Medical Diseases Archives

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…

Bone and Joints: Keeping ’em close, yet a little apart

By rjoshimgims August 4, 2024Medical Diseases5 Comments

Index Home A few structures in our body, set us apart from our closest primates. Most animals need all fours, but we can balance, walk and run on our twos. This…

Anyone can drown, no one should

By rjoshimgims July 24, 2024Medical Diseases, Misc4 Comments

Index Home On 25th July every year, World Health Organisation (WHO) observes world drowning prevention day. Tag-line of this day is - anyone can drown, no one should. While, death…

The history of hysteria, our frenzy of womb or mind

By rjoshimgims July 7, 2024Health concepts, Medical Diseases1 Comment

Index Home Jean Charcot A famous French Physician Hysteria is a state of emotional extreme. Today we know it as an uncontrolled frenzy or excitement, that may stem from intense happiness,…

Round blood cells get curved to clog our vessels

By rjoshimgims June 19, 2024Medical Diseases4 Comments

Index Home Our red blood cells are spherical, slightly flattened on the top and the bottom. This shape allows them to squeeze through tiny blood vessels. A genetic disease that goes…

Caring for age and to cherish our lives

By rjoshimgims June 16, 2024Health concepts, Medical Diseases11 Comments

Index Home We do not want to age, yet all of us will. We also want to live long, and defy both age and death. However, this wish gets fulfilled in…

Blood banking: Life in a bag

By rjoshimgims June 14, 2024Medical Diseases11 Comments

Index Home Blood is life. Human beings know it well. Over the centuries we have bled many of our own to death. In Mythology and history, blood represents valor, kinship, revenge…

Neglected tropical illnesses and their postage stamps

By rjoshimgims April 14, 2024Medical Diseases13 Comments

Index Home All diseases are not equal. While some get more attention, others are neglected. This unequal treatment is often due to either a threat-perception, our ability to make a change,…

When sun, air, water and food treated Tuberculosis

By rjoshimgims April 5, 2024Health concepts, Medical Diseases13 Comments

Index Home Let's begin this story in 1906. This is the year of first ever postage stamp on tuberculosis (TB). On 21st December, Netherlands issued a postage stamp. This was a…

Lively Liver and Kind Kidneys

By rjoshimgims March 14, 2024Medical Diseases31 Comments

Index Home Liver is single, kidneys are in a pair. Our hollow intestines absorb whatever we eat or drink, and send it to more solid liver to process. It's cells undergo…