I THOUGHT, I WAS DYING SLOWLY!

I THOUGHT, I WAS DYING SLOWLY! I am a diabetic & BP patient since last 25 years & had also gone through an open heart bypass surgery 6 years back in Asian Heart Hospital. It all started 4 years back when I was struggling with my high BP, swollen legs & feet. That was the […]

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Recipe Corner

Narmada Kidney Foundation had organized a Diet Workshop in association with Global Hospitals, Mumbai and Indian Dietetic Association, Mumbai Chapter for Patients with Obesity, Diabetes and High Blood Pressure. A cooking contest was also organized in which patients and Nutrition and Dietetics Students participated. Around 80 Students and 50 Patients took part in the cooking […]

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Dialysis Hero

When we talk about diet, we think of those boring dishes we try at home on day to day basis. With Chronic Kidney Disease setting in, lot of restrictions in food set. What to eat and what not becomes a list which has to deliberately followed. I was diagnosed with Glomerulonephritis at the age of […]

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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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