Measurements of waist circumference (WC), waist to hip ratio (WHR) and Body mass index (BMI) are some of predictors of risk of heart attack. Waist circumference >32 inches in female and >37 inches in male have the risk of heart attack. Persons having WHR > 0.7 and BMI >30 are at the risk of developing atherosclerosis.
Stress and Diseases
Pain Upper Mid-Abdomen-1
The disease can very nicely be diagnosed by an endoscopy.This can be treated by newer proton pump inhibitor drugs.This drug has left the surgical option for this disease limited to the complications only.If drug treatment fails nice surgical options are available.
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Vomiting Stale Food
Flexible Endoscope. One patient came to me in great distress with hiccup,pain in the abdomen and inability to stand. Apart from this ,patients present to a doctor with complains of vomiting of stale food some hours or days of taking food.There is loss of appetite ,weakness,malnutrition,hiccup and desire to induce vomiting to get relief from [...]
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About H1N1 Influenza
Image by harold.lloyd (won’t somebody think of the bokeh?) via Flickr My friend in PeerPower.com has sent this message to me requesting for wide circulation.I would like to add a few things a few here.As regards the mask and precautions he is right.But using a mask is better to no use.What I called something is [...]
injury and health
Injury To Achilles Tendon
Image via Wikipedia Some times some people do not avail a chance and let that go. A folk tale in Orissa,India describes how people ignore the opportunities.Once “Lord Shiva and His wife Goddess Parbati“were in the sky to observe the people of earth.They saw a poor man in skeletons begging for food but was not [...]
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