Depression

Posted in Depression Support group on Thu, 04 Dec 2008

Everyone experiences variations in mood - transitory blues, disappointments, the normal grief that accompanies the loss of someone you love. But a severe or prolonged depression that interferes with t...

Diabetes - Type 1, Type 2 Diabetes - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment of Diabetes

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 14 Jun 2010

All of us know someone suffering from diabetes.This sums up the prevalence of diabetes. It is, apart from being one of the most prevalent diseases in the world, also a disease that opens up a Pandora'...

Diabetic Diet / Torture or Not

Posted in Diabetic Diet / Torture or Not Support group on Fri, 30 Jul 2010

DM as it is popularly called is a metabolic hormonal disorder. It is caused when the hormone "insulin" produced by the pancreas starts playing truant in the body. The two major forms of diabetes are t...

Hypertension / High Blood Pressure

Posted in General Support group on Sun, 18 Oct 2009

The rising incidence of blood pressure is related to lifestyle changes and dietary habits.Hypertension is called a silent killer because you can have it for years and not know about it. High blood pre...

Kidney Stones in Children / Renal Stones in Children

Posted in Kidney Stones in Children / Renal Stones in Children Support group on Tue, 03 Mar 2009

There is a wide misconception that only adults develop stones. On the contrary kidney stones can also occur in children living in hot climates or if they have any birth defects in their urinary tract....

Kidney Transplantation

Posted in Kidney Transplantation Support group on Fri, 29 May 2009

Since the early times, the novel idea of transplanting tissues and other body parts from one organism to the other has captured the imagination of successive generations.Milestones In transplantationE...

Pasteurization of milk

Posted in Pasteurization of milk Support group on Tue, 27 Apr 2010

French chemist Louis Pasteur was the founder of microbiological sciences. Born in Dole, France, Pasteur received his scientific education at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris. He served successive...

Trimester of pregnancy

Posted in Trimester of pregnancy Support group on Mon, 06 Aug 2007

This is actually the first step taken by the doctor. Pregnancy is confirmed by a simple home pregnancy kit or from the blood or urine sample taken at the laboratory....Read More

Breast Feeding and Problems

Posted in Breast Feeding and Problems Support group on Sat, 30 Jan 2010

Good Health begins with mother.There is no substitute to her milk.Most of the babies come into the world knowing how to be breast-fed. If you get them anywhere close, they nuzzle, get attached, and su...

Gout

Posted in Gout Support group on Wed, 10 Mar 2010

The word Gout is from Latin and it means drop. Known as "the disease of kings and the king of diseases," gout has been studied by physicians and has caused suffering in countless humans at least since...