Medical Diseases Archives

Alcoholism: From an age-old drink to a medical taboo

By rjoshimgims May 25, 2025Medical Diseases1 Comment

As per World Health Organization "Alcohol is a toxic and psychoactive substance with dependence producing properties". As per WHO estimates, 2.6 million deaths every year are attributable to Alcohol consumption.…

How high are your blood pressure values ?

By rjoshimgims May 16, 2025Medical Diseases

About a third of all adults across the world have high blood pressure values. The numbers are steadily rising, especially in Asia, where most people of the world live. You…

Gut and Liver: how did we get to know them well

By rjoshimgims April 21, 2025Medical Diseases1 Comment

Food is essential for life. A popular view, till 17th century was that our body absorbs food, that is directly converted by Liver into blood. While this view was later…

Alzheimer, Parkinson and Multiple Sclerosis: As nerves whither away

By rjoshimgims April 13, 2025Medical Diseases1 Comment

Index Home In this blog we feature three diseases of the nerves - Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Multiple sclerosis and their related philately. In all the three, nerve cells in our brain…

Filariasis: Thread like worms that move in our bodies

By rjoshimgims February 21, 2025Medical Diseases1 Comment

Index Home The word filaria derives its origin from Latin filum, that means thread-like. These worms are really thin. Even grownup or adult worms that are about 2-4cm long, are less…

People who improved our knowledge of malaria

By rjoshimgims February 16, 2025Health Professionals, Medical Diseases1 Comment

Index Home Malaria is an ancient disease, that announces its presence in the human body with a high grade fever. Since ancient times, a catastrophic, high grade fever with chills and…

Postcards for COVID: A photo blog

By rjoshimgims November 30, 2024Medical Diseases, Misc1 Comment

Index Home This is a third COVID blog after the postage stamps, and special covers. Postal stationary is another philatelic material. While some of this was issued by Indian post, some…

COVID pandemic: A turbulent cove on a straight coastline

By rjoshimgims November 27, 2024Medical Diseases14 Comments

Index Home The COVID years, 2020-2022 were unprecedented, not only for healthcare, livelihoods, but also for philately. Many country of the world issued COVID postage stamp, in a short span of…

Indian Special cover gallery: From Flu to Covid

By rjoshimgims November 23, 2024Medical Diseases1 Comment

Index Home Indian Post issues special postal covers. These are specially designed commemorative envelopes, that are mark an occurrence, place, event or an institution. While same is true of postage stamps,…

Sepsis: Serious infection that leads to a war within

By rjoshimgims September 12, 2024Medical Diseases

Index Home Sepsis lies on the pathway from infection to death. While we have discovered drugs against bugs that cure infections, yet sometimes infections are overwhelming. As a response, our body's…