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Feeding your body certain foods may help keep your immune system strong. If you’re looking for ways to prevent those frequent colds and the flu, your first step should be a visit to your local grocery store. Plan your meals to include these 10 powerful immune system boosters : 1. Citrus fruits Most people turn to vitamin C after they’ve caught a cold. That’s because it helps build up your immune system. These are key to fighting infections.
Vaccines are one of modern medicine’s major success stories – tackling infectious diseases by making people immune or resistant, stimulating the body’s own immune system – have prevented at least 10 million deaths between 2010 and 2015, stresses Dr. Margaret Chan, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Malaria is commonly referred to as a life-threatening disease. It is transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito. Infected mosquitoes carry the Plasmodium parasite. When this mosquito bites you, the parasite is released into your bloodstream. Malaria may be an ancient mosquito-borne disease, but it still plagues millions of people worldwide every year, according to the World Health Organization. In fact, an estimated 216 million cases occurred globally in 2016—and only 15 countries dealt with a majority of them.
Every year, a countless number of patients suffer injuries or die because of unsafe and poor quality health care. According to WHO, estimates show that in developed countries as many as 1 in 10 patients are harmed while receiving hospital care. The harm can be caused by a range of errors or adverse events.
A major field of medical science, radiology specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases and injuries using medical imaging techniques, such as X-rays, mammography, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and ultrasound. Radiologists employ diagnostic imaging techniques that let doctors look inside your body for clues about a medical condition. A variety of machines and techniques can create pictures of the structures and activities inside your body.
Changes in temperature have a profound effect on the lungs. Hot, humid weather aggravate lung disorders that’s why hospitalization rates increase during the summer season. The summer months can spell trouble for people with respiratory ailments. According to a research, the combined effect of hot air temperature and humidity can disrupt the body’s ability to cool itself.
Changes in temperature have a profound effect on the lungs. Hot, humid weather aggravate lung disorders that’s why hospitalization rates increase during the summer season. The summer months can spell trouble for people with respiratory ailments. According to a research, the combined effect of hot air temperature and humidity can disrupt the body’s ability to cool itself. The summer months can spell trouble for people with respiratory ailments. According to a research, the combined effect of hot air temperature and humidity can disrupt the body’s ability to cool itself. Taking into account air pollution, researchers found that respiratory-related hospitalization increases by over 90% during the summer season, especially among those over 75 years old.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, approximately, 300 million Indians suffer from Asthma. Common symptoms include recurrent attacks of wheezing and breathlessness usually after exposure to a ‘trigger’. The following are some of the common myths about asthma, and the corresponding facts are given below each.
Cosmetic Surgery and Plastic Surgery are often confused with one another and used interchangeably. While there might be some interlap between the two procedures, some functional differences distinguish them. The terms are often confused with each other leading to a lack of clarity about the scope of each field. To get clear of this confusion, let’s get into the details about them and understand them better.
Millions of people worldwide suffer from chronic muscle/joint pain, stiffness due to a variety of reasons like illness/ injury etc. They also lose their mobility because of these health conditions. This blog will help you understand how physiotherapy, a branch of medicine which uses physical methods for improving movement and providing pain relief, can bring a major difference in the lives of patients with chronic pain.
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