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| A HEALING
MOVE |
| By Kumudini Hettiarachchi |
| These men and women are
brought in against their will and taken kicking and screaming
to the wards, sometimes dragged by their hair or the scruff
of their neck, in a most inhuman manner. |
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| Weight
before age, when it comes to dosage |
| By Salma Yusuf |
| How a child grows varies from child
to child as parents well know. While one five-year-old
may be rather plump, well above the average weight for
his/her age, another may be small and thin. And yet when
it comes to medicine, they are both five-year-olds. |
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| Earful of
problems? |
| By Smriti Daniel |
| There are many different types of ear
problems and there are also a corresponding number of
root causes. Some are serious, while others are not; and
since it may be difficult to tell, it always pays to have
a doctor take a look, says Dr. Devanand Jha, a consultant
ENT specialist. If left without treatment, it could lead
to serious complications such as irreversible loss of
hearing. |
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