Mosquito-Menace Crossing Seasonal Boundaries

Mosquito-menace Chikungunya and dengue Delhi is Suffering! Chikungunya and dengue cases in New Delhi had tapered off by the first week of December last year, ending the vector-borne disease season in the city that witnessed its worst chikungunya outbreak in the last 10 years. Blame it on the Climate Change but because of untimely rains last week, the Capital city is dealing with the         Read More …

Medication Reminders Can Save Thousands of Lives Yearly

It might look trivial, but medication adherence (taking medicine on time) is a big challenge in our world today. You must have never realized this, but medication non-adherence can be very costly to you as a patient. And thousands of lives are lost because of this every year. USA loses 100 to 300 billion USD (6 to 20 lacs crore         Read More …

Finished Cod Lever Oil Bottle after 3 Failed Attempts

I grew up being a proud vegetarian. Whenever it came to nutrition I had this common myth to eat lot of fruits and vegetables along with your diet would be all I need. In early 30’s I started getting serious about nutrition. It took me good number of doctor visits to realize that the issues I had were due to         Read More …

Managing Diabetes For My Mother

I got my job in Delhi and it was exciting to stay in National Capital. My home is 150Km from Delhi which is just 3.5hrs drive. I enjoyed both worlds: staying in Delhi and go to meet parents at home regularly. I could not have asked for more. Little more than a year earlier my mother started having health problems.         Read More …

SMS medication reminders can save thousands of lives – Queens University England

Courtesy – Telegraph article http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/11275603/Texting-patients-to-remind-them-to-take-pills-could-save-thousands-of-lives-a-year.html Texting patients to remind them to take drugs could prevent the deaths of thousands of people from stroke or heart attack and save the NHS millions of pounds each year, a new study suggests. Currently £500 million is wasted each year because patients do not continue their prescribed medication. However a new study by Queen         Read More …