Childhood cancer: Sooner the treatment, sooner the cure
Chemo and radiotherapy treatment specifically tailor-made for children, assures Consultant Paediatric & Adolescent Oncologist, Dr. Sanjeeva Gunasekera Says families with cancer-affected children need empathy not ‘aney -paw’ Childhood cancers are “highly curable”. This is the strong and clear message that Consultant Paediatric & Adolescent Oncologist, Dr. Sanjeeva Gunasekera, is shouting from the rooftops as [...]
Get rid of trans fats from our diet
“Why should our children have such an unsafe ingredient in their foods?” – Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the WHO, asked when ‘REPLACE’, a step-by-step guide for the elimination of industrially-produced trans-fatty acids from the global food supply was released on May 14, 2018. “Eliminating trans fats is key to protecting health and [...]
A dormant virus that returns as Shingles
Chickenpox – everyone has heard of it or got it, but many are perplexed over what another type of blisters is all about. Shingles or Ansha papola in Sinhala. It is to dispel the confusion and make the picture clear that MediScene met senior Consultant Physician Dr. S.D. Jayaratne. “Shingles is caused by the chickenpox [...]
Let’s protect the mirror of our soul
According to a Japanese proverb “the face is considered the mirror of our soul”. True to this, we all know our face reflects almost all the hidden secrets of our body and mind. Not only that, the face and mouth are very important in many vital functions like breathing, speech, feeling sensations, and play a [...]
Digital addiction: A new ‘disease’ on the rise
“Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human. Society is something that precedes the individual. Anyone who either cannot lead the common life or is so self-sufficient as not to need to, and therefore does not partake of [...]