Anxiety is associated with uneasiness, fearfulness, and tension. Mild anxiety, for example, associated with exams or interview, is normal and triggers ‘fight or flight’ response. Anxiety without an identifiable cause, anxiety which...

Neurosurgery is a complex surgical procedure that involves diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders affecting any region of the nervous system. Some of the common neurosurgeries are endovascular neurosurgery, stereotactic neurosurgery,...

Sickle-cell anemia is a disease characterized by the presence of sickle-shaped erythrocytes. While normal erythrocytes have a life span of 120 days, sickle-shaped erythrocytes die within 10 to 20 days. The bone marrow is unable to compensate...

Epilepsy is a spectrum of brain disorders varying from benign to severe, disabling, and life-threatening symptoms. It is caused by various factors ranging from brain malformations and tumors to meningitis, high-risk pregnancies, and birth trauma....

Ankylosing spondylitis is a subtype of spondylarthropathy. The primary symptoms of the disease are inflammatory spinal pain with subsequent limitation of spine mobility and chest expansion. Ankylosing spondylitis can be diagnosed using clinical...

Epilepsy is a spectrum of brain disorders varying from benign to severe, disabling, and life-threatening symptoms. It is caused by various factors ranging from brain malformations and tumors to meningitis, high-risk pregnancies, and birth trauma....

Organizations that support outsourced research services for the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and Medical Devices industries are called CROs. The nature of engagement of outsourced services is generally on contractual basis. This helps the...

Psoriasis is a common immune-mediated disease of the skin. In psoriasis, the skin grows fast and causes buildup of thick white, red, or silvery patches of skin. It alters the normal cell cycle of the skin. The new cells of the skin grow and...

Acute myeloid leukemia, also known as acute myelogenous leukemia, is a hematopoietic disorder that starts either in hematopoietic stem cells or lineage-specific progenitor cells. Neoplasms arise from bone marrow, however, it spreads quickly...

Infertility is a widespread problem. In male infertility, the male fails to impregnate his female partner after a year of unprotected sex. Male infertility is due to a couple of factors including: Low sperm production Abnormal sperm function...