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There are increasing cases of dengue virus infection in the valley, and most of the patients are undergoing home-based treatment. As a rule, a small proportion of patients may go into the critical phase and develop severe dengue, which can be life threatening. There are certain signs that patients should …

What is bromohidrosis? We have two types of sweat glands: apocrine and eccrine. Apocrine glands are located in the groin, breast, and underarms, while eccrine glands are found all over the body. Both apocrine and eccrine sweat are odorless and colorless when produced. Our skin is home to millions of …

Our spinal cord travels through a canal in the middle of the vertebrae that make up our spine. Each vertebra has a small disc or cushion in between them, which serves as a shock absorber in our spine. From the spinal cord, nerve roots separate and travel between the vertebrae …

July 30, 2021: A Disturbing Fact: 50% of Bottled Drinking Water Is Contaminated! The DFTQC tested 27 samples of bottled drinking water in FY 2020/21 and found that 16 were contaminated enough to be unfit for consumption. In the same fiscal year, the department filed cases against 100 firms for …

The vitality of Kathmandu’s inner city, such as Thamel, Jyatha, Kamalakhsi, Ason, Bangemudha, and Bhedasingh, in the decade of 2030 B.S. and the enthusiasm and optimism with which locals conducted their businesses and provided services to tourists has now withered down and become stale. Now, these places look like they …

Would it be okay for anyone to jump onto the bandwagon and start a keto diet for the perceived health benefits and weight loss? While many medical practitioners recommend this diet program to their patients, there are many who are against it. The skepticism comes from the fact that there …

As far as its medical use is concerned, cannabis is legalized in about 45 countries around the world, including many states and territories in the United States. The word “cannabis” refers to all products derived from the plant Cannabis sativa L, which is native to central and south Asia. Marijuana, …

A dreaded disease with environmental, genetic, and immunologic factors playing a role, psoriasis is a disease that waxes and wanes with flare-ups, and it has no cure, as yet. Psoriasis is a complex, chronic, proliferative, and inflammatory disease of the skin. It involves hyperproliferation of the keratinocytes in the epidermis …

Landfills must always be the last resort when it comes to waste management, not the first! Throughout this last local election and the month following it, the topic of discussion at every tea shop, dinner table, and gathering was the garbage piling up on the streets of Kathmandu. Why was …

Various political parties have been taking the responsibility of Kathmandu for the last 30 years. We, who have been living here for ages, have been seeing and suffering the mode of governance here. We know what Kathmandu was like, and how it is now. The problems grew, but there were …