Colorectal cancer (CRC) 3rd most common cancer worldwide after breast cancer and lung cancer. It is 3rd most commonly diagnosed cancer in males and the 2nd in females, with more than 1.4 million new cancer cases every year. The geographical distribution patterns show that the...

The new Coronavirus disease is attacking our societies at their core, claiming lives and people’s livelihoods in an unprecedented fashion. Potentially dire longer-term effects are expected to happen on the global economy and individual countries. India is definitely not an exc...

The atrocious Coronavirus has provoked swift responses & actions by health care professionals in saving the soft targets, especially those who have co-morbid conditions like diabetes, heart diseases, cancer, etc. Aforementioned diseases in people predict immune-compromised...

Outbreak of Coronavirus has been earth-shattering so far. Globally, over 27 lakhs cases and over 2 lakhs deaths have been reported till now. Fortunately, the spread and the damage by the devil in India is not as deep and wide as in the western world; something to cheer for in...

While the whole world remains shaken and waken by the COVID-19 pandemic, a plethora of healthcare, political and socio-economic issues are cropping up on the sidelines of the core crisis. In a highly diverse democracy like India where people are driven by emotions and remain f...

SARC-CoV-2 i.e. 'Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - COVID-19; is known to affect our lungs by causing fibrosis in the cells of lung and pneumonia that produces characteristic symptoms like respiratory distress. It leaves patients in a condition where they can not breathe spon...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer amongst women in India with incidence of approximately 30000 cases per year. Over the years there has been an increase in the incidence of breast cancer in India and worse so, the death rates due to breast cancer have also increased. Bre...

During the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, individuals throughout the country continue to offer extra care to their loved ones so that they do not fall prey to Coronavirus infection. One of their major concern is to ensure that their loved ones stay healthy, especially...

It is of absolute importance for cancer patients and their caretakers to know what should they ask their cancer specialist / oncologist when they meet them for the first time or during the follow-up consultation. It is the fundamental right and in the best interest of the heal...

A hardworking lady walked in to my OPD on a Friday evening, in one of the charitable hospitals that I am affiliated to. She was a small-time florist who used to sell flowers to make her daily living. She was residing alone in the city of Mumbai as her husband had passed away a...