FAQs - Medical & Healthcare Education and Diseases

Dr. TS Sathyanarayana Rao, Professor of Psychiatry, JSS Medical College, Mysore, will discuss his views on anxiety among doctors, in this video. Medical profession is associated with high levels of stress and many a times the decision which are made are of life and death. Public perception is also like doctors should save everyones life and their expectations are too high from doctors.

Dr. Rajesh Chawla, Senior Consultant, Institutes of Critical Care Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, will discuss the important points to be considered in sepsis and septic shock, in this video. Sepsis is defined as dysregulated organ dysfunction due to infection. He will explain if a sepsis patient develops shock or hypotension which does not respond to initial fluid therapy is known as a septic shock. He will further explain that airways or intubation has to be maintained along with blood pressure.

Dr. Alok Kumar, Nephrologist, Dehradun, will explain eGFR in this video. eGFR stands for estimated GFR. It is the glomerular filtration rate, measurement of the capacity of the kidneys to do its works and how much the glomerulus is functioning.

In this video, Dr. N S Sengar, Nephrologist, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh will talk about painkillers in CKD and hypertension. Painkillers such as NSAIDs can worsen the condition. Safe painkillers are paracetamol and tramadol in these patients.

Dr. Vinod Mittal, Senior Diabetologist, Delhi Heart and Lung Institute, will talk about metformin used in diabetic kidney disease in this video. Metformin is the first line of treatment in all type 2 diabetes patients. It has pleotropic effect also. He will talk how many doctors stop metformin when serum creatinine reaches 1.5 level. He will further explain that serum creatinine is not a criteria to stop metformin in these patients.

In this video, Dr. S C Dash, Director, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi, will talk about recurrent urinary infections. It is mostly seen in females but males also can develop it. It prostatic obstruction or stones, urinary tract infection can occur. Acute UTI is generally related to sexual activities. He will further explain the cause for recurrent infections too.

Dr. Parag Singhal, Endocrinologist, UK will talk about the role of doctors in addressing global health challenges in this video. Expense of health care facilities are increasing in whole world. Unless some solutions are found to reduce the wastages, it will be difficult to sustain the health care with respect to quality and delivery. He will further talk about the unnecessary investigations to be avoided to save medical expense.

In this video, Dr. N P Singh, Senior Director, Max Super Specialty Hospital, Delhi, will talk about the nephrotic syndrome. Questions asked can be same old questions on primary and secondary glomerularitis. He will also discuss questions related to secondary glomerular disease, connective tissue disorder, etc. also questions on laboratory investigations can be asked if any new criteria has been introduced.

In this video, Dr. Suneeta Dubey, Head of Glaucoma Services, Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital, New Delhi, will explain about glaucoma and its incidence. Glaucoma is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive retinal ganglion nerve cells and visual function. India accounts for almost one fifth of total global burden and the incidence is 12 million.

Dr. Jaya Pancholy, Integrative Holistic Medicine Practitioner, USA, will talk about whether mammography has to be routinely done in India in this video. Dr. Jaya will talk about thermography in details. Many people are going through thermography instead of mammogram. She says that it is a women’s choice which option to choose and avoid more radiation. 

In this video, Dr. Philip A Masters, Cardiology, Vice President of Membership and International Programs at the American College of Physicians (ACP), answer "What Can American Doctors learn form Indian physicians"

In This Video, Dr. Bhavatharini Aruyerchelvan, Diabetologist, Erode, Tamilnadu, India, Answer "How To Prevent Diabetes"

In this video, Dr. Rajalben prajapati, Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, answers "Diarrhea in Babies - Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention"

In this video, Dr. Anand Vasudev, Pediatric Nephrologist, answers "Best antibiotic for urinary tract infection"

In this video, Dr. Jugal Kishore, Director Professor & Head, Dept of Community Medicine VVMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, answers "Rabies Disease Control Strategy"

Dr. K K Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India and Group Editor in Chief MEDtalks, will discuss about irritable bowel syndrome related to stress in this video. He will explain it according to Vedic philosophy. When a thought arises from a disturbed state of mind, the thought is analyzed in the mind by the intellect then personalized by the ego and then order is given to body for action. Action is stored in the form of memory and memory will lead to desires and then actions again. If the desire is not fulfilled then it lead to suppressed anger which can result in a gastrointestinal chemical leading to IBS and other conditions.

In this video, Dr. Smita Mishra, Associate Director, Paediatric Cardiologist, Jaypee Hospital, Noida, will discuss the management of VSD in aortic regurgitation. She will explain that VSD with aortic regurgitation should be checked at which location it is and proper follow-up and treatment is needed depending upon the location. Generally early surgery is recommended and it would depend upon the status of aortic valve.

In this video, Dr. Shiv Chopra, General Surgery Senior Consultant, Mool Chand Hospital, New Delhi, answer, "What is the best treatment for scars after surgery"

In this video, Dr. Shiv Chopra, General Surgery Senior Consultant, Mool Chand Hospital, New Delhi, answer, "How to Reduce the intensity of Surgical Scars"

In this video, Dr. Neena Malhotra, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Delhi, will talk about the new updates in 2017. She talks about the plan which is launched by our Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi that every 9th of each month, the obstetrician should dedicate the time for antenatal check-up and should make at least nine visits to the doctor. She will further talk about various updates which the GP’s should be aware and one of them is breast cancer awareness. Also, she will talk about anaemia in female population.

In this video, Dr. Neena Malhotra, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Delhi, will discuss about the PCOS and the management. All the gynaecologists and endocrinologists generally follow the Rotterdam criteria 2003. She will further explain the PCOS in details. The first basic investigation is the ultrasound scan for enlarged ovaries or polycystic. She will further talk on the diagnostic evaluation of PCOS.

In this video, Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Professor and Head of Nephrology, AIIMS, will discuss the reversible causes of renal dysfunction. In addition to the kidney disease, the progression of the CKD also can be further damaged due to certain acute factors. The common acute reversible factors are dehydration, intake of NSAIDs, obstruction in the urinary tract, hypercalcemia, hypokalemia or systemic infections. These factors can damage the kidney and progress the CKD.