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Here’s Everything You Need to Know about Retinopathy of Prematurity

The joy of hearing the news of a new member joining the family can only be deeply felt by the parents. No matter how many children you have before or after this particular child, the happiness you feel cannot be compared.

Unfortunately, much like everything else in life, nothing is certain.

Because of several expected or unexpected complications, the baby you’re yearning for may come much earlier than you anticipated. While a baby that’s born between the 37 to 42 weeks is called full-term, one that’s born earlier than that is known as a premature baby.

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Ayurveda – An aged Indian alternative medicine method

Basic terminology of Ayurveda
Elements of Ayurveda

Ayurveda is an old age Indian medicine method used for analysis and healing of numerous types of sickness since early days of our civilization. Ayurveda word is taken from the world’s oldest language Sanskrit.

It is a combination of two word ‘Ayus’ and ‘Veda’. ‘Ayus’ means longevity and ‘Veda’ means knowledge. That’s Ayurveda means the complete knowledge for long life.

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Hangover – Side effects of alcohol

Hangover disease is an old time alcoholic related problem. But it’s cases are rapidly increasing in current century. In simple term hangover disease is an over consumption of alcohol which causes headache with the unpleasant physiological effects.

Symptoms of Hangover
How to control Hangover

In medical term drinking too much causes the body to dehydrate. It also causes the drinker to urinate more, losing more fluids from the body. It is the dehydration of the brain that causes the intense headaches of a hangover.

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How Eric Lefkofsky is Using Technology to Curb Cancer

How Eric Lefkofsky is Using Technology to Curb Cancer

Cancer is a complex disease which has now affected a significant percentage of the world’s population in a way. Advances in research have shown cancer to be a genetic disease which can be fought well at a molecular level. This means that there is a set of unique genetic formation for a cancer patient as well as cancer.

Since the fight against cancer has trickled down to a molecular level, data is very crucial if this precision medicine is to succeed. One of the leading labs in data collection is Tempus Labs Inc. The co-founder is a billionaire businessman Eric Lefkofsky whose goal is to help with personalised treatments for cancer patients.

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