Exercise Your Brain: Go Dancing

You know your heart benefits from exercise. Your brain does, too. Studies show that regular, moderate exercise -- 30 minutes of walking or a light one-mile run -- helps fight the effects of aging on the brain. No grueling workouts required!

All types of exercise count, including walking, bicycling, hiking, swimming, aerobics, and weight training. Ballroom dancing is another good one, especially fun on chilly evenings.

How does exercise work to prevent mental decline? Researchers believe exercise may stimulate the body to fight stress that's normally occurring in the brain -- stress that causes oxidative damage. All that good stuff from a little exercise!

Fibromyalgia :

Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder with often debilitating symptoms such as muscle, tendon, and joint pain, in addition to fatigue. Because symptoms often overlap with other diseases and the condition is not well understood, it can take years for fibromyalgia to be diagnosed.

Laparoscopic Clinic

Laparoscopic surgery, also called minimally invasive surgery (MIS), bandaid surgery, keyhole surgery is a modern surgical technique in which operations in the abdomen are performed through small incisions ( usually 0.5 – 1.5 cm) as compared to larger incisions needed in traditional surgical procedures.

There are a number of advantages to the patient with laparoscopic surgery versus an open procedure. These include reduced pain due to smaller incisions and hemorrhaging, and shorter recovery time.

The key element in laparoscopic surgery is the use of laparoscope. There are an number of advantages to the patient with laparoscopic surgery versus an open procedure. These include.

• Reduced hemorrhaging, which reduces the chance of needing a blood transfusion
• Smaller incision, which reduces pain and shortens recovery time, as well as resulting in less post-operative scarring
• Less pain, leading to less pain medication needed
• Although procedure times are usually slightly longer, hospital stay is less, and often with a same day discharge which leads to a faster return to everyday living
• Reduced exposure of internal organs to possible external contaminants threrby reduced risk of acquiring infections.

General Surgery Clinic

General surgery, despite its name, is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal organs, e.g intestines including esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland. They also deal with diseases involving the skin, breast, and hernias.

Facilities

• Scope
• 1.1 Trauma surgery
• 1.2 Laparoscopic surgery
• 1.3 Colorectal surgery
• 1.4 Breast surgery
• 1.5 Vascular surgery
• 1.6 Endocrine surgery
• 1.7 Dermatological Surgery

Head Injury Clinic

Head injury refers to trauma to head. This may not include injury to the brain. Common causes of head injury are motor vehicle traffic collisions, home and occupational accidents, falls, and assaults. Bicycle accidents are also a common cause of head injury-related death and disability, especially among children

Specific problems after head injury can include

• Skull fracture
• Lacerations to the scalp and resulting hemorrhageof the skin
• Traumatic subdural hematoma, a bleeding below the dura mater which may develop slowly
• Traumatic extradural, or epidural hematoma, bleeding between the dura mater and the skull
• Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage
• Cerebral contusion, a bruise of the brain Concussion, a temporary loss of function due to trauma Dementia pugilistica, or “punch-drunk syndrome”, caused by repetitive head injuries , for example in boxing or other contact sports
• A severe injury may lead to a coma or death
• Shaken Baby Syndrome – a form of child abuse Some patients with head trauma stabilize and other patients deteriorate. A patient may present with or without neurologic deficit.

Obesity Clinic

Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health,. leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems.

Body mass index (BMI), a measurement which compares weight and height, defines people as overweight(pre-obese)

Obesity increases the likelihood of various diseases, particularly hear disease, type 2 diabetes, breathing difficulties during sleep, certain types of cancer, and osteoarthritis.

Obesity is most commonly caused by

• Dietary calories
• Lack of physical activity
• Genetic susceptibility
• Genes
• Endocrine disorders
• Medications or psychiatric illness

The primary treatment for obesity is

• Dieting and physical exercise

Cardio Clinic

Cardiology is a medical specialty dealing with disorder of the heart. The field includes diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology.

