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The importance of the family to family physicians is inherent in the paradigm of family medicine. Family medicine does not separate disease from person or person from environment. It recognizes the strong connection between health and disease, and personality, way of life, physical environment, and human relationships. It understands the strong influence that human relationshipsContinue reading “role of family in health and disease”

Bringing and building social science theory to understand the social and cultural determinants of health, how society produces health and the lived experience. The Society, Culture and Health theme contributes new thinking using social science theory to the social and cultural determinants of health. We seek to understand how health is experienced and produced withinContinue reading “Society, culture & health”

REQUEST AN APPOINTMENT OR BOOK A CONSULANT – Sargam.dange.18@gmail.com Breast cysts are fluid-filled sacs that are among the most common breast lumps a woman may have. They may also be a cause of other breast symptoms—from pain to, potentially, nipple discharge. Many women develop noncancerous changes in their breast tissue. It’s one of the conditions known asContinue reading “Breast cyst”

REQUEST AN APPOINTMENT OR BOOK A CONSULANT – Sargam.dange.18@gmail.com Breast fibroadenomas are the most common type of noncancerous (benign) breast tumor. They are often described as round, moveable, painless breast lumps that feel smooth and rubbery. They can be felt during your monthly breast self-exam and will show up on mammograms and ultrasounds. Fibroadenomas usually occur in premenopausal women. They mayContinue reading “Fibroadenoma”

REQUEST AN APPOINTMENT OR BOOK A CONSULANT – Sargam.dange.18@gmail.com Breast pain (mastalgia) can be described as tenderness, throbbing, sharp, stabbing, burning pain or tightness in the breast tissue. The pain may be constant or it may occur only occasionally, and it can occur in men, women and transgender people. Breast pain can range from mildContinue reading “Mastalgia”

REQUEST AN APPOINTMENT OR BOOK A CONSULANT – Sargam.dange.18@gmail.com Raynaud’s disease causes some areas of the body — such as fingers and toes — to feel numb and cold in response to cold temperatures or stress. In Raynaud’s disease, smaller arteries that supply blood to the skin narrow. This limits blood flow to affected areas,Continue reading “Raynaud’s syndrome”

REQUEST AN APPOINTMENT OR BOOK A CONSULANT – Sargam.dange.18@gmail.com Skin cancer — the abnormal growth of skin cells — most often develops on skin exposed to the sun. But this common form of cancer can also occur on areas of your skin not ordinarily exposed to sunlight. There are three major types of skin cancerContinue reading “skin tumors”

REQUEST AN APPOINTMENT OR BOOK A CONSULANT – Sargam.dange.18@gmail.com Behavioral psychology, or behaviorism, is a theory suggesting that environment shapes human behavior. In a most basic sense, behavioral psychology is the study and analysis of observable behavior. This field of psychology influenced thought heavily throughout the middle of the 20th century. It is still usedContinue reading “behavioural psychology”

REQUEST AN APPOINTMENT OR BOOK A CONSULANT – Sargam.dange.18@gmail.com Pyoderma gangrenosum (pie-o-DUR-muh gang-ruh-NO-sum) is a rare condition that causes large, painful sores (ulcers) to develop on your skin, most often on your legs. The exact causes of pyoderma gangrenosum are unknown, but it appears to be a disorder of the immune system. People who haveContinue reading “pyoderma gangrenosum”