From a woman to women: Beware of deadly stroke
Wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend – a woman plays her wide and varied roles with commitment and sacrifice, never faltering but at the same time giving little thought to herself. Her time is never her own and this is the very reason that she can descend the slippery slope of illness to disability and [...]
Liver tumours that don’t pose serious health risk
A tumour is an abnormal growth of cells or tissues. Some tumors are malignant, or cancerous. Others are benign, or noncancerous. Cancerous liver tumors can be fatal. Most of the time, cancerous tumors in the liver started in another organ and spread to the liver. This form of liver cancer is called metastatic liver cancer. Cancerous [...]
Memory loss: What do I do?
I have a problem to discuss with you. Please let me know how to consult you early. If you wish to see a psychiatrist (or any other specialist) in the private sector the easiest is to go to the website www.echannelling .com and make your appointment. Most major private hospitals and specialists in the country [...]
Healthy and local, it’s tasty too
In the first of our 2-part series with the Nutrition Society of Sri Lanka, MediScene brings you a few dishes you should be putting on your family table. Though the Sri Lankan diet can be varied, nutritious and satisfying in its own right, urbanization and our rapidly changing culinary landscape means we’re eating more unhealthy, [...]
Let the healing begin through energy
Energy Healing Therapy is a spiritual ‘meditative’ recovery method that has been practised over many centuries. It is an intangible natural form of healing causing no side effects and or after effects. Though the period of time taken for the healing process could be a little longer than common tangible methods (Western medicine), it heals [...]
Too much glucose in your blood?
As our test series continues, we turn once more to Prof.Shyam Fernando, a consultant physician and Professor in Medicine, to understand the workings of a blood sugar test. Designed to measure the amount of sugar or glucose in your blood, the test can provide a warning signal – high levels of blood glucose will eventually [...]
Green and healthy, grow your own Basil
Basil leaves or seeds are not pure medicines on their own. But basil is incorporated in Ayurvedic medicine and has alleviating (easing) effects in certain ailments. Below are a few of the beneficial effects of consuming Basil leaf: Basil leaf is used for its beneficial effects in flu and cold as an innocuous expectorant. (An [...]