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Like any other disease, cancer has become more common than we really realize. The National Institute of Cancer estimates 600,920 cancer deaths in 2017 in the US alone. The only prevention of these ever-escalating deaths due to cancer is to have an effective screening program every nation should put in …

Tumor markers are used for monitoring the effectiveness of treatment. They are used to see if there are recurrent causes of cancer. That is the true use of serum tumor markers, but serum tumor markers have found utility in other segments, as well. For example, there are tumor markers for …

Completing 18 long years since Shape Up Slimming Center launched a health movement in Kathmandu in the year 2002, Lima Adhikari, CEO of Shape Up Slimming Center, shared the story of how the venture became as successful as it is now. Before founding the fitness centre, Lima came from a …

  Many people exhibit chronic food sensitivity reactions to specific food antigens. Unlike the immediate effects of IgE-mediated allergy, IgG-mediated food sensitivity reactions may take several hours or days to appear. Controlled removal of the problem foods from the diet will, in many cases, lead to rapid improvement in the …

Ayurveda is often defined as a ‘cultural life science’, or a ‘culture-based health system’, and so one may not find everything on the subject as strictly codified as other sciences. That is not to say that there are no documents pertaining to this ancient science, but still, a lot of …

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 …

Although gall bladder stones is one of the most commonly diagnosed surgical problems in Nepal, two-third of stones are asymptomatic, and most of them go undetected. About 14 -16% of the population of the United States have gallstones, but the exact incidence in Nepal is not known. Diet has a …

The three essential components of human diet are protein, carbohydrate, and fat, along with vitamins and minerals. To digest and absorb most of the dietary fat from the intestine, bile is needed. Bile is constantly formed by the liver. Bile thus formed is normally carried away from the liver by …

Fungi are ubiquitous. They thrive outdoors in soil, on plants and animals, indoor damp surfaces, and on human skin. There are more than 300 fungi species known that can affect humans, ranging from non-threatening superficial skin infections to invasive critical illness commonly affecting the brain, lungs, and eyes. Dark, warm, …