Patients generally prefer doctors to wear nametags, white coats, and visible stethoscopes – a study confirms it recently in US.
By nature all the creatures fall prey easily to the temptations. The man is not an exemption. So, human beings have an enormous capacity to damage themselves in pursuit of pleasure, whether through alcohol, drugs, fast driving, smoking heavily, etc. But this pursuit of pleasure does them immense harm. Generally when one realizes the harm after becoming addict to some intoxicant, it becomes very difficult to abstain. This applies in case of addiction to alcohol too. After falling prey to the drinking habit, if one desires to stop it, it become extremely difficult to stop the habit because the insidious effect of alcohol diminishes the will power, which is essential to stop the habit of drinking.
Social aspect – Till few decades ago joint family system was in vogue in our country. Most of the younger generation used to adopt and continue the family profession. In the joint family system it was the tradition that the eldest person in the family used to be the head of the family and used to have the governance of the whole family in his control.
A low blood pressure is associated with an increased risk of dementia in people over 75 years of age, according to a new report. This risk seems to pertain only to Alzheimer’s type dementia and is highest in subjects with persistently low pressures.
A Free monthly camp on Joint Pains was held at OVIHAMS Medical Centre at RL -1, Ganga Ram Vatika, Tilak Nagar on 8th January 2004. For 3 Hrs. Among the patients there was 20 yrs old Boy and & eldest was 80 yrs old Lady.
A worldwide boom in herbal medicine could destroy thousands of plant species and jeopardize the health of millions of people in developing countries, according to a forthcoming study reported in New Scientist.
No medical history is complete without enquiring about the patient’s food and drink intake. What people eat is one of the major environmental influences that affects health and can sooner or later contribute to disease. Lack of food or of essential nutrients in food also leads to disease.
In our childhood days we are taught by our parents to be afraid of bad things – bad works, bad thoughts and bad actions. We learn moral themes from schools from our teachers. We observe people around us why they go to pray to temples, mosques and churches. We ask our parents – ‘Oh father and mother! who is God? what does he want from us? what he will give to us’ Our parents answer everything. When we settle in our life, we know what is good and what is bad and what we should do, what we should not.
According to ayurveda, all the activities of mind and body are governed by three psychophysiological energies known as Vata, Pitta and Kapha. When these three principles within us are in perfect balance, we enjoy good health. If one or more of these energies within us is aggravated or out of balance, disorders result.
Homoeopathy – a system of medicine, which in my opinion is the least understood by the common man. Although in recent past it has gained much fame but yet most of the population is not aware of the benefits one can extract out of this science.