by nikita@docmode.com | Nov 28, 2019 | Blog, COPD, Diseases, Healthcare System
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or COPD in India was the cause of death for over 1 million people in India behind heart disease in 2017. It is an umbrella term used to describe various progressive lung diseases such as refractory asthma, chronic bronchitis, and...
by nikita@docmode.com | Nov 27, 2019 | Continuing Medical Education, Skills
That doctors have one of the difficult paths towards their degrees is already known and having spent a better part of your 20s studying and qualifying to be a licensed practicing doctor is no mean feat. However, in healthcare, as also in life, learning never stops....
by nikita@docmode.com | Nov 27, 2019 | Mental Health, suicide
Would you believe that India accounts for 36.6% of suicides globally? Would you believe that suicide has surpassed maternal mortality as the leading cause of death among women and teenage girls aged 15-19 years? These are rather uncomfortable statistics and perhaps,...
by nikita@docmode.com | Nov 27, 2019 | dengue, fever
As the deadly dengue season starts setting in, one tends to automatically get in the must-do things that every public service announcement tells us to do. There is no prescribed medication for the disease but keeping our surroundings clean, not letting stagnant water...
by nikita@docmode.com | Nov 25, 2019 | pregnancy, preterm labor
Would-be mothers are exposed to myriad fatal health complications including gestational diabetes, high blood pressure, infections, and anemia during the course of pregnancy. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that more than 32 million pregnant women suffer...
