General medicine
10 Flu Myths
If you’ve ever had the flu, you know how sick you can be. Chances are good that some of the advice friends and family gave you about avoiding or dealing with the flu was wrong. There seems to be no shortage Read more…
Plastic Surgery
Vaginoplasty
Vaginoplasty – Overview Vaginoplasty (also known as vaginal rejuvenation) is a surgical procedure to tighten the vagina. The procedure is necessary following the treatment or removal of malignant growths or abscesses to restore a normal vaginal structure and function. Vaginoplasty Read more…
News
Parental touch soothes pain signals in babies’ brains
Newborn babies undergoing a painful heel prick blood test have a reduced response to the pain signals in their brains if they are held by a parent with skin-to-skin contact, according to new research published on Thursday. Scientists who studied Read more…
Eye
Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK) Surgery
Photorefractive Keratectomy Surgery Overview Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) is a type of laser eye surgery used to improve vision by correcting refractive errors in the eye. Examples of refractive errors of the eyes that can be corrected with PRK are nearsightedness, Read more…
Psychiatry
How Can You Help a Loved one Suffering From Loneliness?
How to Help a Loved One Suffering From Loneliness? You are worried about your mother. Before the pandemic, you would visit her every week with your young children. They loved playing in her garden and eating homemade cookies together. You Read more…
Plastic Surgery
Lip Augmentation Surgery
Lip Augmentation Surgery – Overview Lip augmentation surgery is a type of cosmetic procedure to increase lip fullness through enlargement using a filler such as hyaluronic acid, fat or implants. Full and plump lips have often been associated with beauty Read more…
News
A Young Athlete’s Breathing Problems Weren’t Asthma. What Were They?
The problems started when Reese Tempest entered sixth grade. She had always loved running, but now her track team training was triggering severe breathing difficulties. “I gutted it out and cried all the time. One race, I even passed out,” Read more…
General surgery
Thyroidectomy
Thyroidectomy – Overview A goiter, or goitre, is a swelling in the neck resulting from an enlarged thyroid gland. A goiter can be associated with a thyroid that is not functioning properly. Generally, over 90% of goiter cases are due Read more…
News
Russia says medics to get anti-COVID shots in two weeks
Russia said on Wednesday the first batch of the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine would be rolled out within two weeks and rejected as “groundless” safety concerns aired by some experts over Moscow’s rapid approval of the drug. The vaccine, called Read more…
Breast
Lumpectomy
Lumpectomy – Overview Lumpectomy is the surgical removal of a lump in the breast to treat a malignant tumor or breast cancer. During the procedure, only the cancerous cells are removed hence it’s more conservative and preferred to more disfiguring Read more…
News
Teenager ‘will never have hair again’ after two pit bulls attacked her and ripped off most of her scalp and one of her ears
A teenage girl “will never have hair again” after she was attacked by two pit bulls without provocation and they ripped off most of her scalp and one of her ears. Joslyn Stinchcomb, 15, was walking in her neighbourhood of Read more…
General medicine
Multiple Myeloma Treatment
Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the plasma cells, a type of blood cell that produces antibodies and serves an important immune function. Multiple myeloma is also known as plasma cell myeloma and simple myeloma. As cancer progresses, bone pain, Read more…
News
Russia trying to hack and steal COVID-19 vaccine data, says Britain
Hackers backed by the Russian state are trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine and treatment research from academic and pharmaceutical institutions around the world, Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said on Thursday. A co-ordinated statement from Britain, the United States Read more…
Plastic Surgery
Facelift Surgery
Facelift, also known as a rhytidectomy is a surgical procedure that lifts and tightens the facial tissues. As we get older, skin and tissues naturally lose their elasticity. This leads to sagging and wrinkles. A facelift helps to give a Read more…