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When I was in Florida, U.S.A., some years ago, I was appalled to see hordes of really fat people, which prompted me to write an article on the subject, some lines of which go like this: “After a months’ stay here, I have come to the conclusion that in proportion …

Chronic pain in the knee, hip, and back affects many people, which impairs the quality of life itself. Most guidelines to manage the pain emphasize the role of physical activity/exercise and maintaining a healthy body weight. However, people associate physical activity with the onset and increase of pain, assuming that …

Capping the ends of bones, cartilage is a rubbery layer that stops them rubbing together. With age, ‘wear and tear’ of the cartilage results in osteoarthritis, leading to knee pain in some people. New areas of development in treatment include novel drugs and implants of stem cells (immature cells that …

The presence of an encouraging number of women in the medical field has resulted in a diverse surgical workforce. A career in surgery has significant lifestyle implications: the profession is associated with a high degree of patient acuity, significant on-call responsibility, and irregular work hours, all requiring a substantial commitment …

Hair loss is an increasing complaint in Dermatology OPD, and more so after the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a huge rise in number of cases we see that comes with hair loss problems, and not to mention, the psychological impact it has on the patients. While we …

Another year, another step towards mass annihilation. This is it folks, this is the article where I give all of you a vague, vapid, everlasting and never-ending alarm about how the world is going to end—or is it? Is our planet really nose-diving into oblivion? Is this remarkably overblown? There …

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 …