Tips to lead a healthy life from a Doctor

Use the NicoDerm CQ Nicotine patch to Quit Smoking

December 23, 2016December 18, 2016 by Dr Prasoon

Most of the smokers I meet at the out-patient department are aware of the harmful effects of smoking on their health. The majority of them also would have tried to quit smoking at least once in vain. One must have real motivation to quit smoking completely. But, doing so could prove really challenging. This is … Read more

A Dog bit Me, What should I Do?

December 13, 2016December 12, 2016 by Dr Prasoon

Every living person in this world would have encountered a situation where he/she is being chased by an animal. I often have that kind of dreams and wake up in my sleep with a sudden jerk. You can thank your lucky stars if you managed to escape a bite somehow. But not all persons are lucky enough. Some may even get an unprovoked trivial pet lick or bite at home and even that can lead to Rabies. Rabies can be easily prevented with vaccines, but once the disease develops in humans, it is incurable and will eventually lead to death. In fact, Rabies is the only communicable disease in man which is cent percent fatal.

A Note on the Japanese Encephalitis (JE) Outbreak

November 16, 2016November 5, 2016 by Dr Prasoon

This article is inspired from a news scroll which flashed the outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the Odisha state of India. An alarming number of persons in the tribal village of Malkangiri district was affected by the dangerous Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV). As I write this article, more than 80 persons have lost their … Read more

What are Glucometers & How do they Work?

November 16, 2016September 17, 2016 by Dr Prasoon

People suffering from diabetes are well aware of the small mobile phone like device which they use to check their blood glucose levels. If you have someone in your family who is a diabetic, chances are that you’ll have already seen the device. But, have you ever wondered how this device works? How can this … Read more

What to do when a person is Choking?

April 29, 2016April 29, 2016 by Dr Prasoon

Nobody at the food court who watched the young lady run towards the wash-room cared to help. She collapsed before reaching the wash-room. Nobody could identify that she was choking on the food. Either none of them were aware of the first aid steps for choking or else they simply didn’t care. Dr Lakshmi M … Read more

The Indian version of Healthy Eating Plate

July 10, 2016April 21, 2016 by Dr Prasoon

Are you confused after reading hundreds of articles by nutritionists who recommend you to eat exactly 1200 calories a day? Are you looking for a simpler solution that can help you choose the healthiest food in an easier and a better way? Well, you don’t have to look any further! This article is for you. … Read more

Top 10 Steps To Get Rid Of Mosquitoes

November 19, 2016April 16, 2016 by Dr Prasoon

My animosity with mosquitoes started in my pre-school years. I remember my father carrying a big steel dish coated with oil and swinging it wildly in the air to trap those flying blood suckers. Me and my brothers were assigned the duty of finding small mosquitoes sticking on to the white walls of our small house. At the end of the mosquito catching game, my father used to count the number of kills and we would then compare it with the previous day’s numbers. It was really an amusing game to play those days and when I think of it now, I can only hate mosquitoes with a bit more hostility in my mind. Things changed when my father brought home a mosquito net for every bed in our house, Till that day, mosquito repellant plug-in machines was our main weapon against them. During my college days, the weapon however changed from mosquito repelling machines to repellant body creams. Going for a night duty at various departments of our Medical College could easily be compared to a camping trip. Full sleeved shirts and pants were a must for those night duties, not because of the dress code, but to keep the mosquitoes away from my skin.