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The corona virus pandemic, which originated from Wuhan city of China and spread to Europe, USA, Africa, and Asia, has affected 108 million people globally, leading to more than 2.4 million deaths. COVID-19 spared no one, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, geography, and social status, and it appears to be …

Osteoporosis is a progressive skeletal disease, where the bone becomes weak and porous, and fracture may occur even with minor injury. It is characterized by low bone mineral density (BMD), which is defined as the volumetric density of calcium hydroxyapatite (CaHA) in a biological tissue in terms of g/cm 3. …

Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative movement disorder caused by degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta, which results in reduced production of a neurotransmitter named striatal dopamine, and overproduction of alpha-synuclein, resulting in the formation of Lewy bodies. PD affects 1-2 per 1000 of the …

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is the commonest functional gastrointestinal disorder, and affects about 20% of the world population at some point in their lives. It is a chronic, and sometimes quite a disabling, disorder of the large bowel function. Symptoms include defecation-related abdominal pain, usually associated with diarrhoea or constipation, …

Colorectal cancer is cancer that affects the large intestine and the rectum. Colon cancer and rectal cancer are often grouped together, because they are related diseases with many of the same characteristics.The most common type is adenocarcinoma. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the world (after lung …

Among the broad arena of rheumatic diseases, ankylosing spondylitis is one of the forms of inflammatory arthritis characteristically affecting the spine and sacroiliac joint (located at the base of the back, where sacrum, i.e. bone directly above the tail bone, meets iliac bones either side of the upper buttocks). Inflammation …

Vitiligo, an acquired depigmenting disorder, affects up to two percent of the general population. It is beyond a mere cosmetic problem, associated with social stigma and lowered self-esteem. Conventionally, vitiligo has been treated with medicines, surgery, and phototherapy. Topical treatment with corticosteroid and calcineurin inhibitors were the mainstay for treating …

I am not sure who will read this article. If doctors read it, informations may seem very superficial. At the same time, it may feel hard to understand by non-medicos. So, I will try to make it useful for both groups. Prostate is a male sexual organ that lies just …

On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency, that is, a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The UN health agency on February 12, 2020, announced that “COVID-19” will be the official name of the deadly virus from China, saying that …

About a quarter of people with Graves’ disease develop thyroid eye disease (TED). TED can happen at any time. It can develop before, during, or after the over-active thyroid disorder is diagnosed, though the two usually come on roughly at the same time. In most cases, the eye disease is …