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On April 14, 2017, the Government of Nepal instituted a ban on vehicle horns in Kathmandu Valley. A couple of years before this happened, around 2015 or 2016, I remember going to work every day around 10 in the morning. And, as soon as the vehicle would reach Baneswor Chowk, …

In context of Nepal, it’s a new and emerging surgical procedure to remove the excess fat that is hard to lose with exercise and diet. With the increase in health concern, people have shifted more towards having a good body shape, but despite the exercises and diet control, they are …

“I smoked my first joint at the age of 15 with my school friends out of curiosity. I did that because my friends were doing it. It was at college where I was introduced to other drugs, and I started taking pills and cough syrup on a regular basis. These …

Drug abuse refers to use of drugs by self medication in a manner and amount that deviates from the approved medical and social patterns in a given culture at a given time. As the above line states, there are many things related to drug abuse, it involves self medication, that …

Overview Wisdom tooth, buddhi-bangara, or a third molar, is the last tooth to erupt in the back corner of our oral cavity. Most adults have four wisdom teeth, one each per quadrant. Generally, wisdom teeth erupt between late teens to early twenties. Sometimes, there is not enough space in the …

Vision loss that cannot be corrected with conventional glasses, contacts, or surgery is termed as low vision. It interferes with the daily performance of the individual, so a person with low vision must learn how to adjust to it. According to the latest global estimate, 36 million were blind, 216•6 …

The thyroid gland (glandula thyreoidea) is a small, butterfly-shaped organ located at the base of our neck. It lies in the front, just under the voice box (larynx) and above our collar bone. It weighs about 20 to 60 grams on average in adults and is present in both women …

The retina offers an accessible window to assess underlying pathological processes of systemic vascular and neurological diseases that are linked to increased mortality risk. A new first-of-its-kind study published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology says that the retina could provide an easy way to determine true biological age, which …

Through the years, there has been a consistent rise of drug-resistant microbes due to misuse/overuse of antibiotics. A recent report, “The Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance”, published in The Lancet, reveals that in 2019 more than 1.2 million people died from infections caused by bacteria resistant to multiple antibiotics. Drug …

Russia’s COVID vaccine, Sputnik V, was approved for use in Russia on August 2020, while China launched its vaccine, Sinopharm, in December 2020. In the same month, Pfizer and BioNTech’s jabs were granted EUA, followed shortly after by Moderna’s mRNA and AstraZeneca’s viral vector vaccines. Janssen launched its single-shot vaccine …