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          Dr. Deebya Raj Mishra, DM, European Diploma in Respiratory Medicine, is Associate Professor of the Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal   In this issue, we reached out to Dr. Mishra to talk about …

“Not all children are intentionally mischievous, always naughty, or display certain behaviors on experiencing incompetent parenting. Those could be the symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) for which they need help and timely treatment.” Here are the answers to some of the commonly asked questions about the ‘disorder’. What really is …

Depression—a mental health disorder that negatively affects how a person feels, thinks, and acts— affects about 1 in 15 adults in any given year, with 1 in 6 experiencing it at some time in their life. About 3.4% of the world’s population has depression, which is characterized by: • Sad, …

A new study has found that short naps are not effective in mitigating the negative cognitive effects of sleep deprivation. Michigan State University’s Sleep and Learning Lab, where the study was conducted, concluded that a nap during the day will not restore a sleepless night. However, while short naps didn’t …

“The world’s biggest killer is ischemic heart disease, responsible for 16% of the world’s total deaths. Since 2000, the largest increase in deaths has been for this disease, rising by more than 2 million to 8.9 million deaths in 2019. Stroke and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are the 2nd …

Mother’s milk is the best food, packed with nutrients, for your newborn. Human milk has a complex nutritional composition that is difficult to replicate. Exclusive breastfeeding practices, followed by early initiation, feeding colostrum, and voiding prelacteal feeds are important for proper nutrition, growth, and development of the infant. Though the …

One of the crucial procedures in the medical world is reconstructive surgery. All about repairing bodily structures and restoring their functions, these surgeries are conducted to better the body parts usually affected by birth defects, developmental abnormalities, trauma/injuries, infections, tumors, and others. As a complex practice, it is imperative that …

Burn injuries are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. Burn injuries perhaps represent the widest spectrum of any form of trauma. Burns occur in all age groups and may range in severity, from very minor requiring no treatment to extremely severe requiring highest level of intensive …

What is a blepharoplasty surgery? For a cosmetic reason to rejuvenate the appearance of the eyelid, or for a medical reason to improve vision, when the excess of skin, muscle, and fat of the upper and/or lower eyelid is removed, the surgical procedure is known as blepharoplasty. In Asian eyelid, …

Can you imagine a situation where your dearest loved ones—your father or mother, or your grandparents— losing their memory and not being able to recognize you and their own close family members? They will not be able to remember what day, date, and year it is, and they will not …