your attention please....



குணம் நாடி குற்றம் நாடி அவற்றுள்
மிகை நாடி மிகக் கொளல்.”

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THIS bilingual BLOG

IS INTENDED TO CREATE A BETTER AWARENESS OF HEALTH ISSUES AMONG PUBLIC
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nothing in this blog will ever ever substitute a sincere consultation and a meaningful advice of a doctor.

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மருந்து தருவது மருத்துவன் கடமை. ஆரோக்கியம் பெறுவது ஆண்டவன் அருள்.



Thursday, December 31, 2015

ALL CO HOL is indeed ALL HOLOCAUST.

Alcohol and All of Us.

ON THE NEW YEAR DAY,
LET US KNOW WHAT WE KNOW AND
WHAT WE DO NOT KNOW BUT
WHAT WE BELIEVE
WE KNOW.


A new year invariably to most of us goes with a drink.

Let us see for ourselves.

CLICK HERE AND TAKE THE QUIZ

Click the following URL and take the Quiz


http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/rm-quiz-alcohol-myths-facts?ecd=wnl_men_123015&ctr=wnl-men-123015_nsl-ld-stry_title&mb=wzvpyx45MJ89rr%2f0ipRj%2fuHnVev1imbC%2fu9GEHH%40Cj4%3d

Monday, December 28, 2015

A well meant advice from WebMD

Drinks and Myths.
A well meant advice from an authentic medical website. 

"Don’t go crazy with free drinks on Ladies' Night. 

If a man and woman drink the same amount, the woman is more likely to feel the effects.

 That’s because men have a higher percentage of water in their bodies, which helps dilute the alcohol they drink. 

When women drink the same amount, more alcohol builds up in the bloodstream."

For more information on 
HOW LONG ALCOHOL STAYS IN YOUR BODY
PLEASE CLICK HERE

MYTHS ABOUT DRINKS
 PLEASE PLEASE 
 GO THROUGH EVERY SLIDE OF THIS
POWER POINT PRESENTATION. 



.

Saturday, December 26, 2015

SAMPLES FROM STREAMS RESISTENT TO 10 OR MORE ANTI BIOTICS. STUDY REVEALS:

"More than 95% of the bacteria samples from these streams were resistant to 10 or more of the 23 antibiotics," McArthur said.   
     Read further by clicking HERE.

Saturday, December 19, 2015

SUGAR COSTS BUT BLOOD SUGAR COSTS MUCH MORE !!

SUGAR COSTS MORE IN THE MARKET
BUT
BLOOD SUGAR COSTS MUCH MORE.

MOST OF US ARE WORRIED THAT OUR BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS ARE SWINGING.

WHY ?

WHAT U CAN DO TO KEEP YOUR BLOOD SUGAR AT A DESIRED LEVEL.

HERE IS WHAT WEBMD HAS TO SAY ON THIS SUBJECT.

WITH DUE COURTESY TO THE WEBSITE WHICH IS AN AUTHENTICATED ONE,

PLEASE CLICK HERE O SEE THE PRESENTATION.

OR CUT AND PASTE THE URL BELOW
http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/daily-control-15/slideshow-blood-sugar-swings?ecd=wnl_men_121815&ctr=wnl-men-121815_nsl-promo-1_title&mb=wzvpyx45MJ89rr%2f0ipRj%2fuHnVev1imbC%2fu9GEHH%40Cj4%3d



Thursday, December 17, 2015

SCHZIROPHRENIA ..Is this Depression?

Warning Signals of Schzophrenia.
 \
Men and Women, from younger ages to middle ages , suffer from this mental disorder more often thought to be a kind of depression.

These men often create their own imaginary situations, and live on them, fearful of them distance from social environments, create inconsistent beliefs, not trusting anyone, leading themselves to seclusive living.

Please click HERE to see a presentation
Courtesy: WebMD. 

or
cut and paste this URL

http://www.webmd.com/schizophrenia/ss/slideshow-schizophrenia-overview?ecd=wnl_men_121615&ctr=wnl-men-121615_nsl-ld-stry_title&mb=wzvpyx45MJ89rr%2f0ipRj%2fuHnVev1imbC%2fu9GEHH%40Cj4%3d

Better one affected by the symptoms goes to a medical psychiatrist for counselling and medication. 

