Water-borne diseases and conditions due to contaminated food include diarrhea (gastroenteritis, food poisoning), dysentery, typhoid, hepatitis, and leptospirosis. Knowing the symptoms, and simple household protective measures can go a long way in controlling and preventing these water-borne diseases ...
Hepatitis is the inflammation of the liver (hepa-liver; itis-inflammation). Inflammation is the response and damage caused in the body due to any injurious agent. For the liver, the injuring agent can be infectious organisms like bacteria, viruses, parasites, ...
Laptop and Computer use have become an integral part of our lives and the backbone of corporate and professional life. Laptops are also now a part of E-learning in most educational institutes. So it is very important that ...
UNDERSTANDING AND DEFINING INSOMNIA ‘Somnus’ means sleep in Latin, therefore Insomnia refers to an inability to sleep. Every adult needs around 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep for optimal health, wellness, and functioning. In children, a longer duration of ...
Quick Read – Exercises to Reduce Snoring SNORING Snoring refers to loud, harsh noises during sleep. This happens due to the narrowing of the air passages of the nose, mouth and throat due to falling back of the ...
BLOOD PRESSURE AND ITS MEASUREMENT Blood pressure (BP) is the pressure that blood flowing in our arteries exerts on the vessel wall. Arteries are blood vessels that carry blood rich in oxygen from our heart to different parts ...