Serum Creatine Kinase Test

Serum Creatine Kinase Test is a diagnostic test, which is intended to measure the amount of an enzyme called Creatine Kinase in the blood. The test is also referred to as Creatine Phosphokinase Test,  CPK Test or  CK Test.

Diarrhoeal Disease

Diarrhoeal diseases are a collection of diseases caused by multiple viral, bacterial, and parasitic organisms that share the common symptom of diarrhoea.

According to World Health Organisation, "Diarrhoea is the passage of 3 or more loose or liquid stools per day, or more frequently than is normal for the individual". It is usually a symptom of gastrointestinal infection, which can be caused by a variety of bacterial, viral and parasitic organisms. Infection is spread through contaminated food or drinking-water, or from person to person as a result of poor hygiene.

Ayurvedic Treatment of Acne

Acne is a very common issue for almost every teenager today. But not-so-discussed problem in the past has its place in the great science of Ayurveda. Let's have a look what the wise sages said to get rid of pimples with no harm to skin.

Protect your Health from Air Pollution

Smog and other forms of air pollution damage health considerably

In today's age, the problem of air pollution rose to such great extent that it is affecting each of us. As per WHO report, air pollution is responsible for 1 in every 8 deaths globally. Previously not considered, the gases released by vehicles, industries, power plants and burning of fuels today has become world's largest environmental health risk. Various governments and organisations and working towards reducing the pollution levels in air. Apart from these, by a little of internet research, I discovered the certain probable measures that we, as individuals can take up to protect ourselves from the adverse effects on health due to exposure to polluted air. Lets have a look.

CBC : Complete Blood Count

Complete blood count (CBC) is a very common diagnostic test. It is also called as Haemogram, Full Blood Count (FBC), or Full Blood Exam (FBE) and is performed for various reasons.

Parameters used in CBC

• Haemoglobin
• Red blood cell (RBC) count
• Platelets or thrombocyte count
• Mean platelet volume (MPV)
• differential counts of white blood cells (WBC)
• RBC indices such as mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC), reticulocyte count, Red blood cell Distribution Width (RDW), and haematocrit (HCT)

Live with Healthy Thyroid

Here, we will learn about Thyroid gland and read some tips how to keep thyroid healthy. Also, we will see some measures that can help ease the condition of Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism that can be incorporated with the ongoing medication.

Stress and Human Health

Stress, I would stress more on this term. Stress, what we find at most of the places as a cause of disease or further spoil the condition of a patient suffering from disease. Stress is what each one of us gets in day-to-day life. From school children to senior citizen, almost everyone falls prey to this condition called Stress. I would call stress as the worst human enemy. After reading this, the curiosity to know about stress must have been intensified. So here, I will tell us what happen during stress and why is it so important to manage stress.