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

COMMONLY ABUSED DRUGS.

DRUGS THAT ARE GENERALLY ABUSED.
COURTESY: WEBMD.


OVER THE COUNTER DRUGS ARE TOO MANY.

BECAUSE THEY ARE AVAILABLE FREELY WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION FROM THE DOCTOR PEOPLE BUY THEM EASILY AND USE THEM WITHOUT APPLICATION OF MIND.

THE PRESENTATION HERE REVEALS A NUMBER OF DRUGS (BRAND /GENERIC NAMES AS AVAILABLE IN AMERICA OR OTHER COUNTRIES)

IN INDIA, THE SITUATION IS WORSE.

EVEN TENTH STANDARD DROP OUTS ARE PRESCRIBING MEDICINES EVEN STEROIDS IN ALMOST ALL MEDICAL SHOPS.



BE AWARE
A DRUG IS A GOOD SERVANT BUT A BAD MASTER.

ONLY A PHYSICIAN KNOWS WHAT TO GIVE AND HOW MUCH AND HOW LONG TO GIVE.
NEVER
 BE A PHYSICIAN YOURSELF, UNLESS YOU ARE TRAINED AND EDUCATED IN THAT FIELD. 

Thursday, December 10, 2015

know more about your Liver.

facts about LIVER

Know More about your Liver which does 500 jobs at the same time.

Take this quiz 

normal values of Liver profile.


Saturday, October 31, 2015

Blood Pressure Swings

20 Reasons for your Blood Pressure Swings.

And Your boss can be one of them.

An interesting Study published in
www.webmd.com

Please view the presentation by cutting and pasting the URL belows:

or click here:


http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/daily-control-15/slideshow-blood-sugar-swings?ecd=wnl_men_103015&ctr=wnl-men-103015_nsl-promo-2_title&mb=wzvpyx45MJ89rr%2f0ipRj%2fuHnVev1imbC%2fu9GEHH%40Cj4%3d

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

BLOOD THINNERS

What is a Blood Thinner? When we should be taking it ? How Long?

Answers to
All these questions are possibly known.

But one important thing.
What we should be doing or not doing when we take in a blood thinner?

Take this quiz. HERE 

or

Cut and paste this URL:

http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/rm-quiz-blood-thinners?ecd=wnl_men_102615&ctr=wnl-men-102615_nsl-ld-stry_title&mb=wzvp

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Does Moon affect our Moods ?

 The Moon and our Moods.
 by Nicole Lyons.
 Courtesy: www.psychcentral.com



Courtesy: www pschcentral.com

So much research has been done regarding the lunar effect and whatever your belief may be regarding it, I’m going to share a little of my experience on this appropriately special night. Tonight is The Super Blood Moon Eclipse and we haven’t had one of those since 1982 and wont see one again until 2033, and as I type this on my deck, I have the most amazing view of this stunning display when I look to my right. It is a sight to behold.

To read further , 
click HERE. 


Kindly do not leave 
Comments on this blog 
unread. 
Even westerners say  that Moon has a "cognitive binding" and that synchornises with the way, we in this hemisphere  believe. 
 

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Atrial Fibrillation. A powerpoint Presentation by Webmd.

See this powerpoint presentation by WebMD
A visual Guide to
Living with Atrial Fibrillation.

What are the risks ?
How to live with this condition?
Click HERE to see the presentation.

Saturday, September 26, 2015

the “where” and “when” in memories

How your brain puts the “where” and “when” in memories

Each memory relies on three critical elements, those being the “what,” “where” and “when” building blocks. Neuroscientists from MIT have identified a brain circuit — connecting the hippocampus and a region of the cortex known as entorhinal cortex — that handles the “when” and “where” components.

READ MORE BY CLICKING HERE. 

Courtesy: Webmd.

Saturday, June 20, 2015

How fast a sneeze travels? What is the smallest bone in your body?


How much
and
 how best
we know about our own anatomy?
courtesy: google.


 Here there is a quiz from webmd.


 Please get into the quiz .

 I did and found to my surprise and horror that most, if not all, my own perceptions about my own body were indeed on the wrong side.

 How about  U ?

