Category Archives: Diseases & Conditions

Nipah Virus Infection: All You Need to Know

The Nipah virus is named after a Malaysian village where it was first discovered. It is an emerging infectious disease of public health importance in the South-East Asia. Nipah virus is naturally found in bodies of fruit bats. Also, it is found in Lyle’s flying fox , and Horsfield’s roundleaf bat. Nipah virus has been […]

Drinking Alcohol Increases Chances of Getting Cancer

Drinking alcohol is found to increase the occurrence of various types of Cancers in people. Research studies like systematic review and meta-analysis have shown that alcohol increases the risk of getting cancer by up to 5 times. Common cancers caused by alcohol are liver cancer, breast cancer, oral cancer, pharyngeal cancer, laryngeal cancer and colorectal […]

Watch This Animated Video of Back Surgery: Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty

Back Surgery Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty

For persons with a back injury. Doctors might recommend Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty procedures. This animated video explains about the spine, its parts, vertebrae and its parts, reasons for spine fractures, compression fractures, non-surgical treatments for spine pain and the need for these procedures. It also explains about brief details about how Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty procedures are done.

Scientists Found a Way To Make Patients With Spinal Cord Injury Walk Again

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It has always been difficult to use implantable neuroprostheses because the neural tissue being soft and prostheses being hard. Scientists from institutes like the following have come with a solution. Institutes includes Bertarelli Foundation Chair in Neuroprosthetic Technology, Laboratory for Soft Bioelectronic Interfaces, Centre for Neuroprosthetics, Institute of Microengineering and Institute of Bioengineering, Ecole Polytechnique […]

Hypertension: Watch This 3D Animated Video to Know About It

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

Hypertension (High Blood pressure) is one of the most common conditions all over the world which could lead to heart attack, stroke, kidney failure and many more serious diseases. This 3D animated video explains the condition of hypertension in easy to understand manner. The video has been created by Nucleus Medical Media.