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How to Keep Your Lungs Healthy – Dr Gokhale
Why is the lung important to the body? The Government of India’s admission for the first time in Parliament on August 6, 2015 that more than 35000 people had died of acute respiratory infections (ARI) during the last one decade and that more than 26 million ARI cases...
10 Tips for a Healthy Heart by Dr Gokhale
1. Stop smoking: Smoking reduces life expectancy by 15-25 years. If you are a smoker, you are twice more likely to have a heart attack than a non-smoker. The moment you stop smoking, the risk of heart attack begins to reduce. 2. Cut down on salt: Too much salt can...
WHO NEEDS LUNG TRANSPLANTATION?
All of us have two lungs in the chest-one on the right side and one on the left side. When we breathe air into the lungs- they allow oxygen from outside to enter into blood and allow carbon-di-oxide from blood to come out into the air. This way we get enough oxygen...
Dr AGK Gokhale: ‘Enjoy Your Limitations’
India’s pioneer Heart & Lung Transplant Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr AGK Gokhale talks on ‘enjoying limitations’ after coronary artery bypass surgery. Dr Gokhale performed the first successful human-to-human Heart Transplant in India at Hyderabad, the state of Andhra...