We are all aware of the Aedes aegypti the daytime mosquito which plays the transmitter of the dengue causing virus. Every monsoon there is a fear that these mosquitoes lay their larvae in the puddles of water around our homes and...
Much has been researched and written about the effects of tobacco on the heart and the lungs and the benefits of staying away from it. But not much is understood about the effects of smoking on the brain. Researchers at...
The gallbladder is a small pouch underneath the liver and collects all the bile juice produced by the liver as a small store house and on command from the stomach; after intake of foods/fats; releases it.The liver is also an...
There have been malaria eradication programmes in our country and also the whole world for the past several decades. Malaria remains and the programmes have been eradicated!!!Isn’t it a sad story? This is one infection that...
Man enjoys a symbiotic relationship with many bacteria and most of them reside in the gut to whom we ‘outsource’ many a part of metabolic functions. Any individual who has a rich microbiome is likely to have a better...
The science of epidemiology says that when there is a preponderant viral infection in the population ; it does not give room for the other viruses to infect and multiply!!What has happened in the past three years during the covid...
There has been a sudden spurt of cases of respiratory illnesses in China for the past couple of weeks and does it mean that we need to be worried? Is it like the early days of the Wuhan virus when the country had a similar...
Greetings from Gouri Homeo When the drop of temperature is on the anvil and a rise in pollution levels is an ideal trigger for respiratory illnesses. Children who are prone to catching a cold easily or the ones who have been...
Greetings from Gouri HomeoIts World Piles Day – 20th of November. Welcome to the sedentary world of today! If you are in an occupation that involves sitting for long...
It is a known fact that obesity increases the risk of disease like Alzheimer’s where the affected person suffers from a loss of memory and worse still gets into a state where is unable to cope with the regular chores of the...