According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the difference between HIV and AIDS is that AIDS is the final infection resul.ting from the progressive disease that starts with the HIV virus entering the bloodstream. HIV belongs to a subset of viruses called retroviruses. The HIV is a slow virus that usually causes […]
Hepatitis : In HIV’s Long Shadow…
The story of the hepatitis B outbreak in Gujarat has not received the attention it deserves. More so because Hepatitis B is not the typical jaundice that comes around in the monsoon season every year and then trails off as the rains dry up. This variety of Hepatitis is chronic in nature; has no cure […]
Learning About the Four Most Common Prenatal Tests
Creating a child is a miracle. It’s also inherently risky. At one time, pregnancy was a major cause of death among young women. But thanks to medical advances and our health care system, maternal mortality has decreased significantly in almost every country since 1930. Statistically, the risks are greatest for women younger than 20 and […]
1254 surgeries in 20 days
The Medical Superintendent Lal Ded Hospital in Srinagar (Kashmir) has denied the press report carried by a section of newspapers regarding stoppage of cold surgery (non-emergent cases) by an order of the Medical Superintendent, describing it as false and not based on facts. "There is no such order under which the cold surgery was stopped […]
Tips on Having a Healthy Pregnancy: Understanding the Importance and Risks of Amniocentesis
It’s been called "the window on pregnancy," and amniocentesis does allow doctors to "peek" inside an expectant mother’s body to check the health of her developing baby. The test involves analysis of a sample of the amniotic fluid, the liquid that surrounds the baby in the womb. Because the fluid contains fetal cells, the test […]
Wound Care
All of us have experienced being scraped or cut sometime or the other in our lives. And likewise, we know that wounds can be of different types, and thus require different kinds of treatment, according to what caused them and how shallow or deep they may be. As soon as there is an injury, it […]