Monthly Archive: December 2020

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Healthful Vitality | 04/12/2019 | By Dr Subarna Ghosh | Inflammatory Bowel Disease Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an umbrella term that encompasses two diseases of the digestive system, namely ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s...

Normal Saline or Balanced Crystalloids? An Update

Normal Saline or Balanced Crystalloids? An Update

Healthful Vitality | 04/16/2019 | By Dr Anand Lakhkar, MD, PhD | Normal Saline or Balanced Crystalloids? An Update Crystalloid solutions are widely used for fluid therapy for correcting fluid and electrolyte balance. A...

Anesthesia-Induced Neurotoxicity in Pediatric Patients

Anesthesia-Induced Neurotoxicity in Pediatric Patients

Healthful Vitality | 04/07/2019 | By Dr. Sharoon David | Anesthesia-Induced Neurotoxicity in Pediatric Patients Until the 1980s, it was considered a common practice to perform surgeries on paralyzed or awake infants and children...

Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)

Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)

Healthful Vitality | 04/11/2019 | By Dr. Sharoon David | Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a retinal pathology that affects the macula lutea, an oval-shaped pigmented area located close to...

Multiple Myeloma and Nephropathy (Myeloma Kidney)

Multiple Myeloma and Nephropathy (Myeloma Kidney)

Healthful Vitality | 04/12/2019 | By Dr. Faiq Shaikh, MD | Multiple Myeloma and Nephropathy (Myeloma Kidney) Multiple myeloma (MM) is a cancer of plasma cells, which are a type of blood cells responsible...

Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Overview

Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Overview

Healthful Vitality | 04/12/2019 | By Dr Subarna Ghosh | Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Overview Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neuro-developmental (brain development) disorder that adversely affects a person’s social, behavioral, and communicative...

Alzheimer’s Disease: A Growing Global Health Concern

Alzheimer’s Disease: A Growing Global Health Concern

Healthful Vitality | 04/11/2019 | By Dr. Subarna Ghosh | Alzheimer’s Disease: A Growing Global Health Concern Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a brain disorder of an irreversible nature, which is characterized by progressive deterioration...

ADHD and Sleep

ADHD and Sleep

Healthful Vitality | 04/12/2019 | By Sarah Schulze, BSN, MSN | ADHD and Sleep Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder is disorder affecting typical neurodevelopment in children, with approximately 10% of children ages 6 to...

Slowing Down the Spread of COVID-19

Slowing Down the Spread of COVID-19

Healthful Vitality | 12/09/2020 | By Dr. Sharoon David | Slowing Down the Spread of COVID-19 In December 2019, a previously unknown virus was identified as a cause of a cluster of cases of severe pneumonia...