Deepesh Rajpal's Desk

There are approximately 30 million heart patients in India as per 2015 statistics. Today still, the cardiac problems among Indians are on the rise. What are the reasons behind increasing cardiovascular issues? What are the major risk factors that lead to cardiac arrest? Let’s find out. There are basically two kinds of risk factors that can lead to cardio vascular problems A)                  Fixed risk factors B)                  Factors that can be prevented A. FIXED RISK FACTORS Fixed risk factors are such factors, which cannot be prevented or altered. These factors include: 1)      Age – The older one gets, the higher is the risk of suffering from a cardiac arrest. 2)      A family history- if you have a family history of either of your parents or siblings, then your risk of a cardiac ar...

Diabetes, especially Type-2 diabetes is often termed as the 'silent killer disease'. Why? The reason behind it is that this disease does not come with prominent symptoms. Sometimes this disease is not detected until the condition gets severe. However, there are certain symptoms of Type-1 and Type-2 Diabetes, which one should know, in order to identify this ailment at an earlier stage. Let us gain an elaborative insight about this chronic disease and the warning signs that it comes with. 1. Intensive Thirst One of the earliest symptoms of diabetes is peeing more than regular. A normal individual usually pees for 4-7 times in a day but a diabetic might do much more than that. This in turn also leads to intensive thirst as the person starts feeling much thirstier than usual. Why does this happen? This happen because the glucose, which your body reabsorbs in normal conditions, is not able to do so when your blood sugar level goes up. 2. Dry Mouth Lack of necessary amount of fluids...

It is a stated fact that selling medicines online is illegal in India. To know the same in a better light, one should have an appropriate know-how of the different kind of pharmacies and whether they work in the legal blanket or not. Let us take a look at these pharmacies individually and understand how LifCare Pharmacy works and how is it different from e-pharmacies or local stores. 1) OTC (Over The Counter) pharmacy or local chemists As per law the chemists, which own a local medical store, should have a license to sell the medicines and must not sell certain medicines without a valid prescription. However, it is not hidden how some of these OTC stores work and how they make all the medicines accessible to all the age groups with or without prescription. 2) Online or e-pharmacy With the massive growth of e-commerce in India over the years, we have witnessed several e-pharmacy stores cropping up which sell medicines online without prescription, which is again an illegal offense. 3) Su...