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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