TAKE A STEP TOWARDS BETTER HEALTH
Walking is the best medicine, which combined with good sleep & a healthy diet can help one avoid the Doctor altogether. Walking is a single practice which could significantly benefits the body & mind. Walking is the most popular form of exercise accessible to all, free of cost with minimal risk of injury. This needs […]
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COMING BACK TO NORMAL
I am a 76 years-old surgeon living in Mumbai. My problems of Kidney disease were diagnosed accidentally during a general executive profile blood test in 2000. It showed a serum creatinine level of 3.1. I had no symptoms, whatsoever. On detailed investigations, it was found that I have an Auto Immune disease called Interstitial Nephritis. While […]
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THE SALT SATYAGRAHA
Just like Mahatma Gandhi led the ‘Salt March’ as an act of non-violent civil disobedience, several group of doctors, NGO’S and dieticians have decided to lead the ‘Salt Satyagraha’- an attempt to get the government to adopt a slew of measures that may reduce the average Indian intake of seasoning. A first program of its […]
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SUMMERTIME PRECAUTIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH KIDNEY DISEASE
There are certain precautions that everyone should take during the sunny and warm summer months. If you have Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), you will need to take a few additional steps to protect your health in the Summer time or when visiting warmer climates. Go outside & get moving: Sunny summer days are ideal for […]
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FITNESS AND HEART
One tends to forget that the heart is a muscle that works very hard. It starts beating in the womb at six weeks and continues to beat tirelessly till we live about a hundred times a minute, 100,000 times a day, or 36.5 million times a year! Just like any other muscle the heart needs […]
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HEALTH BENEFITS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Mechanisation and automation has led to consumers having a limited motivation to perform physical activities. There is a big paradigm shift from the way our ancestors lived (as hunter and gathers) in comparison to the way we live today. In a technologically advanced world, our lifestyle with respect to physical activity has changed drastically! From […]
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TRANSPLANTATION WHEN YOUR BLOOD GROUP OR TISSUE DOES NOT MATCH
Transplantation is the best form of treatment for patients suffering from end stage kidney disease. Sometimes in living donation, the blood groups of the donor (person who is giving the organ) and the recipient (person who is receiving the organ) do not match. A similar situation arises when the recipient has antibodies against the donor […]
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LIVING DONOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
What is living donation? Living donation takes place when a living person donates an organ (or part of an organ) for transplantation to another person. Living related donation-The living donor can be a family member, such as a parent, child, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren or spouses (emotional relationship) Living unrelated donation – Living donation can also […]
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LAPROSCOPIC DONOR NEPHRECTOMY
Kidney donors present a unique challenge to the operating surgeon as donors are not patients but healthy individuals. Donors undergo a major operation with potential morbidity driven by a purely altruistic motive. Hence they should be offered the latest and most minimally invasive treatment available. The answer is Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy which ensures a speedy […]
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ROBOT ASSISTED KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION
Hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, kidney transplant are the different modalities available for renal replacement therapy for patients suffering from end stage kidney disease. However, kidney transplantation remains the treatment of choice for ESRD as it leads to longer survival and superior quality of life. Kidney transplantation has traditionally been performed by open approach, but recently, a […]
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