness that takes a […]
Dr. Satish Kumar M G – Consultant Internal Medicine – Columbia Asia Hospital Mysore The much-awaited monsoon season is here. Providing respite from the summer heat this season is most awaited. People love the monsoon season for the cooling touch it brings post the harsh summers. However, monsoon also brings along several diseases due to […]
Bangalore, 21 July 2020: In a life-saving surgery, 6-year-old Sarvesh, a child from RR Nagar received a live liver transplant from his mother recently. He was suffering from a very rare kind of tumour called hepatoblastoma, which had grown to a large size and had almost occupied his liver. Hepatoblastoma are rare malignant tumours which mostly occur […]
By Ms.Pavithra N Raj, Chief Dietician, Columbia Asia Referral Hospital Yeshwanthpur Body needs various types of nutrition to keep a person healthy and fit. Nutrition can be divided into macro and micronutrients. When body is deficit in major macro nutrients it doesn’t show much of symptoms but with micronutrients some symptoms may be visible even […]
By Dr.Pallavi Aravind Joshi, Consultant – Psychiatrist, Columbia Asia Hospital Whitefield Do you have a child with an inconsistent behaviour of not being still at one place? Or do you have a friend who is extremely hyper? Can’t sit at one place for longer, lose their calm often! Well out of all these questions one […]
~Aster ILC’s affordable liver transplant initiative raises Rs. 12.5 lakhs for the child’s treatment during the COVID pandemic~ Punyashree a five- year-old child, was undergoing a liver transplant surgery at Aster CMI Hospital recently, was revived on the operating table, 40 minutes after her heart stopped beating. Punyashree was suffering from jaundice from the age […]
Dr Raghunath, Pain Management Specialist & Anaesthesiologist, Columbia Asia Hospital Hebbal Have you ever felt like you have bad body ache or headache and the next thing you do is unwrap a pain killer from the strip? Or have you ever popped a pain killer that was advised to your friend or family member for […]