Contributed by Dr.Pavithra N Raj, Chief Dietician, Columbia Asia Referral Hospital Yeshwanthpur Women’s day is celebrated on 8th march every year, the aim is to eliminate discrimination against women. Women has different stages of life and in each stage, she faces different type of challenges. In this 21st century women are balancing between family and […]
In yet another brilliant medical and philanthropical initiative to help children suffering from life-threatening medical conditions, Aster CMI Hospital has helped one-year-old infant, recover successfully from a rare kind of serious autoimmune disease described as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), commonly known by the name lupus. Aarush (name changed) was suffering from SLE, an inflammatory disease […]
A 3-year-old girl whose index finger was stuck in one of the play area equipment of the apartment was successfully revived after 4 hours of tremendous efforts put by the rescue team. The team consisted of Fire department members, Paediatric Intensive Care Department doctors and Paediatric surgeon from Columbia Asia Hospital Whitefield. The child’s finger […]
Contributed by- Soumita Biswas – Chief Nutritionist – Aster RV Hospital Diet is the key part not only during cancer treatment in fact, it is important during pre & post treatment as well. When you have cancer, you need to eat to keep up your strength to deal with the side effects of treatment. Treatments […]
Contributed by Dr. Mukta Nadig, Consultant-Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Columbia Asia Hospital Hebbal Awareness and information about any disease is the biggest tool that we have in recent times to fight against any disease be it something as major as cancer. Cancer has continued to terrify people across the globe just by its name. Cancer has many […]
Ahmed (name changed) from Bangladesh a 22-year-old doing his Bachelors in Law was diagnosed with a condition called Avascular necrosis of the right femoral head. A condition which occurs due to poor blood supply to the femoral head. The problem started a year ago, when he had complained that he had unbearable progressive pain in his […]
With the change in lifestyle, obesity in India has reached epidemic proportions in the 21st century. The sedentary lifestyle is the major reason for obesity, which can strongly be witnessed in youngsters and adults all over the world. India, in particular, is bearing the heavy burden of obesity, which is prevalent even among children between […]
Overexpression of certain immunoproteasome subunits in melanoma are tied to anti-cancer immune activity New Delhi, February 26, 2020: One of the frustrations with anti-cancer therapy is that no one drug fits all: Most work well in some people but have little effect in other patients with the same type of cancer. This is as true […]
Overexpression of certain immunoproteasome subunits in melanoma are tied to anti-cancer immune activity New Delhi, February 26, 2020: One of the frustrations with anti-cancer therapy is that no one drug fits all: Most work well in some people but have little effect in other patients with the same type of cancer. This is as true […]
Contributed by Dr. Narendra Prasad, Consultant-Internal Medicine, Columbia Asia Hospital Hebbal In the present-day world where hectic lifestyle predominates, food habits have seen a major shift, and consuming outside food has become an obvious choice due to constraint of time. This has led to health concerns. One such largely increasing and less focussed issue is […]