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What is diabetic foot? When a diabetic person develops an ulceration in his or her foot as a significant and devastating complication of the disease, it is known as a diabetic foot. Nearly 12 – 15% of the population with diabetes develop the foot ulcer in his/her lifetime, and is …

The way we manage our health is more crucial than ever before. While it’s critical to see a doctor when we’re sick, it’s equally important to see a doctor on a regular basis. Regular health examinations can detect issues before they arise. Your health is an ongoing project that requires …

The term halitosis, also known as bad breath, or oral malodor, is used to describe unpleasant odor originating from the mouth. It creates social and psychological disadvantages in a person’s life, which could lead to social embarrassment and leave the individual reclusive, or occasionally, even stigmatized in society. Halitosis is …

Osteoporosis is chronic metabolic bone disease which develops when bone mineral density and bone mass decrease. As a result, the bones become weak, brittle, and porous, compromising bone strength and increasing the risk of fractures. Since this condition is characterized by increased bone fragility, the resulting fractures are termed as …

2020 will always be remembered as the year that COVID-19 pandemic spread across the world. The SARS-CoV-2 virus was transmitted from bats to humans and started a pandemic that is still ongoing almost two years later, and is sure to be remembered in the history books. Transmissible diseases have long …

An endemic virus is one that circulates normally in a certain location, being relatively constant in a population, and with quite predictable patterns. Rhinoviruses, which cause the common cold, circulate endemically around the world, and influenza is an endemic virus with epidemic and pandemic potential. Due to widespread public health …

A meta-analysis of published data has indicated that zinc supplements have a role in preventing and treating upper respiratory infections caused by viruses (other than SARS-CoV-2) in adults. A total of 28 randomized controlled trials for zinc in preventing or treating respiratory viral infections in adults were identified by the …

Leaving aside the scientific and psychological theories about personality, here is Osho Rajneesh’s (Dec 11, 1931 – Jan 19, 1998) take on the subject as written in the book, The True Sage – Talks on Hasidism (1976): “Individuality is exactly what it means; it is individual. Personality is not individuality, …

Currently, in Nepal, a biplane cath lab machine is only available at Upendra Devkota Memorial National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences, and Dr. Subash Phuyal, Head of Intervention Neuro-radiology and Diagnostics, is the first post DM in Nepal trained to perform neurointervention procedures.             …

In Nepal, 30% of deaths of children below the age of five is caused by pneumonia, which is double the global rate of 15 percent. A lot of these deaths are caused by a weakened immune system that could have been prevented with good nutrition and childcare. Pneumonia is a …