Bengaluru: With the graph of coronavirus going up in the city, the government has reserved 2,200 beds for COVID cases out of the 10,689 beds available at 11 private medical colleges in the city. At least 281 ICU COVID beds out of the 561 and 120 ventilators of the total 239 at these private colleges have…
Asthma kids health: COVID-19 infections are on the rise; more and more people are being exposed to the carriers and are at risk of acquiring the infection. In these times, we need to be very well aware of the precautions to be taken to protect ourselves from acquiring the disease. While it is stated that children…
Have we ever wondered where this word stress has originated from, and what is that feeling? In these times of pandemic, balancing work from home with parenting duties, we often get to hear these words ‘stress’, ‘anxiety’, and now, to add to the vocabulary, there is ‘fear’. Stress originated from a Latin word ‘strictis’ meaning tightness….
By Dr Puja Kapoor As recommended by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), children below 18 months of age should not be exposed to screen time, except for when they are video-chatting with family, friends, etc. It has been well-researched and documented that an infant’s language development is more effective by live presentation than by a…
This is an unprecedented time in the history of mankind. The COVID -19 pandemic is having a huge impact on all of us. Countries are shut down and people are required to maintain a safe social distance. It is very important for us to approach this in an age appropriate way. Do not pass on…
We are very patriotically following the instructions given by our government in preventing Covid-19 spread by abiding to the rules of lockdown. But while we are safeguarding our physical health, we must also be able to keep ourselves mentally healthy. For a Good mental health it is important that we keep ourselves meaningfully occupied in…
By Dr Himani Khanna In these times of pandemic where kids are home and cooped up inside their houses not able to pursue their routines, lack of physical activity and increased screen time has become a new challenge for parents to cope with. A lot of teenagers may find their parents nagging them about studying and doing…