Deafness

30-09-2014 | 2128 View(s)

As per WHO, hearing impairment is the inability to hear as well as someone with normal hearing. Hearing impaired people can be hard of hearing (HOH) or deaf. If a person cannot hear at all,… Read more...

Dementia

30-09-2014 | 1974 View(s)

Dementia is not a single disease but a group of cognitive disorders typically characterized by memory impairment, personality changes, and impaired reasoning. Affected cognitive areas can be memory, attention, language, and problem solving. Generally, symptoms… Read more...

Dengue Fever

18-08-2015 | 3857 View(s)

Dengue Fever is a viral disease, transmitted by the infective bite of a particular mosquito known as Aedes Aegypti. Human being develops the disease after 5 – 6 days of being bitten by an infective… Read more...

Diabetes Mellitus

30-09-2014 | 2149 View(s)

Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases in which the person has high blood glucose (blood sugar) either due to inadequate insulin production or because the body's cells do not respond properly to insulin… Read more...

Down’s Syndrome

30-09-2014 | 1968 View(s)

Down syndrome (DS) or Down's syndrome is also known as trisomy 21. It is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of extra chromosome 21 .It is typically associated with a delay in cognitive ability… Read more...