All that you need to know about junk foods!

Ms Edwina Raj, Senior Dietitian, Aster CMI hospital Junk food is the most potential element which is closely studied due to it’s high demand and consumption among all age group. Most of them have become ‘enslaved’ to junk foods since these are convenient, lip smacking foods, reduces cooking time and have a greater shelf life […]

A guide to caring for an epileptic patient

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 […]

A list of 10 superfoods that help combat high blood pressure

A list of 10 superfoods that help combat high blood pressure

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 […]

MGM Healthcare performs South East Asia, Middle East & Africa’s First Biventricular Berlin Heart Implantation on 3-Year-Old-Russian boy

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 […]

Be cautious of these monsoon diseases

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 […]

Child with rare liver tumor receives new lease of life with live liver transplant during the COVID lockdown

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 […]

What happens to our body when there is a nutrition deficiency?

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 […]

Aster CMI doctors revive 5-yr-old child from a 40-minute-long cardiac arrest during a liver transplant

~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 […]

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