Customer Care in Health Insurance Industry

Posted in General Support group on Sat, 27 Mar 2010

Retaining existing customers and identification of new prospective customers can be a daunting, expensive and tough task for any organization. The same applies to insurance organizations also. Especi...

Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS)

Posted in General Support group on Thu, 01 Apr 2010

The CGHS (Central Government Health Scheme) started in 1954, with its headquarters at New Delhi. Its main objective is to provide comprehensive medical care to the Central Government employees that in...

Psychoactive Substances/ Substance Abuse / Drug Abuse

Posted in General Support group on Sun, 09 Aug 2009

The use of Drugs for reasons other than its prescribed recommendation, is known as Drug abuse. The WHO has defined a 'Drug' as any substance, which on entering a living organism, modifies ...

Insulin Delivery Devices

Posted in General Support group on Sun, 17 May 2009

Insulin delivery devices have evolved drastically since their invention in 1922. They are all aimed to provide insulin to the patients with minimal discomfort.Insulin is a hormone produced by the beta...

Diet, Lifestyle and Heart Disease

Posted in Diet, Lifestyle and Heart Disease Support group on Thu, 28 May 2009

The correlation between diet, a hectic lifestyle and heart disease is known for the last few decades.All that is worth cherishing begins in the heart, not the head. - Suzanne Chapin The "Heart" has ...

Diet and High Blood Pressure

Posted in Diet and High Blood Pressure Support group on Mon, 09 Feb 2009

High Blood Pressure or Hypertension is defined as a blood pressure of above 140 mm Hg (systolic) and or 90mm Hg (diastolic). High blood pressure can be dangerous as it makes the heart work harder and ...

Does Yoga help you grow Taller?

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 11 Aug 2008

"You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was." Old Irish sayingThe modern mantra will not accept that 'anything is impossible' and   people will readily go to any length to...

Endometriosis

Posted in Endometriosis Support group on Sat, 11 Nov 2006

Endometriosis is a condition that can be difficult to detect and in the past many women who have suffered from the disease have been labeled as neurotic.Endometriosis is one of the most common gynec...

Egg Donation

Posted in Egg Donation Support group on Mon, 16 Apr 2007

The term 'Egg Donation' is commonly used to refer to the contribution of her eggs by a woman to another, who is incapable of producing her own. Recently, the term has evolved to also encompass the don...

Endometrial Cancer

Posted in Endometrial Cancer Support group on Thu, 27 Nov 2008

Cancer of the inner lining of the uterus (womb) is called endometrial cancer and it most commonly affects post-menopausal women. Never ignore vaginal bleeding in this age group. Nomenclature: Cancer o...