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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 - I am not having erection for the past ten months
A - Hi thanks for posting the query This is usually seen in chronic diabetic people. As the peripheral blood vessel gets affected. Do check your HBA1C. Have a diet consultation, keeping sugar levels ud...
Q - Do you suggest any tests that can rule out any heart related issues?
A - Hi , Your chest pain, especially if it is associated with acid reflux, is likely due to gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or gastritis, but given your anxiety and work-related stress, it’s i...
Q - What can be done for hair loss ?
A - Hello Thanks for the query. Can you please upload a photograph of your scalp showing the areas from which you are experiencing hair loss. This will help me in giving a closer diagnosis and better wa...
Q - Need specialist to diagnose my mother is suffering from persistant severe hiccups
A - Hi. Thanks for your query. Noted the history and understood the concerns. First of all, I would like to tell you that I am an ENT and General Surgeon (2 postgraduate Specialties) and deal with such p...
A - Hello and welcome here, REDBLOODCELL(RBC)COUNT 6.25 High HEMATOCRIT (PCV) 54.8 High These two parameters are not of much concern, these could be high due to low water intake, smoking, alcohol, or l...
Q - I don’t have diabetes but do have cholesterol which am managing with diet only no medicines
A - Hi , The picture looks fine. As far as numbness in big toe is concerned , It is quite possible that you may have developed some swelling in L4-5 nerve root at the level of spinal cord during prolo...
A - Hello , Yes your father has aortic valve fully calcified with severe stenosis. TAVR procedure is best for him now as he developed heart failure. It is a minimally invasive procedure of replacing a...
Q - Is there an alternative for angiography?
A - Hello and welcome to this platform, I have seen the report. In my opinion, medicines ae given when surgical interventional techniques like stenting cannot be done for some reason. There are medici...
Q - Do I need to concern I got Urinary Tract Infection with fever?
A - Hello Thanks for your query based on the facts that you have posted it appears that you have acute Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) which is very common in females in post Menopausal age . Get your ro...
Q - If lung inflammation does radiate at times even to the arm?
A - Hi, No, lung inflammation can not cause pain radiation in arm. Lung inflammation can cause localized chest pain due to pleurisy. Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further...
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