ISSN: 1391 - 0531
Sunday April 20, 2008
Vol. 42 - No 47
 
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Sit right and you'll feel alright
Eight hours at a computer may get a lot of work done, but as professionals the world over are discovering, it can also be hazardous to your health. Computer Related Injuries (CRI) are on the rise, and they are not limited to people over the age of forty. Instead, even younger people are complaining of the stabbing pains, numbness and cramps that are typical of CRI, says Gopi Kitnasamy, Chartered Physiotherapist at Durdans Hospital.
 
What is Cellulitis?
Skin infections are one of the commonest conditions encountered at the surgical casualty. Here Dr. Nalitha Wijesundera, Consultant Surgeon at Karapitiya Teaching Hospital, discusses the problem with Dr. Melanie Amarasooriya.Cellulitis and erysipelas are two of the common skin infections seen among patients. The other commonly encountered conditions are abscesses, infections of the hair follicles and infected sebaceous cysts.
 
When you need a hysterectomy

Sit right and you'll feel alright
   
You may not play Tennis, but you could have a Tennis elbow
   
Fighting a common infection
   
Lack of sleep hurts women
   
When the explosion is in your head
   
When the womb needs to come out
   
Glug, glug, glug!
   
Have you got all these in your diet?
   
Why do we faint?
   

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