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Vitiligo
Vitiligo Vitiligo (vitiligo) is a common multiple of the pigmented skin, the disease to local or generalized loss of pigment, characterized by the formation of white spot. It is a kind of access, ...Read More
Posted by suresh j kumar on Wed, Aug 5, 2009 (6423)
The dry eye
It is nothing but a symptom complex occuring as a sequale to deficiency or abnormality of tear film.
Etiology: 1.Aqueous layer deficiency
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Posted by S Prabhu Subramaniyam on Thu, Jul 30, 2009 (5181)
Ten Sleeping MYTHS
Myth 1: Sleep is a time when your body and brain shut down for rest and relaxation No evidence shows that any major organ (including the brain) or regulatory system in the body shuts down during...Read More
Posted by venkat Ramachandran on Tue, Jul 28, 2009 (4491)
DO WE DESERVE THIS?
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19600924&id=YKYTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GbADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5228,4238562
While impassioned cases for increasing women’s involvement in politic...Read More
Posted by vandana bhambri on Sun, Jul 26, 2009 (4917)
Blow-out injury or fracture
This condition is due to inward displecement of eye ball by any force exerted on it.
Aetiopathology: The eye ball is pushed inside the orbital septum with a force exerted with a round objects like...Read More
Posted by S Prabhu Subramaniyam on Fri, Jul 24, 2009 (4732)
Orbital Cellulitis
It is refered as inflammation of soft tissue of orbit or eyeball behind the orbital septum.
Aetiology: 1.Exogenous- Any injury or retraction of foriegn body.
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Posted by S Prabhu Subramaniyam on Fri, Jul 24, 2009 (5549)
Proptosis
It refers to outward displacement of eye ball along the margine of the orbit. It is very synonimous to "exophthalmos" but it is related to Thyroid diseases where "proptosis " doesnot.
Classsificat...Read More
Posted by S Prabhu Subramaniyam on Thu, Jul 23, 2009 (5532)
An Eating Disorder called Pica
In my childhood days, I was friends with a girl in the neighbourhood who would secretly nibble on ash chips from the small mud ‘choolah’ in her backyard. She would encourage me to taste s...Read More
Posted by Lakshmi Gopal on Mon, Apr 4, 2011 (37619)
Vitamins in Homeopathy
Vitamins in Homeopathy
Vitamin theory is very popular in modern life. Normally, there are two type vitamins. Fat soluble and water soluble are famous. The fat soluble vitamins are essential to th...Read More
Posted by Zakir Hussain Erachamveettil on Sat, Jan 9, 2010 (54526)
Food Adulteration in India
With news of Health Departments raiding various places in Delhi and Chennai on two consecutive days it is quite evident that we are facing the danger of food adulteration on a large scale. Though i...Read More
Posted by Trupti Shirole on Thu, Apr 21, 2011 (28279)
Sleep Deprivation
SLEEP DERPRIVATION AND ITS IMPACT ON HEALTH
In simple terms, Sleep Deprivation means not getting sufficient amount of sleep which may occur due to numerous reasons: from physical illness to menta...Read More
Posted by Mansi Midha on Fri, Jun 21, 2013 (31871)