April 7: World Health Day

The World Health Day has been celebrated every year on the 7th of April since 1950. The date was decided by the World Health Organization (WHO) during the first World Health Assembly held in 1948. The WHO celebrates every World health day with a theme, the current theme being ‘Universal Health Scheme’. As a Neurosurgeon, …

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A first of its kind and a challenging surgical procedure!

    'The story' An 8-month old baby with failure to thrive, weighing just 5.3 kg was initially evaluated by Dr. Ann Agnes Mathew (Paediatric Neurologist, Rainbow Hospitals, Bangalore) for delayed developmental milestones. The baby had no head control and had weakness with diminished movements in the left hand and right leg. The initial step towards …

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Mental health in the work place: Levels of Emotions and Emotional Maturity – Indicators of mental well being.

Most of the working population across the globe spend most time of their wakeful hours of life at workplace! It is very important that one loves their work atmosphere and more importantly, their work. Work related tension and unhappiness can often magnify with time and consume most of the mental resources of a person, pushing …

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The Blue whale tyranny: Trapped in a Web of Deceit. Cell phone and social media addiction among children today!

      The recent report on the Blue Whale game and its fatal outcomes, also threw open another dilemma for parents: If they were to nip this menace in the bud, they needed to first get their child separated from his or her beloved phone. A task that is found to be near impossible! …

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