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Chikungunya: Essential points ought to be known 

Chikungunya, also known as Chicken guinea, has become a major health concern across the globe. There is no vaccination or proper treatment for the disease. But the comfort is that the chikungunya is not a life threatening disease. However, sometimes it may take months for full recovery from the side effects of the disease like

Diabetes: General Facts You Ought To Know

Diabetes mellitus (DM), popularly known as diabetes, is a condition in which blood glucose levels remain above normal over a prolonged period. It is an abnormality of glucose metabolism. If unattended, diabetes affects blood pressure and cholesterol levels and leads to major complications like heart failure, stroke, kidney failure, damage to eyes and failure of

Different types of blood vessels in the human body

Blood takes a very long trip inside the human body. The blood vessels accomplish this task of carrying blood to all the organs of the body from and back to the blood pumping station or the heart. The study of blood vessels is called angiology. The heart, the blood vessels and the blood together are