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Defined as ‘the worldwide spread of a new disease’, many deadly pandemics have occurred down the ages across many continents, killing millions upon millions. Among them, smallpox, cholera, bubonic plague, and influenza have been the deadliest. Smallpox, which has existed for 12,000 years, is estimated to have resulted in 300-500 …

On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency, that is, a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The UN health agency on February 12, 2020, announced that “COVID-19” will be the official name of the deadly virus from China, saying that …

This last month, I have had opportunity to know more about what’s happening in some sectors of the healthcare sector in Kathmandu. I visited a Korean aesthetic center, where I was completely bowled over by its ambience. Its interiors were very well designed, but even more impressive was their hospitality. …

Many entrepreneurs and healthcare businesses have the ambition to ramp up services across borders. Choice of the country is the initial and most important step as a foundation to this dream, and quite vital for the business and its management team. Spanning from Nigeria to Nepal, each country has its …

Nepal is a developing country with rapidly changing trend of disease pattern from communicable to non-communicable disease. It is because of the increasing number of population living in urban areas, sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy eating pattern, and stressful life events. The prevalence of coronary artery disease, which is around 6%, is …

The months leading up to the birth of a child are crucial for both the mother and the child. Nepal has been making a lot of effort to improve maternal and infant health, and has steadily been improving the care that mothers and infants receive during this time. Nepal Demography …

Understanding of human sperm and biology of human fertilization has improved over the years, after WHO started standardizing semen analysis and new research results became available. Objective data and information about important measures like mechanism of sperm capacitation, hyper activation of sperm, the ability of sperm to bind zona pellucid, …

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 …