Yes, you read the topic of the blog article correctly and yes it is true! There have been numerous types of research conducted that link your oral health, especially the health of your root canals and gums to your cardiovascular health. While this may be a rather surprising connection, your oral health and your cardiac…
Sri Lanka is a tropical country there is an abundance of blood-sucking critters. Mosquitoes in particular spread numerous diseases and have caused epidemics that have put the healthcare system in overdrive due to the increase in patients needing medical care. This dengue season there have been a record-breaking 27,000 cases recorded. With 50% of the…
People with female reproductive systems go through multiple stages throughout their life, some of the stages are more joyful than others. From your first period, pregnancy to menopause and everything else in between it all requires care to ensure you are healthy. This is where the importance of meeting your gynaecologist and obstetrician regularly comes…
Here is everything you need to know about surviving a heart-stopping medical emergency; a heart attack. While this isn’t a surefire way to ensure that you aren’t going to join the dearly departed, it will hopefully increase your chances of making it through. What causes a heart attack? A heart attack or myocardial infarction…
Imagine you are healthy. You have lived your life by the book. Followed the advice of your doctors yet you find yourself in an abyss of pain and suffering. You are now immobile and watch your golden years being wasted away all because you tripped on the carpet at the top of the stairs. You…
Durdans Hospital upon being approached by the Sri Lanka Welfare Society of the Blind requesting donations in commemoration of International White Cane Day. White Canes act as a method for individuals with varying degrees of blindness to navigate the world. Those who have the privilege of eyesight may fail to understand the importance of this…
What is CKD? Chronic Kidney Disease or CKD causes your kidneys to be damaged preventing them from performing their primary function of filtering your blood. All waste compounds and excess fluids are retained within the body. Retaining such material can cause other health conditions like strokes or heart disease. If CDK is left untreated it…
What is Monkeypox and where did it come from? Monkeypox is a viral infection transmitted to humans from animals (viral zoonosis). It is similar to smallpox though it is not as severe. The virus is spread from non-primate mammals and large rodents to humans. It is mainly seen in western and central Africa near the…
කොරෝනා නැත්නම් COVID -19 කියන්නේ දැන් අපි අහන්න අකමැතිම වචනයක් වුනත්, එදිනෙදා අහන්න ලැබෙන හුරුපුරුදු වචනයක්.COVID-19 යනු සුලමුල පවා හරිහැටි නොදන්නා, නිසි ප්රතිකර්මයක් හෝ ඖෂධයක් සොයා නොගත් බිහිසුණු වෛරසයක්.COVID -19 ආසාදනය වීම වැළැක්වීමට විවිධ එන්නත් වර්ග දැන් භාවිතයට ඇති අතර, ලෝක සෞඛ්ය සංවිධානයේ මතය අනුව මෙම වෛරසය පාලනය කිරීම සඳහා දැනට තිබෙන ඵලදායීම පිළියම එන්නතයි.…
The discovery of a lump on any part of the body can be a distressing situation. According to the World Health Organisation, cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide and accounted for nearly 10 million deaths in 2020. This sparks a natural reaction of panic upon the discovery of a mass. However,…