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Do you really need cosmetic Surgery?
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, June 14, 2011
In this age when beauty rules the roost, even a small scar or pimple is enough to cause sleepless nights to many young women and men. Lots of cosmetics have flooded the market and also many treatments like Botox treatment, chemical peeling are currently booming the beauty therapy world. Cosmetic surgery is a surgical addition in this section and since ...
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, June 14, 2011
In this age when beauty rules the roost, even a small scar or pimple is enough to cause sleepless nights to many young women and men. Lots of cosmetics have flooded the market and also many treatments like Botox treatment, chemical peeling are currently booming the beauty therapy world. Cosmetic surgery is a surgical addition in this section and since ...
Combat conjunctivitis
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, June 13, 2011
Conjunctivitis is an infection of eyes and is a very painful and disturbing experience. It lasts for around a week and has its phases of peaking and reducing. The infection of conjunctivitis feels like the pricking of sand or some thorn. The eyes turn red and are constantly watery. Conjunctivitis can be of different types. One type of conjunctivitis is ...
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, June 13, 2011
Conjunctivitis is an infection of eyes and is a very painful and disturbing experience. It lasts for around a week and has its phases of peaking and reducing. The infection of conjunctivitis feels like the pricking of sand or some thorn. The eyes turn red and are constantly watery. Conjunctivitis can be of different types. One type of conjunctivitis is ...
How to overcome motion sickness?
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, May 31, 2011
Adventure and travelling goes hand in hand and it is indeed thrilling to visit different places on holidays for sight seeing or even for paying a visit to some near relations. Just as people are afraid of heights and feel dizziness when they look down, similarly many people suffer from motion sickness and hence for them such a travel is ...
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, May 31, 2011
Adventure and travelling goes hand in hand and it is indeed thrilling to visit different places on holidays for sight seeing or even for paying a visit to some near relations. Just as people are afraid of heights and feel dizziness when they look down, similarly many people suffer from motion sickness and hence for them such a travel is ...
Necessity of Cosmetic Surgery
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, May 14, 2011
Satisfaction with one’s appearance is something humans will never achieve. We are all born with a certain kind of facial features or body types. Most often than not, we are not happy with the way we look and look for a second chance to correct our appearance. This second chance is provided by cosmetic surgery. Popular forms of plastic ...
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, May 14, 2011
Satisfaction with one’s appearance is something humans will never achieve. We are all born with a certain kind of facial features or body types. Most often than not, we are not happy with the way we look and look for a second chance to correct our appearance. This second chance is provided by cosmetic surgery. Popular forms of plastic ...
Lactose intolerance
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, May 12, 2011
Milk is supposed to be the complete food and hence children are regularly given milk as a nourishing supplement. And even adults and old people continue drinking milk for its various health benefitting qualities. But there are some people who cannot digest milk. This condition is known as lactose intolerance. Lactose is nothing but a variety of sugar which is ...
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, May 12, 2011
Milk is supposed to be the complete food and hence children are regularly given milk as a nourishing supplement. And even adults and old people continue drinking milk for its various health benefitting qualities. But there are some people who cannot digest milk. This condition is known as lactose intolerance. Lactose is nothing but a variety of sugar which is ...
Hypertension and heart Problems: Overview and Home Remedies
Posted : Dr. Ankur, April 27, 2011
Hypertension is widely known as High Blood Pressure, which is termed as a silent killer. It is a modern age disease which is caused by the hectic schedule and pressure of professional and personal life bear by the people. There is no possibility to refrain from these activities of daily life. This condition leads to hypertension problem in human. The ...
Posted : Dr. Ankur, April 27, 2011
Hypertension is widely known as High Blood Pressure, which is termed as a silent killer. It is a modern age disease which is caused by the hectic schedule and pressure of professional and personal life bear by the people. There is no possibility to refrain from these activities of daily life. This condition leads to hypertension problem in human. The ...
Pain in Stomach
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, April 13, 2011
The stomach or abdominal pain is basically the sting or pain started in the intestine, liver, colon, and pancreas. The causes of pain in stomach may vary person-to-person such as pain due to colitis, appendicitis, obstruction of bile duct, irritable bowel syndrome, over-eating, improper food, stomach Ulcers and others. There are few home remedies available that can be effective ...
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, April 13, 2011
The stomach or abdominal pain is basically the sting or pain started in the intestine, liver, colon, and pancreas. The causes of pain in stomach may vary person-to-person such as pain due to colitis, appendicitis, obstruction of bile duct, irritable bowel syndrome, over-eating, improper food, stomach Ulcers and others. There are few home remedies available that can be effective ...
