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Summers are typically spent battling the heat. All of our summer activities entail sun exposure whether it's going to the mountains, beaches, or the local pool. However, while you may protect your skin with sunscreen lotion, what about your eyes? Accidental sun exposure can help us get more Vitamin D but too much can put a burden on our eyes. It can cause cataracts, retinal damage, dryness, irritation, and a host of infections. Here are 5 easy tips to protect your eyes in summer:- Wear UV-protective sunglasses : Let's begin with the most obvious. Protecting your eyes from the sun's UV rays is just as important as protecting your skin. Regular sunglasses may not be able to block all types of UV rays completely. High-quality, cutting-edge sunglasses offer 100 % UVA and UVB protection. It keeps your eyes protected while you're out in the sun. For people who wear prescription glasses, powered sunglasses eliminate the need to carry a separate pair. Alternatively, for increas...

Fats are an important part of our everyday diets when it comes to balancing the body's health by eating the right kinds of foods and nutrients. While you may associate fats with bad habits and health problems, experts believe that our body needs a certain amount of fat for energy and other activities. Fats not only provide a critical energy source for the human body, but they also help us absorb minerals and vitamins, create cell membranes, improve nerve health, aid muscle movement, and contribute to the process of inflammation to protect the body from infections. Fats can be classified as both harmful and helpful. The two most common types are unsaturated and saturated fats. Understanding the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats is important for long-term health and making the right dietary choices. It is also crucial to know the foods that contain both. What Is Saturated Fat? Saturated fats are densely packed fats that are solid at room temperature due to the lack of...

The Union Health Ministry had on March 27 urged people to take advantage of telemedicine services during the ongoing lockdown. Since then, online doctor consultation has shown a big boost of approximately 60 per cent. Many health and wellness apps have witnessed over 60% increase in doctor consultation on their platform in the backdrop of lockdown throughout the country on account of the Coronavirus crisis. It is highly appreciable that people are staying indoors and turning to online doctor consultation platforms for their healthcare needs. People can consult doctors from the multispeciality hospital in Nagpur on the health and wellness app across specialities, letting hospitals attend more serious patients. Following the suit, KRIMS group of hospitals has also started using telemedicine to treat patients so that they do not risk the infection in the times of pandemic. As the COVID-19 virus wreaks havoc with the healthcare system, telemedicine is stepping up into the spotlight...

Back pain is a common reason for absence from work and for seeking medical treatment from the best hospital in Nagpur . It can be uncomfortable and debilitating. It can result from injury, activity and some medical conditions. Back pain can affect people of any age, for different reasons. As people get older, the chance of developing lower back pain increases, due to factors such as previous occupation and degenerative disk disease. Lower back pain may be linked to the bony lumbar spine, discs between the vertebrae, ligaments around the spine and discs, spinal cord and nerves, lower back muscles, abdominal and pelvic internal organs, and the skin around the lumbar area. Pain in the upper back may be due to disorders of the aorta, tumors in the chest, and spine inflammation. Causes The human back is composed of a complex structure of muscles, ligaments, tendons, disks, and bones, which work together to support the body and enable us to move around. The segments of the spine a...

Pulmonary Hypertension is a serious condition that if ignored can get worse with time. Taking treatments to reduce the symptoms can make living with the disease easier. With proper planning and care, many people have started living their lives the way they used to before being diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary Hypertension is basically high blood pressure in arteries that go from heart to lungs. It is not similar to having high blood pressure. When the blood pressure in small arteries of lungs becomes high, they get blocked or narrowed. This makes the blood flow very difficult and raises the pressure in the lungs. Consequently, the heart needs to pump blood faster making the muscles go weak. This eventually leads to heart failure. Causes Many times the cause of the disease remains undiagnosed. It is called idiopathic pulmonary hypertension. Genes are the factors as to why some people get the disease. Other times, it is caused by another illness that is alre...

Lungs are the most essential part of our respiratory system, which provides germ-free fresh air to our body. Our body has its own defense mechanism which fights against microorganisms and provides fresh oxygen to our blood whereas expels out carbon dioxide from our body to the atmosphere. But humans many times fail to realize its importance and get addicted to such habits which can harm our lungs and threaten its ability to work. Therefore we should take good care of our lungs very well and maintain our healthy lifestyle There are many lung-related diseases like asthma, COPD, lung cancer, and chest-related diseases. If you are suffering from any of these diseases we would suggest visiting a good asthma specialist in your city. Here we are giving some tips and precautions you should take on a regular basis to keep your lungs healthy- Smoking We many times read in the newspapers or during movie trailers that smoking is injurious to health but most of us neglect the fact that it’s th...

Alzheimer`s disease, named after the doctor who first described it (Alois Alzheimer) is a physical disease that affects the brain. During the course of the disease, proteins build up in the brain to form structures called “plaques” and “tangles”. This leads to the loss of connections between nerve cells and eventually to the death of nerve cells and loss of brain tissues. People with Alzheimer `s also have a shortage of some important chemicals in their brain. Then these chemical messengers help to transmit the signals around the brain. When there is a shortage of them, the signals are not transmitted as effectively. Neurological diseases are among the most frightening diseases that humans face. Alzheimer`s is a progressive disease that means gradually over time, more parts of the brain are damaged. As this happens, more symptoms develop. They also become severe. Therefore it is important to seek medical attention as early as possible if early signs are seen. Some of the symptoms...