Self-medication is a human behaviour in which an individual uses un-prescribed drugs to treat untreated and/or undiagnosed ailments. People who use medical drugs without consulting a doctor are self-medicating themselves.
A large percentage of youth in corporate India suffer from low backache; more than 80% of which can be categorized as Mechanical back pain. No time (inclination) for exercise, long hours of sitting in front of the screen and reliance on fast food makes youth put on weight/ fat. Lifecountz addresses this problem that ails the CEO of tomorrow.
On 8 August 2014, The Director-General of World Health Organization (WHO) accepted the assessment of the relevant committee and declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Lifecountz approached, Padmashree Prof Dr Alaka Deshpande, Hon Professor of Medicine, JJ group of Hospitals, Mumbai for a fact sheet on What? How? And When of Ebola…. Read more →
Festivals are round the corner and very soon women/ girls will start approaching with that common request, “Doctor, I want to postpone my menstruation date!”
The power of music to soothe the mind is well accepted. Here’s why…
As per new guidelines released by the American Heart Association, doctors should consider obesity as a disease and not merely an attribute
Dementia is defined as “a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by either brain disease or some injury, which is marked by memory disorders, personality changes and impaired reasoning and thinking ability.”