Complete Information about Diarrhoea
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, April 13, 2011
The term Diarrhoea signifies loose motions or increased stool liquidity. It just throws out the bacteria from our body and stomach so you can treat it as an effective thing. However, it makes human being very weak and human must have to go through drastic pain while suffering from this problem. Therefore, people just want to get rid of this ...
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, April 13, 2011
The term Diarrhoea signifies loose motions or increased stool liquidity. It just throws out the bacteria from our body and stomach so you can treat it as an effective thing. However, it makes human being very weak and human must have to go through drastic pain while suffering from this problem. Therefore, people just want to get rid of this ...
Work on Vomiting
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, April 13, 2011
Vomiting known as emesis in medical term depicts the forcefully expulsion of the contents of stomach from the mouth. Usually, it depicts improper health which is preceded by the nausea. The common cause for this problem include acid reflux, improper eating food, pregnancy, illness, viral infection, stomach problems, motion sickness, too much of drinking alcohol, food poisoning and brain ...
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, April 13, 2011
Vomiting known as emesis in medical term depicts the forcefully expulsion of the contents of stomach from the mouth. Usually, it depicts improper health which is preceded by the nausea. The common cause for this problem include acid reflux, improper eating food, pregnancy, illness, viral infection, stomach problems, motion sickness, too much of drinking alcohol, food poisoning and brain ...
Complete Information about Diarrhoea
Posted : Dr. Ankur, April 12, 2011
The term Diarrhoea signifies loose motions or increased stool liquidity. It just throws out the bacteria from our body and stomach so you can treat it as an effective thing. However, it makes human being very weak and human must have to go through drastic pain while suffering from this problem. Therefore, people just want to get rid of ...
Posted : Dr. Ankur, April 12, 2011
The term Diarrhoea signifies loose motions or increased stool liquidity. It just throws out the bacteria from our body and stomach so you can treat it as an effective thing. However, it makes human being very weak and human must have to go through drastic pain while suffering from this problem. Therefore, people just want to get rid of ...
Food poisoning
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, April 1, 2011
Food poisoning is the consequence of eating contaminated food incorporated with bacteria and parasites. Its common symptoms are diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, abdominal cramps and fever. Most of the cases of this problem occur due to improper storage of food and faulty cooking techniques. Improper cooking symbolizes poor hygienic condition to cook food such as not washed hands, unclean utensils, ...
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, April 1, 2011
Food poisoning is the consequence of eating contaminated food incorporated with bacteria and parasites. Its common symptoms are diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, abdominal cramps and fever. Most of the cases of this problem occur due to improper storage of food and faulty cooking techniques. Improper cooking symbolizes poor hygienic condition to cook food such as not washed hands, unclean utensils, ...
How to overcome Fatigue?
Posted : Dr. Ankur, March 31, 2011
Hard work, humidity in atmosphere or illness and tension are some of the common reasons for fatigue. It’s but natural to feel tired and down at the end of the day after hard day at work or school. But if you are feeling fatigue without any such cause then it is indeed a matter of worry. There can be many ...
Posted : Dr. Ankur, March 31, 2011
Hard work, humidity in atmosphere or illness and tension are some of the common reasons for fatigue. It’s but natural to feel tired and down at the end of the day after hard day at work or school. But if you are feeling fatigue without any such cause then it is indeed a matter of worry. There can be many ...
Working on acidity
Posted : Dr. Ankur, March 1, 2011
Acidity is considered as one of the most persistent problems in human lives. It marks from mild digestive problem to severe cardiovascular issues. Usually, acidity is a condition of excessive acid level in the stomach valve. Though, his acidic environment is an essential element as it digests food in the human body. However, when acid food doesn’t settle properly ...
Posted : Dr. Ankur, March 1, 2011
Acidity is considered as one of the most persistent problems in human lives. It marks from mild digestive problem to severe cardiovascular issues. Usually, acidity is a condition of excessive acid level in the stomach valve. Though, his acidic environment is an essential element as it digests food in the human body. However, when acid food doesn’t settle properly ...
Troubles occurring due to changes in season
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, Feb. 14, 2011
Season come, season go and so the year rolls on. But with every change it brings some trouble or plays a mischief. Although our body has enough resilience and immunity to face the normal climatic changes but still sometimes the extremities of changes evoke harmful repercussion on our health. Rain, winter, summer is the usual sequence of the season ...
