Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. In India, 1 out of 2 women die from breast cancer. The biggest reason for these deaths is the lack of awareness about breast cancer and mammogram. The main purpose of mammograms is to detect and treat as soon as possible. What is a mammogram? …
If talking about tumors it is a group of many diseases in which cells start growing abnormally. Persistently growing cells enlarge to form a tumor which is a lump of abnormally enlarged fat. A tumor can affect the cells present in any part or organ of the body. In this, the affected cells keep on …
Cardiovascular diseases are not something that has recently been diagnosed or discovered but have been wreaking havoc for a long time. However, earlier it was targeting the older population and those with pre-existing heart conditions, but now heart diseases have found a way to affect the younger population too. This has raised alarms and concerns …
High-frequency sound waves are transmitted through the belly during prenatal ultrasound or ultrasonography using a device known as a transducer. The sound waves are captured and converted into baby images for video or photography. An ultrasound during pregnancy can display pictures of the ovaries, placenta, and amniotic sac. An ultrasound might be performed earlier in …
Diabetes has become a common health problem today. While diabetes is a serious disease, people often do not pay attention early. It is a chronic disease when your body is unable to properly metabolize glucose in the blood. In this condition, the body becomes insensitive to insulin or produces it in insufficient quantity. Both these …
Doppler ultrasound is an imaging test that uses high-frequency sound waves to create images of how blood is flowing through blood vessels. Doppler ultrasound works by measuring sound waves that are reflected off moving objects, such as red blood cells. This is called the Doppler Effect. If there is decreased blood flow to the arteries …
There are many different types of diseases related to the heart, and to diagnose the diseases, doctors ask the patient for different tests. Holter monitoring is a machine for cardiovascular health information. The Holter Monitoring machine does not cause any kind of pain and also captures the movements of the heart. What is Holter monitoring? …
A CT scan or computed tomography is a variant of X-ray, also known as computed axial tomography (CAT). It shows the inside parts of the body. Most CT scans are done to detect the symptoms of diseases related to different parts of the body. CT SCAN provides more information than normal x rays. These can …
Medical technology is improving and saving lives by identifying diseases that could be fatal. When we think of medical imaging, then X-ray, MRI, or radiography immediately come to mind because they are more frequently used these days. A doctor quickly seeks the assistance of medical imaging to detect and treat any concerns in the case …
Lung cancer cases are increasing rapidly all over the world. Lung cancer is increasing very fast in India too. Smoking is one of the main causes of lung cancer. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths. Symptoms of Cancer Symptoms of lung cancer are not usually seen in the beginning, so it can …
