Experiencing pain in the limbs sometimes is completely normal. However, if it becomes a recurrent thing and causes swelling, it is time to get yourself checked as according to health experts, it can also be a sign of a deadly heart problem - peripheral artery disease or PAD. It is a serious ailment that leads to complications like heart attack, stroke, or critical limb ischemia, which can kill the tissues during an injury or infection. Read on to know ways to avoid it. , Health News, Times Now
Doctors in AIIMS separated conjoined twins Riddhi and Siddhi, who were born last year and were joined from the chest and stomach. The complex surgery, which took at least nine hours to complete was successful and the sisters will soon be discharged. Doctors said Riddhi and Siddhi, who celebrated their first birthday earlier this month, were diagnosed before birth as thoracic-omphalopagus conjoined twins in the fourth month of their mother’s pregnancy. Read on to know about this rare phenomenon. , Health News, Times Now
A woman in Thailand who thought she was just overweight gets diagnosed with a massive 9kg cancerous cysts, which the doctors removed in an hour-and-a-half-long surgery. According to the doctors, the cyst measured around 13.4 inches and was malignant in nature. Doctors say ovarian cysts affect about one in five women at some point in their lives, with many having few symptoms and don’t even realize they have them. , Health News, Times Now