When the words “palliative care” come up, something shifts in the room. Families grow quiet, anxious, or visibly distressed. The assumption, almost universally, is that treatment is ending and hope is being withdrawn. It is one of the most common and consequential misunderstandings in serious illness care. Palliative care is not the withdrawal of treatment. […]

In the days following a stroke, most families find themselves focused on the complications they can see (patient unable to lift their hand, words that are tangled or patient not able to speak at all, a face that has lost its symmetry) while a quieter and often more dangerous problem develops without announcement: difficulty swallowing,

A 68-year-old man in Kochi had a knee replacement – a planned procedure, well-executed, with no complications in theatre. Three days later, he was home. The family was relieved. Everyone agreed he was doing well enough to leave. Six days after that, he was back in the hospital. A wound infection, a high fever, and

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative (neurological) disorder, which in due course is marked by movement, balance, coordination, as well as cognitive disorders. Even though medications play a significant role in symptom management, they are not the sole element of the care process. There is also a need to formulate rehabilitation (physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and

We’ll be repeating the same thing over and over again if we say that recovery is not complete after hospital discharge. Although families of patients are relieved to take them home and provide care, there are more chances of relapse and hospital readmissions. We have also been talking about the significant role of rehabilitation in

For families dealing with a stroke patient, one question holds a lot of importance after the primary treatment is over. “How much time will it take for the patient to recover completely?” This is common, especially after they see that the patient is now stable. Experts, however, wish to convey that recovery from stroke never

Sitting all day. Dehydration. Chronic stress. Ultra-processed snacks from the break room. The modern office is quietly staging an assault on one of your body’s most vital organs — your Kidneys. Most of us don’t think about our kidneys until something goes wrong. But for the millions of people sitting at desks for 8+ hours a day, the