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.”
A new word is doing rounds of HR Departments in the corporate world – Presenteeism!
Super foods A lot has been said about Superfoods and every day something or the other is being written daily.
Wednesday 17th July, TOI Mumbai edition carried a headline “SC wants euthanasia debate, seeks states’ views in 8 wks”
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A 46 yr old highly successful, overweight man was called as a chief guest at an exhibition cricket match in a state capital. He was requested to take the first symbolic run across the pitch. He collapsed mid-way and the post mortem showed cause of death as Acute Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack); all his arteries were filled with cholesterol deposits.
