Summer Hair Care: How to Protect Your Hair from Sun, Salt, and Chlorine
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 29 March, 2025 Summers can mean high temperatures, more humidity and having to deal with more sweat and dirt than ever. This can damage not just your skin but your hair and scalp too. This means you should take good
Stomach Ulcers: Causes, Symptoms & Recovery Tips
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 28 March, 2025 An ulcer literally means you have an open sore or wound and when it is located in the stomach lining, it is called a stomach or peptic ulcer. This tear or sore in the gastric lining can
Sleep apnoea: Signs, Risks, and Treatment Options
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 27 March, 2025 Sleep apnoea is a medical condition where someone stops breathing when they fall asleep. Then, their brain forces them to jerk awake, so that they can resume breathing again. When this happens through the night, there are
Restless Leg Syndrome: Causes and Relief Strategies
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 26 February, 2025 Restless leg syndrome (RLS), also called Willis-Ekbom disease is a condition where a person feels compelled to move their legs a lot, especially when they are at rest. It is mostly caused by a weird or uncomfortable
Psychiatrist vs. Therapist: Which One Do You Need for Mental Health Support?
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 25 March, 2025 Most of us work long hours, don’t get enough sleep and compromise on getting rest or taking a few days off to recharge, because mental issues don’t seem to be that pressing. They are not prominently
Knee Replacement Surgery: What to Expect Before, During, and After
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 18 March, 2025 Knee pain caused by arthritis, injury, or wear and tear can significantly affect your daily activities. When non-surgical treatments no longer provide relief, knee replacement surgery becomes a viable solution to restore mobility and reduce pain.
Digital Detox: How Unplugging Can Improve Mental Health
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 18 March, 2025 Almost every one of us has a phone in our pocket, a laptop in the bag and probably a tab waiting to be picked up, once we get home and laze around. While it is understandable
Cystic Fibrosis: Symptoms, Treatment, and Advances in Care
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 17 March, 2025 Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder characterised by loss in function of an important gene called the CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator), which is in turn used to form a protein called CFTR protein. The
Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: Causes and Management
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 16 March, 2025 Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS) is a medical condition that normally affects young children, though the symptoms can begin much later, during adulthood. The exact reason as to why this happens is not well known, but some
Childhood Obesity: Causes, Risks, and How to Prevent It
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 15 March, 2025 Childhood obesity affects millions of children worldwide- starting from the age of 2. Medically speaking, it has been defined as a child being in the 95th percentile or above, at a particular age, with respect to
Bipolar Disorder: More Than Just Mood Swings
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 14 March, 2025 Bipolar disorder (BPAD) is a psychiatric disorder that has been known in medical circles for a very long time now. It has been named in a few different ways- manic depression, manic depressive psychosis, manic depressive
Biopsy: What It Is and Why It’s Done
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 13 March, 2025 The term ‘biopsy’ is used by a doctor to derive a sample of tissue from your body, when something looks or feels suspicious. A pathologist is a specialist who looks at these biopsy samples and then studies