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, Feb. 14, 2011
Season come, season go and so the year rolls on. But with every change it brings some trouble or plays a mischief. Although our body has enough resilience and immunity to face the normal climatic changes but still sometimes the extremities of changes evoke harmful repercussion on our health. Rain, winter, summer is the usual sequence of the season ...
Types and uses of cosmetic surgery
Posted : Dr. Ankur, Feb. 1, 2011
Plastic surgery can be reconstructive or cosmetic. Reconstructive surgery is undertaken to correct a damaged body part like a cleft lip or to replace a lost body part like a lost tooth or a broken bone. Cosmetic surgery is a form of plastic surgery undertaken to enhance your body or facial features. All of us are not born perfect and ...
Posted : Dr. Ankur, Feb. 1, 2011
Plastic surgery can be reconstructive or cosmetic. Reconstructive surgery is undertaken to correct a damaged body part like a cleft lip or to replace a lost body part like a lost tooth or a broken bone. Cosmetic surgery is a form of plastic surgery undertaken to enhance your body or facial features. All of us are not born perfect and ...
Are X rays: hazardous or beneficial?
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, Feb. 1, 2011
Inventions and discoveries have made our science progress beyond the realms of imaginations. As history depicts, most of the inventions were made by accident and with out prior intention. Or rather the intention was different for the experimentation and something else was invented. X-ray too was invented accidently by Wilhelm Roentgen, a German Physicist in 1895. The discovery was made ...
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, Feb. 1, 2011
Inventions and discoveries have made our science progress beyond the realms of imaginations. As history depicts, most of the inventions were made by accident and with out prior intention. Or rather the intention was different for the experimentation and something else was invented. X-ray too was invented accidently by Wilhelm Roentgen, a German Physicist in 1895. The discovery was made ...
Ultrasound: bliss to mankind
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, Jan. 15, 2011
Ultrasound one of the most useful tool created in the medicine world helps diagnose issues in the most harmless and non invasive way. We at some point or the other in our lives must have undergone an ultrasound, do we actually know how it works, pros and cons. The following write is a small glimpse on the ultrasound to enlighten ...
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, Jan. 15, 2011
Ultrasound one of the most useful tool created in the medicine world helps diagnose issues in the most harmless and non invasive way. We at some point or the other in our lives must have undergone an ultrasound, do we actually know how it works, pros and cons. The following write is a small glimpse on the ultrasound to enlighten ...
Dealing with flatulence?
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, Dec. 29, 2010
There can be many who had to bear disgraced due to flatulence in public. Although it is a regular biological process still it can be a cause of embarrassment in front of everyone. Some amount of flatulence is regular and cannot be completely eliminated from every day life. Do you remember how bad you feel when a stinking smell circulates ...
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, Dec. 29, 2010
There can be many who had to bear disgraced due to flatulence in public. Although it is a regular biological process still it can be a cause of embarrassment in front of everyone. Some amount of flatulence is regular and cannot be completely eliminated from every day life. Do you remember how bad you feel when a stinking smell circulates ...
Preparing yourself for a surgery
Posted : Dr. Ankur, Dec. 14, 2010
Surgery no matter small or big causes an almost similar impact on the mindset. The agony experienced while getting dressed as a patient and seeing the hospital and nurses all around can give anyone goose bumps to shiver. No surgical experience can be considered mild and especially when you are getting under the knife for the first time things are ...
Posted : Dr. Ankur, Dec. 14, 2010
Surgery no matter small or big causes an almost similar impact on the mindset. The agony experienced while getting dressed as a patient and seeing the hospital and nurses all around can give anyone goose bumps to shiver. No surgical experience can be considered mild and especially when you are getting under the knife for the first time things are ...
Valuable tips to avoid stress
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, Dec. 1, 2010
Do you know why you love your childhood and why you keep on becoming nostalgic again and again in remembrance of those golden innocent memories? Well, because childhood is free of worries and tensions. There is no stress, only hope and desires. But as you grow old your expectations and ambitions throw you in the gamut of competition which is ...
Posted : Dr. Shalini Kapoor Kad, Dec. 1, 2010
Do you know why you love your childhood and why you keep on becoming nostalgic again and again in remembrance of those golden innocent memories? Well, because childhood is free of worries and tensions. There is no stress, only hope and desires. But as you grow old your expectations and ambitions throw you in the gamut of competition which is ...
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