Geriatrics refers to specialized medical care for older adults, especially after the age of 60 years in India. Life expectancy has increased. Hence, people living beyond 60 years are increasing in numbers. Diseases interact with pure aging effects to cause old age-related syndromes. Hence, the effects of aging must be considered during the diagnosis and treatment of senior citizens.   Why “specialist” for elderly people? Clinicians may often: Mistake pure aging for disease Mistake...

  WHAT IS TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT?   TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT OR TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY is a surgical technique that helps to treat arthritis of knee joint. During the procedure, the arthritic bone is removed by bone cuts and replaced with high grade metal and high-grade plastic inserts.   WHO NEEDS TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY?   Patient with severe arthritis of the knee joint, severe pain, and difficulty to walk or do their day-to-day activities. Osteoarthritis (most...

  Total hip replacement or arthroplasty (THR/THA) is one of the most cost-effective and consistently successful surgeries performed in orthopedics.   THR provides reliable outcomes for patients suffering from end-stage degenerative hip osteoarthritis (OA), specifically pain relief, functional restoration, and overall improved quality of life. Once considered a procedure limited to the elderly, low-demand patients, THR is becoming an increasingly popular procedure performed in younger patient populations.   During a hip replacement, the head of...

  Following fad diets that help you shed too much weight too soon can lead to heart disease. A certified nutritionist will help customize a diet best suited to you. You can't see it, and you rarely even feel its presence but you know it's there. Beating for you. Caught up with day-to-day activities and routines, we often tend to overlook Cardiac Health up until a lightening pain runs across our chest and we wonder...

  Life after a heart attack will involve a considerable number of changes, and if this is affecting your mental health going for therapy will help cope.   Q:What is the most common type of heart disease?   Dr:That would be Coronary Artery disease which occurs when the arteries supplying blood to the heart narrow or harden from the build-up of plaque. This lowers the supply of oxygen-rich blood to the heart and puts more...

  Knee arthroscopy is a surgical technique that can diagnose and treat problems in the knee joint. During the procedure, your surgeon will make a very small incision and insert a tiny camera called an arthroscope into your knee. This allows them to view the inside of the joint on a screen. The surgeon can then investigate problem with the knee and, if necessary, correct the issue using small instruments within the arthroscope.   Who...

  Congestive Heart Failure is a chronic condition which means one will require life-long medical management to keep a check on the functioning of the heart The heart is composed of four chambers, the upper two are called the atria and the lower two are the ventricles. The right atrium and ventricle receive deoxygenated blood return through veins. They pump to lungs, and after oxygenation reach left atrium, ventricle and is pumped throughout the body....

  The survival rate after Breast Cancer has increased to 20 years without local or distant metastasis thanks to modern chemotherapy and targeted pharmaceutical drugs. Before modern advances in cancer treatment, surgery was always the first line of treatment. However, in spite of removing the tumour and in the case of breast cancer, the breast itself, the recurrence of the cancer at another site, had doctors befuddled. Interestingly, as breast cancer treatment evolved over the...

    Q:What is the mode of transmission for covid-19?   Ans:Sars-CoV-2 virus is transmitted directly through droplets or aerosols generated when a covid-19 patient coughs or sneezes.   Q:What is the incubation period?   Ans:Incubation period is the time interval between the entry of organism into your body and appearance of first symptom, this is 2 to 14 days for covid-19. (Mean: 5 – 7 days)   Q:Who are said to be “At risk...

  UV radiation is made up of UVA and UVB rays that can penetrate the top layers of the skin causing damage to the cells. Skin cancer usually develops in the top or outer layer of the skin and this is the area of attack by UV radiation. Skin Cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in the world. It's prevalence amongst darker skinned people is lesser, but not absent. Sudden rashes...