Minds are often filled with misconceptions, illusions, and oversights when it comes to an understanding of the importance of a mammogram. People usually end up deciding not to have a mammogram because their doubts outweigh the reality and the relevance of mammography. When do I need my first mammogram and how often do I…
While surgical care and its outcome can largely depend on various factors, the efficacy of the environment in an operating theatre is highly significant. The features and conditions in an operating theatre can strongly influence the efficiency of the procedure performed and even the overall health of the patient especially concerning prevention of postoperative surgical…
Critical care also popularly known as intensive care is a multidisciplinary and demanding healthcare unit where a broad spectrum of approaches needs to be delivered on time. Cutting-edge technology and modern advances in this discipline aid in promoting health to critical patients. Complete intensive care can be vastly defined as providing timely and highly specialised…
In 2006, the WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety initiated an international project called “High 5s Action on Patient Safety”. This project is a collaboration of the Member States of WHO, namely the World Health Organization Patient Safety Programme and the WHO Patient Safety Collaborating Centre, and brings together the 7 following countries: Canada, France,…
For a newborn baby, the first and foremost gift every parent can give is a healthy future. In a developing nation like India, despite it being the healthcare capital for its neighbouring countries, still, the healthcare here has to evolve to cover wider aspects. One among them is definitely treating the diseases of the future, today. It should…
Taking the right medical decisions should be given the paramount importance and to achieve that the diagnostic tests can be the foundations. The diagnosis plays an important role not only in the initial detection process but also in prevention, treatment and also during the successful management of the current health condition. Molecular Diagnostics stands as the most dynamic…
A C-Arm machine categorizes itself as an advanced medical imaging device that works on the basic premise of the X-ray technology. They are fluoroscopy machines and are colloquially called as image intensifiers. However, technically, the image intensifier is only a part of the machine and it is called a detector. C-Arm gets its name from…
Smoking is amongst the deadliest of addiction and yet millions simply fail to quit the habit. Why? Well, one reason for this apart from a cigarette’s core ingredient— “nicotine” being addictive is perhaps the fact that the ill effects that smoking causes are not instant whilst much less visible. So, how can one go about…
