Researchers are trying to answer the question: can we live longer in a healthy way? Investments in life-extending drugs and clinical trials are on the rise regarding the subject. Remarkable innovations in medical care and the wide use of vaccines have been key to increasing life expectancy worldwide. The over-65-year-old …
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Pressure Ulcer
What is pressure ulcer? Normally, as this type of wound develops in patients who have been lying in ICU beds for a long period, or in old age, or people who have been bound to the bed or wheelchair with homecare due to their chronic debilities, it was in the …
Read More »A City that is Sensitive, Supportive, and Cooperative
Kathmandu’s mayor is also regarded as the metropolis’s father/mother. This is meaningful. Just like the role the leader of the household has to play at times when the home’s electricity supply is disturbed, when no water comes from the taps, when there is problem with the sewage, when some member …
Read More »The Battle against AMR
Antimicrobials—including antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, and antiparasitics—are medicines used to prevent and treat infections in humans, animals, and plants. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines, making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe …
Read More »Laser Hair Removal
People have been finding reasons to remove hair on the face and body since the beginning of time. It’s no wonder that people have come up with countless clever ways to get rid of unwanted hair—as depicted in some cave drawings of people using sharpened flint rocks as razors and …
Read More »Prediabetes Process of Diagnosis
1. Screen 2. Assess and advice 3. Follow up 4. Evaluate Screen 1. Ask patient to take ADA risk test 2. Find out who might have risk factor 3. Be proactive in an effort to improve outcome 4. Depending upon results, invite them to be tested 5. If diagnosed with …
Read More »Safe Medicine Disposal
An assessment of storage and disposal practices of unused and expired medicines among the communities in Kathmandu. Words by Dr. Nisha Jha, Dr. Pathiyil Ravi Shankar Safe and proper disposal of medicine is important as improper disposal may have a negative impact on human health and the environment. Unsafe disposal …
Read More »The Evolution of Menstrual Taboos
Dashain is around the corner, and for me it brings about very fond childhood memories. This much-awaited festival signifies victory of good over evil. In this auspicious 10‐day festival, the nine days are celebration of various incarnations of goddess Durga, who defeats the demons and brings peace to ‘devalok’. The …
Read More »Transforming the Main Gateway to the Nation
Presently, Kathmandu, a cultural city with a proud history, is wounded and has been made sick and ailing. It has been torn at and hurt badly. Additionally, it has been subject to insufferable injustice. Kathmandu is now in the ICU. There are reasons behind this. For 30 years, it was …
Read More »SMP: An Alternative Treatment for Hair Loss
Scalp Micropigmentation (SMP), also known as micro tattooing, is an advanced concealing technique with almost-permanent results in patients with scalp visibility and donor area insufficiency. It is an artistic procedure where natural, non-toxic inks are used to create a series of tiny dots over the scalp, in between the hairs …
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