Heartbeat Chronicles– The Cardiac SystemÂ

Did you know your heart is the size of your fist! The heart, like the body’s engine, pumps blood through arteries, capillaries, and veins to keep everything running smoothly. Arteries, the express lanes, carry blood away from the heart under high pressure, with the aorta being the largest and toughest. Arteries branch into smaller arterioles, […]
Beyond BMI: Explaining the new diagnostic criteria and classification of obesity

The redefinition and classification of obesity introduced by the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission marks a groundbreaking shift in how this complex condition is understood and addressed. Moving beyond the traditional reliance on Body Mass Index (BMI), this new framework highlights obesity as a chronic, systemic disease while offering a nuanced, clinically relevant perspective. As […]