Disorder of the coronary circulation 

• Atherosclerosis
• Restenosis
• Coronary heart disease (Ischaemic heart disease, Coronary artery disease)
• Acute coronary syndrome

a) Angina

b) Myocardial infarction (Heart attack)   

           Diagnostic tests and procedures

• Blood tests
• Echocardiogram
• Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
• Cardiac stress test
• Auscultation (Listening with the Stethoscope)
• Electrocardiogram(ECG or EKG)

Plastic Surgery Clinic

Plastic surgery is a medical specialty concerned with the correction or restoration of form and function. While famous for aesthetic surgery, plastic surgery also includes many types of reconstructive surgery, hand surgery, microsurgery, and the treatment of burns.

In plastic surgery, the transfer of skin tissue (skin grafting) is a very common procedure it includes:-

• Reconstructive surgery
• Cosmetic surgery

Sub-specialties include burns, cosmetics, craniofacial, hand, micro & paediatric surgeries.

Cancer Clinic

     
Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with tumors (cancer).
Oncology is concerned with

•  The diagnosis of any cancer in a person
•  Therapy (e.g. surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and other modalities
•  Follow – up of cancer patients after successful treatment
•  Palliative care of patients with terminal malignancies
•  Ethical questions surrounding cancer care.
•  Screening efforts:

Of population, or - of the relatives of patients (in types of cancer that are thought to have a hereditary basis, such as breast cancer)

Rhematology Clinic

Rheumatology is a sub-specialty in internal medicine and pediatrics, devoted to the diagnosis and therapy of rheumatic diseases. Rheumatology is a rapidly evolving medical specialty, with advancements owing largely to new scientific discoveries about the immunology of these disorders. Because the characteristics or rheumatological disorders in terms of the autoimmune system, viz., as an autoimmune disease. 

Chest Clinic

It is the specialty that deals with diseases of the lungs and the respirator tract. It is called chest medicine and respiratory medicine.

Chest medicine is not a specialty in itself but is an inclusive term which pertains to the treatment of diseases of the chest and contains the fields of  pulmonology, thoracic surgery, and intensive care medicine. Pulmonology is concerned with the diagnosis and  treatment of lung diseases, as well as secondary prevention.

Physical diagnostics are as important s in the other fields of medicine.

• Inspection of the hands for signs of cyanosis or clubbing, chest wall, and respiratory rate. Palpation of the cervical lymph nodes, trachea and chest wall movement. Percussion of the lung fields.
• Auscultation (with a stethoscope) of the lung fields

Other tools include

• Laboratory investigation of blood (blood tests)
• Spirometry
• Chest X-rays, CT scanning, MRI scanning

Endocrinology clinic

Endrocrinology is a branch of medicine concerned with the study of the biosynthesis, storage, chemistry, and physiological function of hormones and with the cells of the endocrine glands and tissues that secrete them. The medical specialty of endocrinology involves the diagnostic evaluation of a wide variety of symptoms and variations and the long-term management of disorder of deficiency or excess of one or more hormones. The diagnosis and treatment of endocrine diseases are guided by laboratory tests to a greater extent for most specialties.

Endrocrinology involves caring for the person as well as the disease. Most endocrine disorder are chronic  diseases that need life-long care. Some of the most common endocrine diseases includes diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism and the metabolic syndrome. Care of diabetes, obesity and other chronic diseases necessitates understanding the patient at the personal and social level as well as the molecular, and the physician-patient relationship can be an important therapeutic process.

Vascular Clinic

     
 Vascular surgery is a specialty of surgery in which diseases of the vascular system, or arteries and veins, are managed by medical therapy, minimally- invasive catheter procedures, and surgical reconstruction.It Includes

Arterial diseases (especially in Diabetics)
Aneurysms
Ischemia
Extracranial cerebrovascular disease :

Venous disease
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Thrombophlebitis
Varicose Veins
Varicosities

Vascular Medicine
Medical disorders with a significant vascular components,

For example :
Raynaud’s syndrome Scleroderma Treatment includes both medical and surgical procedures

Nephrology Clinic

 Nephrology is the medical specialty which focuses on the treatment of kidney conditions and abnormalities.

