Tips to Quit Cigarette Smoking

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Cigarette smoking is not just an addiction that puts the smoker’s health in jeopardy. In fact, the family, friends and the whole community suffers as a result of this notorious habit. Every smoker knows the health risks associated with smoking, the vast majority would have even tried to quit smoking in vain at least one … Read more

A Dog bit Me, What should I Do?

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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.

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A Note on the Japanese Encephalitis (JE) Outbreak

Japanese Encephalitis mosquito

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

World Palliative Care Day Special Post – All about Palliative Care Programme

“Love begins by taking care of the closest ones, the ones at home” said Mother Teresa Palliative care is a specialised care provided by organised and trained healthcare workers for those people who are suffering from serious illnesses. The goal of the palliative care programme is to provide relief from pain and other symptoms that … Read more