Melatonin Melatonin is a hormone in body that plays a role in sleep. The production and release of melatonin in the brain is connected to time of day, increasing when it’s dark and decreasing when it’s light. Melatonin production declines with age. Melatonin is also available as a supplement, typically as an oral tablet or
[...]Vitamin D Deficiency The other day I was examining a young patient for knock knees, a thought occurred to me that a surprisingly vitamin D deficiency has been affecting our society for many years. Awareness has been spreading among common people about nutritional deficiencies. Vitamins are essential for healthy living. Vitamin D deficiency is a
[...]Corruption is a pervasive problem affecting the health sector. At the level of individuals and households, there is mounting evidence of the negative effects of corruption on the health and welfare of citizens. Defined by Transparency International as ‘misuse of entrusted power for private gain’, corruption occurs when public officials who have been given the
[...]Fibromyalgia—a mystery condition Over the past few decades, the incidence of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia (FMS) has exploded and is now present in approximately 12 to 24 million Americans! In 1987, the American Medical Association recognized fibromyalgia as a distinct syndrome (Starlanyl & Copeland 1996), American College of Rheumatology definition of fibromyalgia syndrome.
[...]Doping, defined as use of drugs or other substances for performance enhancement, has become an important topic in virtually every sport1 and has been discovered in athletes of all ages and at every level of competition. performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) are not restricted to illegal drugs or prescription medications, such as anabolic steroids.11 They include dietary
[...]Kathmandu Kathmandu, Kathmandu!! Ancient city Long history City of temples City of kings City of living goddess Kumari City of Pashupatinath and Swoyambhu One of a kind Our interesting epic, beloved Kathmandu full of stories, sweet and bitter dear to everyone, abused by all The countless processions in city streets the theme of politician speeches,
[...]Lurking in the black forests of death Is spiny headed corona monster Challenging the conscience , solidarity , wisdom Of Human leaders Never was so bare of human existence Of a long wait for cure of vaccines A new normal of social distancing masks and sanitisers Hospitals full of pending deaths Doctors a new reality
[...][Forwarded from Niraj] Suicide poem (A dark poem written in the background of alarming rise of number of suicides in Covid 19) I see a child in news try to end life as world just sits idle. and tired old people go so soon because they have no one to love. it happens all around
[...]Covid Mucormycosis `Black Fungus` Just as we are in middle of latest wave of covid cases in Nepal , neighboring India has surge of opportunistic Black Fungus infevtion –Mucormycosis which has infected few of nepali patients as well. Though India is the mucormycosis capital of the world, the 8,000 cases in less than two months
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