  Click here

or click and paste the URL following:

 http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/rm-quiz-anatomy?ecd=wnl_men_061915&ctr=wnl-men-061915_nsl-ld-stry&mb=wzvpyx45MJ89rr%2f0ipRj%2fuHnVev1imbC%2fu9GEHH%40Cj4%3d

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

UNDERSTAND THE EMBARASSING NOISES THAT BODIES MAKE

A quiz

on the UNHOLY, EMBARASSING NOISES
GARGLING, POP, FURT, SNEEZING,ACHOO ETC.

THAT OUR PHYSICAL BODIES MAKE

DAILY.

PLEASE TAKE THIS QUIZ AND FIND OUT

THE HIDDEN TRUTH AND RATIONALE.

YOUR PERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE BODY NOISES WHETHER TRUE OR NOT?

TAKE THIS QUIZ.
CLICK HERE.

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

What is Gout ? Early Diagnosis helps.

  • Gout is the most prevalent inflammatory arthritis
  •  in men and postmenopausal women and
  •  is associated with serious comorbidities
  •  
  • An early diagnosis of chronic gout may translate into appropriate disease management with fewer attacks, less joint and tissue damage, and possibly even a reduction in the risk of certain comorbid diseases
  •  
  •  
  •  Progress has been made in identifying both genetic and environmental risk factors of hyperuricemia and gout (monosodium urate crystal deposition disease).1 Knowing more about gout risk factors and familiarity with the clinical presentation help facilitate an early diagnosis.
  •  
  •  
  • To read more:
  •  AN ARTICLE By 
  •  
  • Brett Moskowitz
    Reviewed by David Fernandez, MD, Fellow, Adult Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY 

  • Please click 
  • HERE 
  •  
  • Courtesy: MEDPAGE TODAY.

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

What are things that Doctors know that most of their patients know only later.

MIND IT.
 
THERE ARE THINGS AROUND U WHICH CAN BE CHANGED.
THERE ARE EQUALLY THINGS U CAN NOT CHANGE.
PRUDENCE LIES IN UNDERSTANDING THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO.
 
 
ARE U REALLY GETTING CURED WHEN U GO TO A PHYSICIAN ?
WHAT DOES A PHYSICIAN KNOW WHEN HE PRESCRIBES A MEDICINE
WHICH YOU DO NOT KNOW AT TIME BUT 
REALIZE LATER.
 
HERE IS ARE SOME VERY GOOD OBSERVATIONS FROM 
A FAMILY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN. 
 
THANK U DOCTOR...

Joanna BisgroveJoanna Bisgrove, Family Medicine Physician

There are many things that doctors know after years of study, practice, research.  However, the most important thing that doctors know and accept that most people don't is the limits of what medicine can do.  I can't cure your obesity by handing you a pill.  I can guide you, give you information and tools on healthy eating and exercise, but ultimately you need to take responsibility for your health and lose the weight to stay healthy.

Likewise, I can't wave a magic wand and make your pain go away.  Many people hold the unrealistic belief that medications should make their pain disappear.  Let me make this clear: that belief is unequivocally FALSE.  Take narcotics, for example, which are in the same family as heroin and therefore potentially addictive.  Many patients become upset when their narcotics don't take away their pain.  What they don't realize is that narcotics work by dulling the nervous system, which diminishes the pain temporarily.  They do nothing about the source of the pain, and as soon as the medication wears off, the pain is back as bad as it was before. 

There are other classes of pain medications which can help diminish the pain temporarily, and some which will help diminish the cause of the pain, making longer lasting pain relief.  Ultimately, however, the goal of pain control is just that - control.  We can't make the pain go away, but we can help keep it from taking over your life.  To do this usually requires what is known as a multi-disciplinary approach: pain control involves medications, changes in diet, various forms of exercise (yes, exercise), physical therapy, chiropractor in certain cases, massage, injections, and psychotherapy (how well you can mentally handle the pain actually determines how bad the pain will be - the worse your coping skills, the worse your pain).  Most of these things need to occur simultaneously, which means the patient needs to be engaged at all times.   The "luxury" to sit back passively and let medicine cure all of your ills simply isn't real.

