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      You’re scheduled for a wellness visit with your primary care physician today. She has a long waiting list for an appointment, but you’re not going to make it again. As your meeting ran late. Does this scenario sound familiar? It’s a common story, and most people have been guilty at some point assuming they should have scheduled a wellness exam in the first place. Many people receive health benefits through their work and their healthcare costs goes down when they get access to primary care through their organization . On the other hand where healthcare is a huge concern for individuals and organizations. Companies are going ahead with different customized healthcare plan to ensure their employees are healthy and productive and also stick to them for a longer time. Need of Primary Care Most people think of primary care as routine, day-to-day healthcare from an internal or family medicine doctor, or from another provider like a nurse practitioner or physician ...

       We as a whole realize the wellbeing dangers of smoking, yet that doesn't make it any simpler to kick the propensity. Regardless of whether you're an incidental youngster smoker or a lifetime pack-a-day smoker, stopping can be truly extreme. Smoking tobacco is both an actual dependence and a mental propensity. The nicotine from cigarettes gives an impermanent—and addictive—high. Disposing of that normal fix of nicotine makes your body experience actual withdrawal side effects and longings. As a result of nicotine's "vibe acceptable" impact on the cerebrum, you may go to cigarettes as a snappy and dependable approach to support your viewpoint, assuage pressure, and loosen up. Smoking can likewise be a method of adapting to sorrow, uneasiness, or even weariness. Stopping implies finding unique, better approaches to adapt to those sentiments. No Smoking Day is noticed each year in March, this day is seen as a yearly wellbeing appreciation day. Dr Santosh Datar,...

  24 th March is observed as “World T.B. Day”. The theme for year 2021 is “It’s Time to End T.B.”.   While the world battles the deadly new coronavirus, TB still remains the world's deadliest infectious killer.   As per best estimate, globally 10 million people developed TB out of which 27 % were from India. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India has developed an ambitious National Strategic Plan 2017-25 for the elimination of TB. Various measures taken by the Government include free diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis cases, health education measures and active case findings. However, any government program cannot succeed without active participation from people.   At 104 Health helpline of Ziqitza Limited , we daily address many calls related to Tuberculosis and its symptoms. Ziqitza says the following are major issues that create hurdles in Tuberculosis control in India   ●      Mode of transmissio...

      National Safety Council was set up on 4 th - 11th March 1966 by the Ministry of Labour, Government of India. It carries out various activities such as consultancy on safety issues, safety audits, safety training, and publication of safety-related material such as annual diary, calendar, posters, badges, booklets, films etc. National Safety Week is celebrated every year from 4 th March to 11 th March in order to commemorate its foundation day. Many organizations and institutions across the country celebrate this event. The theme of this year is “Enhance Safety and Health Performance by Use of Advanced technologies”. It is observed to highlight the importance of Safety in all spheres of life so as to prevent mishaps and accidents resulting out of neglect or lack of awareness. Oxford dictionary defines safety as “ the state of being safe and protected from danger or harm”.Dr Datar at Ziqitza Limited says safety issues touch all expects of our life.  Violation ...

  A healthy pair of kidneys in our body can be compared to a series of powerfully functional chemical factories. The amazing kidneys – they perform the life-sustaining job of filtration of body fluids and returning them to the bladders. Kidneys secrete and actively retain within the body, certain substances that are as critical to survival as those that are eliminated. Hence it’s vital not to put any strain on the kidneys and to keep them healthy in our day-to-day living. Kidney diseases include acute Infections, chronic infections, kidney stones, CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease), and birth defects. Kidney damage can occur due to drugs, poisons, uncontrolled diabetes, uncontrolled high blood pressure, prolonged obstruction of the urinary tract (due to stones, tumour, or enlarged prostate), and repeated infections. CKD means a gradual loss of kidney function. Since the kidney has a lot of reserve function, patients do not have symptoms or very few symptoms until kidney function is signi...

         Working women are looking for more gender-specific corporate wellness programs from their employers. According to a well-being survey, there is a significantly increased feeling of stress among working women than men. Balancing professional commitment at the workplace and personal commitments at home are creating more stress in working women the report says. Women feel more stressed in maintaining work-life balance compared to men. Women’s physical and mental makeup varies a lot from that of men. Our societal mindset always looks upon women as uncompromising caregivers.  These put lots of pressure both at home and at the workplace that significantly affects their wellness. Of all demographics taken for the survey, it has been found that working women within the age group 35-49 are the worst sufferers.  They are in the danger zone of impaired productivity and performance when it comes to managing operations and driving growth. Women feel they ...

    According to a  study  , one in five “ highly engaged ” workers reported experiencing some form of burnout. The global pandemic has only worsened this issue. Stress caused by new roles such as homeschooling or caring for sick relatives, blurred lines between work and home life, and job security fears have led to 41% of employees feeling symptoms of burnout in 2020. As an employer, understanding the causes and identifiers of employee burnout is the first step towards reducing its impacts in your organization. What is Employee Burnout? Burnout is defined as physical, mental, or emotional exhaustion. Employee burnout is a special type of work-related stress – a state of physical or emotional exhaustion that also involves a sense of reduced accomplishment and loss of personal identity. Employee burnout has been officially recognized as an illness by the WHO. With that, the responsibility for managing burnout has shifted away from individuals and towards orga...