At present, nearly 10,000 babies are born with cerebral palsy (CP) every year, with an estimated 764,000 children and adults displaying at least one symptom of the condition, according to the Cerebral Palsy Alliance. While significantly less data is available pertaining to the incidence of CP in Nepal, the symptoms, causes, and…
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Tips to help you cope with the pain of Multiple Sclerosis
People with multiple sclerosis (MS) will inevitably face pain at some time in their journey. Unfortunately, there is no one relief that works for all. However, there are a variety of things you can try to help. Continue reading for our top tips which we hope will help you to…
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DIY N95 Mask
With the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19, world is facing an acute shortage of surgical and respirator masks. And along with this “face mask movement“, globally “face mask making movement” has also started. Fabric materials may provide only minimal levels of respiratory protection against virus-size submicron aerosol particles (e.g. droplet nuclei)…
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Quality in Living, Dignity in Dying
Most of us, we fear death like the children fear ghosts and seek for utopia forgetting that death is as natural as birth. In an essay “Of Death”, David Bacon writes, “Cogita quamdiu eadem feceris; mori velle, non tantum fortis aut miser, sed etiam fastidiosus potest” which translates as –…
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Transportation Safety: Occupational injuries in Shipping Industry
Shipping1 is perhaps the most international of the world’s industries, serving more than 90 per cent of global trade by carrying huge quantities of cargo cost effectively, cleanly and safely. The maritime industry, as it is called, fulfils a critical role in the world economy as the primary carrier of…
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6 Men’s Health Issues You Should Know About
Although a man’s body is a complex machine that can repair itself in amazing ways, like most machines, the human body can have problems and defects during its long life. Whether it is an illness, stress, or other physical complication, knowing how to deal with the problem can often help…
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Acyclovir Post-exposure Prophylaxis for Varicella: Is it helpful?
Dose: 80 mg/kg/day in 4 divided doses for 7 days; maximum 800 mg 4 times a day Time to start prophylaxis: 7-10 days after exposure (late incubation period) Indication: People without evidence of immunity and with contraindications for varicella vaccination (VZIg) Results from some studies Among 27 children in the…
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Survival without Morbidity Must be the Outcome
When ever we talk about outcomes, we tend to only regard survival as the outcome. “The patient survived, our ICU mortality has come down. We have saved extremely low birth weight baby…’ and so on. But survival is not the only outcome we should be aiming for. A survival without…