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Priyanka is an experienced medical writer and editor with an excellent academic and professional formation. Also, a demonstrated history of working in the health care industry for more than 5 years. A dedicated healthcare professional with strong research and training skills.
Tips to Boost Your Memory and Improve Your Concentration
Human memory operates over a wide time range, from seconds to decades, and with amounts of information ranging from a single word to a lifetime's experience. The term “memory” can be divided into separate functions of encoding, binding, consolidation, and retrieval.... Read More
- Mind & Emotions
- May 13, 2019
What Causes Nighttime Leg Cramping? Follow These Tips to Prevent It
Do you often wake-up mourning in the middle of the sleep due to muscle hardness, tension, and tightness occurring in your calf or foot? May be your suffering from nighttime leg cramping issues. While the effects may vary, these painful sensations may occur many times ea... Read More
- Health A-Z
- April 26, 2019
Concerned About Your Prostate Health? Make Smart Eating Choices to Reduce the Risk!
Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer among men. Men who are 65 years old or above, or have an immediate relative who has had prostate cancer are at higher risk of getting the condition. There is no way known to prevent prostate cancer, but there are... Read More
- Cancer
- April 18, 2019
Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Why You Should Never Ignore Them, and Remedies to Heal Them
A diabetic foot ulcer is an open sore or wound that occurs in approximately 15% of patients with diabetes and is commonly located on the bottom of the foot. Anyone who has diabetes can develop a foot ulcer. People who use insulin are at higher risk of developing a foot ... Read More
- Diabetes
- April 05, 2019
Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hold Hidden Dangers for Women's Heart Health. Here's All You Need to Know!
Snoring is often a normal part of sleep and can affect anyone. But for many of us, this sleeping pattern may be the sign of a more serious health problem - Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). In OSA, the muscles that control breathing stop moving or the airway gets blocked. ... Read More
- Lifestyle
- April 03, 2019
Life After Cancer Treatment! Here's 5 things that you must practice
Cancer journey does not end with the treatment! Living with cancer is different from living after cancer. It changes your life and as well as the lives of those around you. The disease and its treatment not only cause certain physical changes but also affect the way you... Read More
- Cancer
- February 19, 2019
Things That Can Help You Control Your Anger
Anger is a completely normal and generally a healthy human emotion. It is an emotional state that varies in intensity from mild irritation to intense fury and rage. Anger is a natural, adaptive response to threats; it stimulates powerful, often aggressive feelings and b... Read More
- Mind & Emotions
- February 20, 2019
Can Oxygen Therapy Help Treat Your COPD?
COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is a condition that makes it difficult to breathe. The disease is actually a combination of two lung conditions, emphysema, and bronchitis. Emphysema causes damage to the alveoli (air sacs) in the lung, while bronchitis ca... Read More
- Health A-Z
- January 28, 2019
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Q - How can high radiation dose was for scan affect?
A - Hello. Thank You for the query. The first and most important information: You would develop cancer from this X-ray long time ago and for sure it wont impact the future. Try to imagine that an x-ray...
Q - I had digonsed with acromegaly I am seeing some finger rashes on my left feet
A - Hello Thanks for the query and photographs. I have also checked your reports. You have developed eczema. It is an allergic reaction and is usually mixed with fungal infection. Apply Candid B cream t...
Q - Could you clarify what this would mean and what are the implications of this?
A - Hello and welcome here, I have gone through the reports. It is mostly a normal report. The near-normal hemoglobin and RBC indices indicate iron deficiency but no anemia and iron supplements can be ...
Q - What pain management strategy is recommended for flares, given her liver-friendly requirements?
A - Hi and thank you for choosing this forum for your query, I am sorry for the problems you are facing Before giving answers to your query I have to ask a few more questions, Was any antacids ever? See ...
Q - What can be red mark on the head of genital its at tip of the hole and it goes downward ?
A - Hi, Thanks for your query I would like to know some more details like Age ? Is the lesion itchy or painful? Have you been using any topical creams or lotions? Are you sexually active? Do you have...
Q - I have some pain while sitting in my left testicle from a week now
A - Hi, Thanks for your query I would like to know some more details Age ? Are you sexually active? Does the pain increase or decrease after ejaculation? Is the ejaculate normal ? Do you have fever?...
Q - Why white part of my right eye seems to be encroaching slightly onto the black part?
A - Hello thanks for the question. This looks like a pterygium which is a mass in the outer layer of the eye and this needs surgery with grafting. Hope my answer helps. Regards ...
Q - I am seeking opinion from an Endocrinologist for my dad symptoms
A - Hello and welcome, Yes some skin conditions are seen in insulin resistance like diabetic dermopathy and acanthosis nigricans. These are usually diagnosed by a doctor and do not require any specific...
Q - Are there any serious side effects to the MMF medication?
A - Hi , Prednisolone can increase blood sugar level, so need to monitor sugar levels. MMF DOES NOT HAVE ANY SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS IN SHORT TERM USE. hope your query is clear now. Thank you ...
Q - What could be these brownish spots on my spouse’s feet ?
A - Hi, Thanks for your query How big are the lesions ? Has she been using any new lotions? If possible please share qn image of the lesion Waiting for your response ...
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