By Dr. Sasika Palathiratnem BAMS (Hons.) – FIM, UoC Courtesy The Island Ayurveda is a holistic system of medicine with Vedic roots that originated in India about 5,000 years ago. Ayurveda is not only a complete system of medicine but also a scientific philosophy of life, with the two main objectives of prevention and curing of […]

 By CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA Courtesy The Daily Mirror COLOMBO (Daily Mirror) – Using antibiotics without a doctor’s prescription could cause the death of necessary bacteria that are needed for the survival of the body, and the diseases caused by the creation of resistant bacteria in the body spreading throughout society could cause death for everyone within […]

Courtesy PIME Asia News On the occasion of the World Day celebrated by the UN on 19 November in Sri Lanka, the Public Health Inspectors Association released some data on the scarcity of these essential facilities for the protection of people’s health and dignity. Colombo (AsiaNews) – Yesterday, 19 November, marked the “World Toilet Day” […]

Courtesy Adaderana The owner of the company, which allegedly used forged documents to import a batch of substandard human intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), has been remanded until November 15. The accused known as Aruna Deepthi, who was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), was produced before Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court earlier today. On Monday, the court […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Senior Consultant Physician Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA), the Health Ministry announced. The appointment has been made by newly appointed Health Minister Dr. Ramesh Pathirana. Dr. Wijewickrama replaces Prof. S.D. Jayaratne, whose leadership was challenged as the NMRA faced a […]

Harold Gunatillake  Doctor, my feet and ankles are getting swollen. What can I do?What is the most common cause of legswelling?In older adults is what we call venousinsufficiency.” The second most commoncause of leg swelling is a reaction to certainmedications.When you remove your socks and shoes at the end of the day and detect swelling […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Neurosurgery Unit of Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital has successfully carried out an awake brain surgery, for the resection of a brain tumor, while the patient was not only awake and fully conscious, but had also drawn a picture during the operation. The awake brain surgery, also known as ‘awake craniotomy’ is a type […]

Courtesy Adaderana Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court has ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to arrest the officials who were responsible for importing and distributing substandard antibodies using forged documents and distributing them to state hospitals. Magistrate Lochana Abeywickrama had further directed the CID officers to produce the suspects before the court before November 16. The order […]

Courtesy AdaDerana The rapid spread of an eye infection called ‘Conjunctivitis’ has been reported from several parts of the country, according to health officials. The Ministry of Health, which informs the general public not to have undue fears of the matter, however, has outlined some necessary safety measures in a bid to minimize the infection. […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Around 700–800 fatalities are reported annually due to breast cancer in Sri Lanka, a medical expert said. Consultant Community Physician of the National Cancer Control Programme Dr. Suraj Perera told the media that there were 5,189 patients identified in Sri Lanka by 2020. It means there are 14 cases reported on […]

Courtesy The Daily News Today is World Heart Day. Shereen Balasingham, a community medicine expert at the Directorate of Non-Communicable Diseases Division of the Health Ministry, said that the number of deaths and hospitalizations due to heart failure has increased significantly. She stated that 52 percent of deaths in government hospitals in 2020 were due […]

අජිත් සී. හේරත් 2021-22 එන්නත්කරණයෙන් පසු දෙවසර තුළ ශ්‍රි ලංකාවේ මරණ සංඛ්‍යාව 65,074කින් ඉහළ යයි: (පළමු කොටස) අජිත් සී. හේරත් රජයේ සංඛ්‍යාලේඛන සහ ජන සංගණන දෙපාර්තුමේන්තුවේ වාර්තා අනුව 2021 සහ 22 වර්ෂවලදී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මරණ සංඛ්‍යාව සාමාන්‍ය අපේක්ෂිත සංඛ්‍යාවට වඩා 65000කින් පමණ ඉහළ ගොස් තිබේ. රජයේ සහ ලෝක සෞඛ්‍ය සංවිධානයේම වාර්තා අනුව  2020 ජනවාරි මස […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror With reference to the decision of the health Ministry to recall the retired medical specialists, medical specialists opined that it is neither a feasible nor a longstanding move to address the shortage of specialists. Speaking to Daily Mirror, Senior Consultant Physician Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama told Daily Mirror, I don’t know how […]

By Sheain Fernandopulle Courtesy The Daily Mirror With the migration of medical professionals from Sri Lanka reaching an alarming level, exacerbated by the low salaries offered to specialists, the health authorities are now admitting that the situation is beyond their control.    According to a top source of the Health Ministry, the Ministry is disappointed […]

Courtesy Pravda.ru The coconut water found inside coconuts has long attracted attention for its potential health benefits. Photo: “Coconut (halved)” by SingChan is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Doctors from the Mayo Clinic in the United States conducted a study and identified eight key benefits of this natural fluid. Coconut Water vs Coconut Milk The […]

Courtesy AdaDerana A fundamental rights (FR) petition was filed before the Supreme Court today (Aug. 31) seeking the appointment of a five-member committee of specialist doctors led by the Director-General of Health Services (DGHS) to conduct a transparent probe into the deaths of patients and complications caused by ‘substandard’ drugs imported to Sri Lanka. Main […]

by Professor Daya Somasundaram and Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wC8a6cHRHuW-uRfoE6ZJ1uSwv5RxiJEZ/view?ts=64eb310e&pli=1

