COMBINED ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES
Two types of female oral contraceptive pill are widely available in health centers and public health departments: The combined oral contraceptive pill contains estrogen and a progestogen, and is taken…
MALE INFERTILITY – CAUSES & REMEDIES
Causes of male infertility The commonest reason, is a low sperm count, which can be attributed to various causes; Idiopathic i.e., when the exact cause is not known. Varicocele –…
Detecting poor vision in children
Normally a child should be able to recognize mother and have a social smile by 6-8 weeks of age. If the child has poor vision in both the eyes, then…
Benefits of Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding is feeding an infant or young child with breast milk directly from human breasts and not from a baby bottle or other container. Babies have a sucking reflex that…
Alternative Medicine : HOMEOPATHY
Homeopathy is a form of alternative medicine based upon principles first defined by Samuel Hahnemannin 1796. A central thesis of homeopathy is that an ill person can be treated using…
ACUPUNCTURE – A brief Overview.
This is an alternative system of medicine which treats ailments by insertion of needles at acupoints. It is a pleasant tingling sensation radiating along a specific direction. Needling produces subjective…
Alternative Medicine – ACUPUNCTURE
Acupuncture is a technique of inserting and manipulating fine needles into specific points on the body to relieve pain or for therapeutic purposes. The word acupuncture comes from the Latin…
Alternative Medicine – AYURVEDA
Ayurveda, the ‘science of life’ is a system of traditional medicine native to India, and practiced in other parts of the world as a form of alternative medicine used to…
Alternative Medicine – A Remedy for Many Ailments.
There is a growing realization that, contrary to previously held beliefs, conventional medicine (the medicine that most people are familiar with: antibiotics, surgery, etc.) cannot solve all of our…






