Parameter of the Month: hs-CRP

hs-CRP
What is hsCRP? High sensitivity C-Reactive Protein better known as ‘hs-CRP’ is a serum biomarker of inflammation and the hs – CRP test specifically quantitates its levels. What is the difference between CRP and hs-CRP? As a biomarker, both are recommended to assess inflammation. However, CRP in most cases is tested in individuals who are affected by some inflammatory conditions, while hs-...

Office Ergonomics – Five Ways To Build A Right Workplace

Office Ergonomics Many of us spend our time in the office sitting continuously in front of a PC or a laptop. With moving or getting up from the place becoming almost negligible; eventually which brings in typical ‘Office Body’. health problems like pain in the back, neck, and shoulder along with the hunched-over body posture. An add-on to such a sedentary corporate...

Top 5 Reasons Why Your Belly Fat Increases

belly fat
Reason For your Belly Fat Most of us dream to have a flat belly or ‘six-pack abs’; but sadly the reality is different, as the prominent Indian population has a bulging belly. The biggest reason behind this is the sedentary lifestyle which we live owing to numerous demands that surround us, like the 9-hour jobs involving sitting continuously at one...

5 Easy Ways To Support Your Friend With Cancer

Support cancer patient
Support your friend suffering from cancer Friendship - A relation not defined by blood ties but from ties, we make on earth during our lifetime. Undoubtedly, friends are the ones with whom we share almost everything; at times even certain secrets and thoughts which we feel uncomfortable to even sharing with our parents. Right from secret crushes in college to...

Hepatitis – Know Your Liver’s State Before it’s Too Late!

liver
What is Hepatitis? Hepatitis is an inflammatory disease of liver caused by viral infection and mainly include hepatitis A, B, C, D and E viruses. The type of virus infection can be distinguished on basis of their mode of transmission (contaminated water or food), epidemology, presentation, prevention & control. Hepatitis can be very dangerous and can even lead to death...

Mission Dengue Free India : Stay Away from Dengue Fever

Dengue Free India
Introduction to Dengue : These days one will find patients suffering from Dengue everywhere. The hospitals beds are occupied with dengue patients. Dengue is a viral disease transmitted by the bite of a particular mosquito known as Aedes Aegypti. When a female mosquito bites the infected person it becomes vector for transferring of the virus and then, ingest virus into...

Snoring and lack of sleep may reduce your chances of survival from Breast Cancer!

Breast Cancer
Survival from Breast Cancer Yet again women are threatened to strive, not from social stigma, patriarchal society or the burden of procreation, but from the global disease - Breast cancer! A new trend of this cancer is setting in gradually among the women of 30’s and 40’s, threatening their life at an early stage. Also, the number of incidences of...

Common cold in kids can cause Diabetes, too!

cold and diabetes
Common cold and Diabetes With monsoon around the corner, sneezes and sniffles will be heard everywhere! The culprit responsible is one of the most common infectious diseases of mankind, which  affects anyone and everyone, whether a baby or an adult. Yes, known to be caused by more than 200 viruses which change frequently overtime, “Common cold” continues to be unbeatable...

Do Bread, Pizza, Burger contain cancer causing chemicals?!

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Bread, Pizza and Cancer? Being an Indian has got absolutely nothing to do with our cravings of bread butter and toast for breakfast! Sandwiches, burgers and pizzas have now entered our daily food habits, so much so that calling bread our staple food wont be a falsifying statement. Any extreme case scenario brings a unforeseen outcome and thus sadly speaking...

Know Your Thyroid!

know thyroid
Today is celebrated as ‘Thyroid Day’ in many parts of the world, and here’s what you need to know about your “Thyroid Gland” a tiny butterfly shaped organ that rests in the front and at the base of your neck. The thyroid gland is one of the largest endocrine organs (organs that secrete hormones) that produces hormones responsible supporting the...