Towards Better Health
Kerala was struck by a flood which not only took hundreds of lives, but left several thousands devoid of all their properties and prone to a parade of deadly infectious diseases. Several families are still residing at the relief camps and many have went back to their flooded houses. The only thing that they have … Read more
Did you know that fear of the needles is the most common reason why many parents deny vaccination for their babies? It’s certainly a painful ordeal, but unavoidable nevertheless. The first 3 vaccines given after birth, at one month apart are really painful as it is an intramuscular injection. Thighs of babies are the site … Read more
On Friday, the third day of August, 2018, a lady who was admitted at the Calicut medical college was diagnosed with West Nile Virus infection and the news ran it’s rounds in all the TV channels. That news got the attention because of fresh memories of the Nipah virus infection still lingering in the minds … Read more
Hypertension or high blood pressure has become a very common disease nowadays. There would be at least one person in every house who is suffering from this disease. The major reasons for the rapid rise in the number of persons having high blood pressure is the modern lifestyle and unhealthy food habits. Hypertension by itself … Read more
Dengue is a common term one can hear in India particularly with the onset of the monsoon. This year also the number of persons diagnosed with Dengue Fever has increased dramatically compared to the last year especially in states like Punjab Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Dengue Fever is emerging as a major public health issue … Read more
All the news channels in Kerala are singing horror stories of Nipah virus 24/7 and still, the lay man has many doubts! A visit to Kozhikode district will reveal the true picture there. People travelling in the bus, those commuting on the streets are wearing their protective face masks, which is now in quite high … Read more
They say, it’s very likely to get all types of patients at Calicut Medical College and that includes the rarest of cardiac diseases. When I was an intern there, we had a Fallot’s tetralogy child at the paediatrics ward and every time we saw the cheerful child, we thought about the 4 cardiac deformities in … Read more