Updated April 2023 Read : Important Points about COVID vaccines Are COVID vaccine boosters required? There is still no conclusive evidence regarding the actual clinical benefit of boosters of the currently existing COVID vaccines. As of now evidence from ...
Anxiety disorder is not scary This post is a first-hand account of the experience of suffering from anxiety disorder. It has been shared to help be self-aware and spread awareness of how anxiety can feel like, how it ...
Hypopigmentation is a patch of skin that is significantly lighter than the surrounding skin. Hypopigmentation occurs due to a reduction in synthesis of the skin pigment ‘melanin’. Leukoderma, (also called achromoderma) refers to localized areas of white (leuko) depigmented skin ...
A stroke (also called cerebrovascular accident -CVA) occurs when blood supply is interrupted to a part of the brain, depriving those brain cells of oxygen and nutrients. It is a medical emergency as brain cells start to die ...
Sunscreens (or sunblocks) are a combination of agents available as creams, lotions, sprays, gels etc. for application on the skin to protect from the ultraviolet (UV rays) of the sun. UV RAYS The sun’s rays consist of the ...
What is Cardiomyopathy? How is it different from Myocarditis? As the word suggests, cardiomyopathy is a disease (pathy) of the muscles (myo) of the heart (cardio). When heart muscles get damaged, the force of contraction decreases, and so ...
