Water birthing is an ancient technique that helps in reducing labour pain for women, making the process smoother and relaxing for the expectant mother. Because the baby is in the amniotic fluid sac for nine months, birthing in a similar environment is gentler for the baby, leading to lesser painful contractions, increased production of endorphins, […]
Medical Tactile Examiners, or MTEs, are visually impaired women who work in India, Mexico, Colombia, and Austria, using their sense of touch to find breast nodules. These women spend much longer on breast examinations and are capable of finding smaller lumps. Their detection rate in India has been 100 percent so far. They start with […]
The human body naturally produces Vitamin D in the body when the skin gets exposed to sunlight. However, given our lifestyles, even countries like India that gets an abundance of sunlight has been observing cases of Vitamin D deficiency in both adults and children. Its deficiency can cause dementia, viral and tuberculosis infections, depression, breast […]
In conversation with HerZindagi, Dr. Aruna Kalra, Gynaecologist and obstetrics surgeon at the CK Birla Hospital, Gurugram talks about the taboo related to mensuration. She talks about having iron and vitamins rich diet. She also breaks the misconception of not having warm or cold fluids during periods. Watch the video here to know more.
Occurring in the hip resulting in severe pain, Avascular Necrosis often leads to a require joint replacement. Its symptoms develop over a long period of time and include arthritis, limitation of movement, pain, etc. Dr. Anurag Awasthi from CK Birla Hospital points out that as bones are a living tissue that requires blood, an interruption […]
A lot of patients in India experience sexual health issues because of a lack of sex education. Moreover, psychiatrists, gynaecologists, urologists and endocrinologists more than often double up as sexologists or sexual health experts and treat sexual health problems more as outcomes of other existing health issues, such as diabetes, clinical depression, etc. Things are […]
The CK Birla Hospital, Gurgaon, offers a detailed and comprehensive program for breast cancer prevention. It is also the only hospital in Gurgaon to offer the newest and most unique breast screening technique – Tactile Breast Examination (TBE). Along with, the Breast Centre at CK Birla Hospital also offers advanced diagnostics like ultrasound, digital mammography, […]
Anyone looking for weight loss can benefit from a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet as high protein intake has a high satiety value. This helps reduce appetite and increase metabolism resulting in weight loss. Moreover, protein is essential for building, maintaining and repairing tissues in the human body, as well as essential for the absorption of iron […]