Probably the most important limitation of medicine is that it cannot keep us forever young, nor can it prevent death.  Death is unavoidable in life -- we will all die someday.  I recently read an article about how doctors die.  Usually we die quietly, without much medical intervention.  We have seen too many times families who, in the grips of fear, pray for a miracle and ask us to do "everything."  What families don't understand is that often "everything" merely gives their extremely ill loved one a prolonged, tortured death.  I've even read one doctor say that is akin to telling us "to do things we would never even do to a terrorist." 

So, when we ourselves are faced with a terminal illness, we know the limits of medicine and we know that we don't want to die alone, in pain, in a hospital or nursing home.  So, we opt for hospice or other comfort care measures and spend our last days with our families and loved ones.  We know to tell our loved ones what we want, we know to put our wishes in writing, and we know to tell them it's really okay to let us go when the time comes, so long as they are with us to see us off on the journey.

So, with all being said and done, I spend much of my time educating my patients on how to take command of their own lives and their own deaths.  I tell them my goals and philosophy -- to keep them as healthy and active for as long as possible, then help them be in control of their care until their very last breath.  I haven't had a patient disagree with me on that, and when I phrase it that way, then they are open to how I plan to help them accomplish these goals

Monday, May 25, 2015

A risk calculator for Diabetes.

Are U a diabetic ?
OR 
Are U at any risk of becoming a diabetic?

There is a risk calculator to which we have to subject ourselves .

Diabetes is a condition where you have plenty but u still feel the pangs of poverty.
Yes. U have a lot of glucose, but not enough insulin to stream the glucose into the cells which need them. 
And, in the absence of insulin, your kidneys are over worked. 

You feel always
THIRSTY
HUNGRY 
TIRED too. 

THE CONDITION RUNS THROUGH FAMILIES. 
So, the genetic factor is the forerunner. 

What else are the risk factors ?

Please click HERE or 

cut and paste the URL that follows:

http://www.diabetescare.net/tools/am-i-at-risk-for-diabetes/


Wednesday, April 15, 2015

FREE RADICALS AND ANTI-OXIDANTS.

A LOT OF THINGS ARE SAID ABOUT ANTI OXIDANTS.

ALMOST EVERY DOCTOR PRESCRIBES A BRAND DRUG LABELLED AS FOOD SUPPLEMENT WHICH ARE KNOWN TO CONTAIN ANTI OXIDANTS.

TO KNOW THEM IN DEPTH AND IN DETAIL, WE ARE TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT ARE FREE RADICALS ALSO.

LET US STUDY BOTH.

Free Radicals and Anti Oxidants.

What are these things?

A definition of What is FREE RADICALS is given by
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE.
COURTESY:
CLICK HERE TO KNOW THE DEFINITION OF FREE RADICALS free radicallisten (free RA-dih-kul)
A type of unstable molecule that is made during normal cell metabolism (chemical changes that take place in a cell). Free radicals can build up in cells and cause damage to other molecules, such as DNA, lipids, and proteins. This damage may increase the risk of cancer and other diseases.A substance that protects cells from the damage caused by free radicals (unstable molecules made by the process of oxidation during normal metabolism). Free radicals may play a part in cancer, heart disease, stroke, and other diseases of aging. Antioxidants include beta-carotene, lycopene, vitamins A, C, and E, and other natural and manufactured substances.

ANTI OXIDANTS ARE DEFINED AS

 A substance that protects cells from the damage caused by free radicals (unstable molecules made by the process of oxidation during normal metabolism). Free radicals may play a part in cancer, heart disease, stroke, and other diseases of aging. Antioxidants include beta-carotene, lycopene, vitamins A, C, and E, and other natural and manufactured substances.


COURTESY:
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/causes-prevention/risk/diet/antioxidants-fact-sheet

Anti oxidants and Free Radicals have an inter play role in deciding how we live healthily and/or
how we age also.

It is therefore necessary we know their role.

What is their role in our day to day living ?

Please read this article exhaustively,
by clicking
HERE


Thursday, January 15, 2015

Eat and drink all these when U have Flu !!

Ten Food Items U should be eating

when u have a flu.

See this presentation. 

Cut and paste the URL below:

http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/home-remedies-9/slideshow-flu-foods?ecd=wnl_spr_011415&ctr=wnl-spr-011415_nsl-ld-stry&mb=wzvpyx45MJ8

Courtesy: webmd.com