Complementary therapies are commonly used alongside conventional treatment procedures to improve medical outcomes further while supporting the healing and overall health of the patient. Relaxation techniques for digestive disorders or skin conditions, breathing...
CPR, or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, is a procedure used to resuscitate someone whose heart has stopped beating or whose breathing has stopped. It is a life-saving technique that involves applying pressure on the chest to create a flow of oxygenated blood to the...
Our heart at once has to pump the impure blood to the lungs and pure blood to the rest of the body parts. An amazingly simple mechanism makes this happen with the help of valves. The valves are like the doors that facilitate blood flow in and out of the heart in one...
Atrial Septal Defect is a congenital heart condition, commonly called a ‘hole in the heart’. The hole is formed in the muscular wall of the heart, called the ‘septum’ which separates the upper chambers of the heart. Given the wall separates the oxygenated blood and...
Total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR) is a cardiovascular genetic disorder in which the veins carrying blood from the lungs don’t connect properly to the left atrium. Instead, they travel to the heart via an erroneous connection. In this cardiac...
A group of cells along with an intercellular framework that performs a special type of function is called tissue. The entire human body is made up of four types of tissues – Muscular, Epithelial, Neural and Connective. Each type of tissue has a special function....