Home remedies for Pneumonia

(Source : ANI) Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung, especially of the alveoli (microscopic air sacs in the lungs) associated with fever, chest symptoms, and consolidation on a chest radiograph. (more…)

Role of Garlic in Controlling Cardiovascular Diseases and its Other Uses

Botanical Name : Allium sativum

Family : Liliaceae
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Pulmonary Embolism in persons making long distance air travel

‘Pulmonary Embolism’ is a lethal condition caused due a block in the venous artery by a blood clot. It is not a primary disease of the lung. It arises from an underlying venous thrombosis. Under certain conditions the micro thrombi escape from normal clot formation, break loose and pass into lung vessels causing a block in the lung blood vessels producing severe distress and death of the individual. (more…)

Men are at a higher risk for pneumonia than women

A recent study made on the effects of pneumonia in men and women revealed that the mortality and the severity is more in men than that in women. (more…)