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Giving life to little hearts
A joint Lady Ridgeway Hospital -British team of heart specialists take a giant step in the annals of paediatric cardiology in Sri Lanka. Kumudini Hettiarachchi and Shehani Alwis report Two mothers from far apart as Talawakelle and Jaffna. Both have been spending their time anxiously at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital (LRH) for Children in Colombo. [...]
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Shed the bras, stop the sag: New study
Trudging into a fitting room, waiting to be measured, getting hot and bothered as you struggle into ten different styles to find one that fits properly?… Bra shopping often feels like more trouble than it’s worth. And according to a French scientist, it actually is. Jean-Denis Rouillon claims that bras ‘are not needed’, and might actually [...]
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On the pill? Read on
By Smriti Daniel Do birth control pills cause weight gain? Do they increase your risk of cancer or affect your cholesterol levels? What happens when you miss taking them two days in a row? Are they always the best contraceptive method? This week on MediScene, Dr. Nalinda Rodrigo, Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician tells us 7 [...]
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Sleep, perchance to dream; not always
Not all of us are blessed with a good night’s rest. Dr. S. Kotagal from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota discusses the many disorders with Kumudini Hettiarachchi Sleep knits up the ravelled sleave of care…….it is the death of each day’s life, sore labour’s bath, balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course and [...]
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Dealing with dilemmas
Dr. Raveen Hanwella continues his series on coping with stress I mentioned earlier that there are four causes of stress. Loss, change of role, dilemmas or conflicts and relationships. Today I will discuss the third type of stressor. The word dilemma is derived from the Greek word meaning double proposition or two assumptions. The dictionary [...]
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When the going gets tough
Smriti Daniel speaks with Dr. Anura Wijewardane, Consultant Urologist about bladder outflow obstruction The first catheters to help relieve bladder outflow obstructions were reportedly used as far back as 5th century BC. In Hippocrates time they were made of metal. The ancient physician’s modern counterparts are considerably better equipped. When it comes to the passage [...]
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It’s never too late to get a life
Older people must create new roles for themselves and be positive about the future says Therese Motha ‘The Ageing years are not for throwing away’. This headline caught my eye. American writer Betty Friedman’s advice is “to move in the new years of life as full persons in society using our unique, human capabilities as [...]
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Getting to the heart of the matter
After the sudden deaths of four young athletes Dr. Asoka Thenabadu advises worried students and parents Four deaths have occurred in the past two months of young adults during strenuous events at school sports meets. This has caused a great deal of concern among athletes, coaches and parents. There is a rare condition in Paediatrics [...]
