How to increase immunity naturally at home? A healthy body, with good natural innate/natural immunity, helps to reduce the chances of having a disease from pathogens like virus, bacteria etc. around us. Also, in a healthy body resides a healthy brain. It is vital to have a strong natural immunity to prevent the body from acquiring infectious diseases. Dr Puja Kapoor, Pediatric neurologist & Co-Founder of Continua Kids shares various simple lifestyle methods for enhancing immunity. Source: https://www.onlymyhealth.com/tips-to-improve-natural-immunity-in-children-1598067465

By Dr Himani Khanna Depression is a mental illness characterised by persistent feelings of sadness, irritability, loss of interest in activities, feeling of hopelessness, worthlessness and even thoughts of suicide. Often, these symptoms can affect a child’s sleeping and eating habits and they may have trouble concentrating on school work, family life, social activities. A diagnosis of depression is given only when these symptoms persist for two weeks or longer and interfere with the child’s ability to function. Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/parenting/health-fitness/how-to-tell-if-a-child-is-suffering-from-depression-6561224/

Being a pediatric neurologist, I come across children with cerebral palsy, autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), learning disabilities, global developmental delay. These children require timely, appropriate diagnosis, expert guided early intervention and/or medical or surgical treatment, to maximize their potential, and upgrade the deficit milestones. Here are few concerns which are faced by differently abled children and the tips to improve on them. Source: http://bwhealthcareworld.businessworld.in/article/Things-Every-Parent-With-Differently-Abled-Kid-Should-Know-And-Tips-To-Improve-Them/12-08-2020-307868/

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By Dr Puja Kapoor Due to the lockdown, children are deprived of their regular activities related to academics and social life. Because of their restricted movement and social inhibitions, the new normal of online classes and co-curricular activities are taking a toll on both physical and mental health of children. Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/parenting/family/ways-to-help-children-lockdown-loss-family-time-parenting-tips-6500518/

Depression leading to suicide is the second leading cause of death in young adolescents and youth. We must take some of the measures that we must take to prevent teenage suicide are as mentioned below. Depression is one of the leading cause of disability worldwide. It is a major contributor to the overall global burden of disease. Depression leading to Suicide is the second leading cause of death in young adolescents and youth.We must take Some of the measures that

Complying with the Union Human Resources Development Ministry guidelines, the Karnataka primary and secondary education department has reversed its June 15 order and allowed the schools across the state to resume online classes for students studying from 1-10 standard. Source: https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/300620/karnataka-government-reverses-order-resumes-online-classes.html

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 also been reserved. Source:- https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/270620/karnataka-reserves-beds-ventilators-for-covid-19-patients-as-cases-cr.html

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 lesser severity of coronavirus infection, we still need to be ready and well prepared to protect our children. While the doctor prescribes these medicines,