Primary Headache

Primary headache is called so as it’s a headache that is not associated to any other medical condition. And for this reason the neurological examinations, MRI and CT scans usually do reveal much. The personal medical history is studied along with physical examination for a better diagnosis of a primary headache. Primary headache can be of various types:

Migraine

Severe throbbing pain and pounding is observed on just one or either sides of the head for about 4-72 hours. Sometimes aura too is experienced following the onset of throbbing.

Tension Headache

Pressure is felt on both sides of the head with intense pain lasting for 30 minutes to several hours. This usually continues for a week.

The summer season is upon us. For many (children especially) it means ice bars, cold drinks, ice creams, vacations and a very hot atmosphere. Combine it with pollution, and one can certainly estimate the number of infectious and viral diseases which can lead to severe problems for kids as well as adults. Infact, being a physician, I am advising all my patients to protect themselves to prevent any occurrence of infectious problems this season.

For example, only last week a mother brought her child who had a viral infection which led to fever and running nose. The cause was not washing the hands before eating dinner. I gave them medication and also some advice on how to prevent infections.

University of Montreal researchers propose us a great way cashew extract may treat diabetes

A new research published inside the journal Molecular Nutrition and Food Research suggests cashew seed extract may play an important role in preventing and treating type 2 diabetes.

The cashew is a tree in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. The plant is native to northeastern Brazil.

Scientists at the College of Montreal and the University of Yaoundé in Cameroon researched how cashew products affected the responses of rat liver cells to insulin.

In Canada, over three million Canadians have diabetes and this number is supposed to reach 3.7 million by 2020, based on the Canadian Diabetes Association.

Nowadays (with the change in weather and more humid climate approaching), there are a lot of people who are taking precautions to avoid any sort of infectious diseases. As a physician, I myself have come across many patients who wanted to make sure that there sickness or any symptoms experienced doesn’t lead to any infection.

Even so, a woman last week inquired me whether her child was showing any symptoms of viral infection. These people know that infection can be troublesome for the entire house and try to prevent such an occurrence. However, all diseases are not viral or infectious.