Start now: Physiologically friendly living
Wife, mother and professional, Amali, is 40 years old. This happily-married bank executive who has two lovely adolescents should be contented. However, she is stressed and exhausted all the time. To add to her state of mind, she is gaining weight. Although doctors have ruled out any serious illness, Amali is unhappy as she feels [...]
Can’t move that shoulder?
Is frozen shoulder the same as adhesive capsulitis? No, they are different. Frozen shoulder is a general term used to describe any shoulder that is stiff. Adhesive capsulitis is a very specific term for a condition that involves the spontaneous, gradual onset of shoulder stiffness and pain caused by tightening of the joint capsule. What [...]
Symptoms may show all’s not right with the ovaries
It is the usual discomfort that most women have – puffiness of the tummy, feeling bloated and back pain. Don’t just write them off. For these “very vague” symptoms could be a pointer that something is not right with the ovaries, MediScene learns. Check them out, for they may be the vague but very first [...]
The way we were, are and will be
From birth to death, all of us undergo change. While our appearance, abilities and perspectives change, to name a few, the structural and functional changes that occur in the body of a healthy person during his lifetime are called ‘physiological changes’. These physiological changes make the different systems in the human body such as the [...]
Keep your child safe from Rotavirus
Rotavirus is the leading cause of diarrhoea in the world, among children under five years. In Sri Lanka, most of the infections occur in children less than two years. Fortunately, the death rate in Sri Lanka due to this infection is low. The virus is usually transmitted from person-to-person by contamination of food or water [...]
Stress: What’s it all about?
Three people came to me for help recently – a businessman, a housewife and an Advanced Level student. The businessman was wealthy and successful, but he could not sleep. “Doctor,” he said, “if I don’t take alcohol and sleeping tablets I can’t sleep and even after that when I get up I don’t feel as [...]
Sitting for long periods ‘is bad for your health’
Sitting for long periods increases the risk of diabetes, heart disease and death, researchers suggest. The scientists from Leicester and Loughborough Universities say harm is done even if people also exercise. The study, published in Diabetologia, analysed 18 existing studies involving almost 800,000 people. Diabetes UK said anyone who spent a lot of time sitting or [...]
Easy checks at home
A visit to the GP for a check-up is, for some, about as pleasant an experience as having a tooth pulled. Just walking through the door of the surgery is enough to bring some out in a sweat. ‘The potential embarrassment, the fact it’s time-consuming — you may need to take a morning off work [...]
