“A mental illness is not caused by personal weakness and is not “cured” by personal strength. Seeking and accepting help is a sign of strength.”

Psychiatry is one of the neglected fields in our country where even today we are fighting to establish psychiatric illnesses as medical disorders in true sense. A mental illness is not a character flaw. It is caused by genetic, biological, social and environmental factors. According to a report from the World Health Organization (WHO) one in four people around the world suffer from mental health problems at some point in their lives. With appropriate treatment and support, people with mental illness can have normal life and live successfully in their community. It is high time we took these illnesses seriously.

Demographic transition has become the norm of the current world. The booming geriatric population has posed serious challenges to the socio-economic aspects of every nation round the globe. How could Nepal be an exception to this global trend? Nepal is a country where very few people are aware about Geriatric medicine. In our context, even the established giants of general medicine are ignorant about the essence of this discipline.

Geriatrics or geriatric medicine is a specialty that focuses on health care of elderly people. It aims to promote health by preventing and treating diseases and disabilities in older adults Geriatric medicine is in its inception in our country and we have the responsibility to nurture its infancy.

“The child who has health has hope and the one who has hope has everything. Let’s nourish hope from your home.”

Child care and adolescent health are beautiful sweet challenges for any families. Every child/adolescent has the right to health, to education, to protection and to tenderness to life. Nation builds on parents hand via vulnerable soft marks of their kids’ footsteps. The most overwhelming key to a child`s successful future is the full positive involvement of the parents in holistic way. Quality health care, optimum education provision and child friendly environment make it possible for welfare recipient kids to secure better future. Sadly, Children of developing countries are far deprived from quality health care and good guidance. Basic needs like growth, development, nutrition immunization and many more aspects are yet to be fulfilled. We have a vision where all children and adolescents are healthy and live in dignity with choices and opportunities. When it comes for a child health there is no ‘them’, it’s only ‘us’. We have a promise for promising child care and guidance. Let`s proceed ahead for your child`s best health. Let`s build profound hope on your kids roadmap.

“At its best, travel should challenge our preconceptions and most cherished views, cause us to rethink our assumptions, shake us a bit, make us broader minded and more understanding”

The era of Globalization, facilitates the spread of disease and increases the number of travelers who will be exposed to a different health environment. Travel medicine intends to focus on Global epidemiology of health risk to the travelers, vaccinology, infectious and tropical diseases, high altitude physiology and environmental health. Travel medicine is now well recognized discipline which deals with prevention (vaccination and travel advice), assistance (reparation and medical treatment of travelers), wilderness medicine (high altitude medicine, expedition medicine) and access to health care provided by travel insurance. Accessibility to reliable and affordable travel medicine service is quite a challenge!!

There are very few people among us who have not experienced a headache. We all know how significantly it can impact all aspects of life, including school performance, social activities, sleep, mood, appetite, and family interaction. Also, although we often simply talk about a headache it is surprising how only few people know that there are in fact several different types of headache. The cause can range from simple tension type headache to a life threatening brain tumor.

If you are bothered by headaches and simple over-the-counter medications such as aspirin or paracetamol do not do the trick then, it’s always worth to see your physician rather than sit and suffer in silence.