What A Non-Medico Must Know: The quintessential guide to family health and wellness

In today's rat race, we have created a world no longer in congruencewith our bodies enfettering our propensity to adapt to the present timelifestyle. We are reposing on a volcano of lifestyle diseases like diabetes,hypertension, obesity and so on:- witnessing a perilous surge in theirincidence with far-reaching implications. Contemporary ways of life areengulfing entire generations, disregarding the age and exacerbating themedical records with repercussions in earlier puberty and old age too-- Itis an erudition that we shrug off at our own risk!!This informal enchiridion includes an amalgamation of topics rangingfrom menstrual hygiene, PCOD, menopause, endometriosis, uterinefibroids, breast cancer, cervix cancer afflicting only women to thoselike backache, hypertension, diabetes, hypothyroidism, celiac disease,osteoporosis, endocrine disruptors, vitiligo afflicting both the sexes.The book delves into the occurrence of major and minor ailmentsowing to erroneous lifestyle -related to quotidian chores - and a dearthof public awareness along with the ways of diagnosing and management.What is reassuring is that most of these infirmities are avertible and"screening tests" are available for the diagnosis of most of these diseasesin its incipient stage, e.g. mammography, pap smear, lipid profile andother tests as discussed in the book. This approach of nipping the evilin the bud by expedient refinements in the lifestyle is still the best bet against these ailments and of course the need of the hour. Few tweaks in the lifestyle had been an anodyne of sorts.