Scope of the speciality

Nephrology concerns the diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseases, including electrolyte disturbances and hypertension, and the care of those requiring renal replacement therapy, including dialysis and renal transplant patients. Many diseases affecting the kidney are systemic disorder not limited to the organ itself, and may require special treatment. Examples include acquired conditions such as systemic vasculitides (eg. ANCA vasculitis) and autoimmune diseases (eg lupus), as well as congenital or genetic conditions such as polycystic kidney disease.

Child Clinic

Paediatric

Pediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. The upper age limit of such patients ranges from age 12 to 21

Padiatrics differs from adult medicine in many respects. The obvious body size differences are paralleled by maturational changes. Congenital defects, genetic variance, and developmental issues are greater concern to pediatricians than they often are to adult physicians.

Common pediatric diseases that may require pediatric surgery include

•  Congenital malformations : Lymphangioma , cleft lip and palate, esophageal atresia and  tracheoesophageal fistula.  Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, intestinal atresia, necrotizing enterocolitis, meconium plugs, Hirschsprung’s disease, imperforate anus, undescended tests,…
•  Abdominal wall defects: omphalocele, gastroschisis, hernias…
•  Chest wall deformities : pectus excavatum
•  Childhood tumors : like neuroblastoma, Wilms’ tumor, rhabdomyosarcoma, ATRT, liver tumors, teratomas...
•  Separation of conjoined twins

Mind Clinic

 Psychiatry

      The department of psychiatry is stated with objectives of promoting better psychiatric care for the patients attending this hospital. The field of psychiatry includes child and adult psychiatry, adult psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, consultation-liaison psychiatry, emergency psychiatry, addiction and substance abuse psychiatry, forensic psychiatry.

     A person with one or more of the following symptoms should be evaluated by a psychiatrist as soon s possible.

• Marked personality change
• inability to coupe up with problems daily activities
• Strange ideas
• Excessive worries
• Prolonged depression and apathy
• Marked changes in eating or sleeping patterns
• Extreme highs and lows
• Abuse of alcohol or drugs
• Excessive anger , hostility or violent behavior

Facilities

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• Management strategies
• Psychotherapy
• Behavior therapy
• Family therapy, marital counseling
• Stress management for students
• De-addiction therapy
• Electro-convulsive therapy
• Biofeedback therapy
• Group therapy
• Recreation therapy
• Occupation therapy
• Rehabilitation

Internal Medicine Clinic

      Diagnosis and treatment of all madically ill patients as outpatients as well as in patients.treatment of common medical illnesses as DM, HT, IHD, BA, LRTI, fever, diarrhea.Pre operative assessment of patients and management of post operative complications.

     Investigative modules- CBC, FBS, PPBS, Renal function tests, LFT, Hb, urine complete, TFT, blood and urine analysis, ECG, Echo, USG abdomen, and other special tests. Drugs are given for treatment of diabetes, hypertension, asthama, ischemic heart disease, abdominal discount like gastritis, diarrhoea,stroke inflections, cardiac failure, and rental failure, anaemia, liver disorder.

Facilities
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• Drugs are given for treatment of diabetes,
• hypertension, asthama, ischemic heart disease,
• abdominal discount like gastritis,
• Diarrhoea,
• stroke inflections,
• cardiac failure,
• and rental failure, anaemia,
• liver disorder.

Vitreo-retinal Surgery

Vitreo-retinal Surgery, deals with surgical management of retinal and posterior segment diseases and disorder. Medical retina and vitreo-retinal surgery sometimes together called posterior segment sub-specialization.

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Diagnosis and treatment

Diagnosis and treatment of all medically ill patients as outpatients as well as in patients. treatment of common medical illnesses as DM, HT, IHD, BA, LRTI, fever, diarrhea. Pre operative assessment of patients and management of post operative complications.

For more details visit
http://www.cosh.in

Chest medicine

Chest medicine is not a specialty in itself but is an inclusive term which pertains to the treatment of diseases of the chest and contains the fields of pulmonology, thoracic surgery, and intensive care medicine. 

For more details visit

http://www.cosh.in/