Presently, heart diseases are becoming the leading death cause in eastern and western countries. In some countries, it is replacing infectious diseases as the major reason of people getting hospitalized for care and treatment. People belonging to poor classes cannot afford the timely treatment, so they succumb to such deadly diseases. Almost 63 percent death due to heart diseases is categorized under sudden death. These are such people who breathe their last before reaching the hospita...

Although modern technology and self-monitoring has allowed us to get by with fewer visits to the doctor we need to remember that we have to keep the professionals in the loop. It is easy to become carried away with modern equipment such as the baby sound B pocket model with LCD display, which is a baby heart rate monitor, or the Smart baby monitor with remote monitoring. However you need to remember that there are times when it is essential to go and see the doctor or midwife during pregna...

My daughter was doing her homework the other day and wanted to know whether she should place gel in the solids or liquids column as she was confused. This was interesting because it was something which most people never think about but gel is used in so many ways every day by just about everyone. The Ultrasound gel used for ECG and the Ultrasound gel for Fetal Dopplers is one such example, as is hair gel and even gel toothpaste.

A gel is a solid, jelly-like material that can have properti...