From Russia Dermatologist Natalia Zhovtan has identified certain products that can accelerate skin aging in Russians, Life reports. Photo: pixabay.com According to the expert, the consumption of products such as may contribute to premature external aging. These foods are rich in monosodium glutamate, which can lead to obesity, liver cell damage, and permanent skin damage. “In addition, excessive salt intake […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් උග්‍ර ආසාත්මික තත්වයන් සිදුව මරණ තුනකට හේතුවූ Co – Amoxiclave for Inj Bp1.2g නැමති වේදනානාශක එන්නතේ කාණ්ඩ තුනක් ලෝක සෞඛ්‍ය සංවිධානයේ වෛද්‍ය රසායනාගාරය වෙත යොමු කිරීමට ජාතික ඖෂධ නියාමන අධිකාරිය තීරණය කර තිබෙනවා. මෙම එන්නත සම්බන්ධයෙන් වැඩිදුර පරීක්ෂණ සිදුකිරිම සදහා මෙම පියවර ගත් බවයි ජාතික ඖෂධ නියාමන අධීකාරියේ සභාපති මහාචාර්ය එස්.ඩී […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The tally of Dengue cases reported for 2023 has surpassed the 58,000 mark while one more death was reordered, according to the Epidemiology Unit. Accordingly, as of July 07, a total of 58,138 cases have been reported so far in 2023, with the highest number of cases being recorded from the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The continuous practice of reusing single-use plastic bottles for drinking water will bring people to their own deaths, Secretary of the Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) Dr. Sarath Edirisinghe said. Meanwhile, addressing the media, the Director of the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children Dr. G. Wijesuriya said a trend has been […]

නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි ආයුර්වේද සංශෝධනයේ ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ තීරණය සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් පාර්ලිමේන්තු හැන්සාඩ් වාර්තාවට ඇතුළත් කර ගන්නේ කෙසේද?නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි පැහැදිලි කරයි…

Tabassum Barnagarwala Courtesy Scroll.In The pharmaceutical company in question continues operations. The India’s drug regulator has yet to act three months since the problem was flagged. Three months after the Sri Lankan government flagged infections in at least 50 patients linked to an eye drop made in Gujarat, it is yet to receive a response […]

සෞඛ්‍ය වෘත්තීයවේදීන්ගේ විද්වත් සංගමය  “විශ්ලේෂණ රසායනාගාරයක් හදන වගකීම අපිට දෙන්න, වසරකින් ඇමතිවරයාට ආඩම්බරයෙන් නිදර්ශක එවන්න රසායනාගාරයක් හදලා දෙනවා කියලා සහතික වෙන්නම්’ ඖෂධ තත්ව පාළණයට ලංකාවේ රසායනාගාරයක් හැදුවේ 1990දී. ඒකාලේ ඒකේ පරීක්ෂණ කරන්න අවම වශයෙන් වෘත්තීයවේදීන්ගේ 67ක් ඕනේ කියලා තීරණය කලේ රේණුකා හේරත් සෞඛ්‍ය ඇමති තුමයගේ කාලේ. අද වෙනකොට ඒකේ ඉන්නේ 10දෙනයි. ගෙනල්ලා දාපු උපකරණ වලින් […]

By Dr Parakrama Waidyanatha Courtesy The Island Various reports in the media yet claim that the Rajarata kidney disease, scientifically defined as the chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu), is caused by agrochemicals whereas the overwhelming evidence is that it is caused by hard water and fluoride prevalent in dug wells on high ground. […]

Lanka Lead News සෞඛ්‍ය පද්ධතියට ඖෂධ මිලදී ගැනීමේ දී දීර්ඝ කාලීනව දක්නට ලැබෙන දූෂණ, වංචා සහ අකාර්යක්ෂමතාවයන් අද වන විට වර්ධනය වීම නිසා සෞඛ්‍ය සේවා සැපයීමේ දී මතුවන ගැටලු මුල්කර ගෙන මේ දිනවල විවිධ වෘත්තීය සමිති නායකයන් විසින් සමස්ත සෞඛ්‍ය පද්ධතියට සහ සෞඛ්‍ය සේවකයන්ට පහරදීමේ හොඳ නරක පිළිබඳව ලංකා ලීඩ් ජාතික සංවිධානවල මතය විමසන ලදී. […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed the Ministry of Health to expedite the approval process for drugs endorsed by the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA). The Head of State issued these directives in response to the drug shortage caused by existing procedures, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported. Accordingly, the Health Ministry was ordered […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island The Government Medical Officers’ Forum (GMOF) yesterday (13) pointed out that India couldn’t absolve itself of the responsibility for the alleged supply of low quality Indian medicines to Sri Lanka under the USD 1 bn credit line opened over a year ago. GMOF President Dr. Rukshan Bellana said so, […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy PIME Asia News An alarming number of cases reported of people dying or suffering severe visual impairment after routine eye surgeries. Some doctors say the cause is an anesthetic purchased by the ministry in India from companies on the blacklist of unreliable products. But the government in Colombo rejects the allegations. Colombo […]

Courtesy Adaderana One of the world’s most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen next month by a leading global health body, according to two sources with knowledge of the process, pitting it against the food industry and regulators. Aspartame, used in products from Coca-Cola diet sodas to Mars’ Extra chewing […]