Watch your neck pain, warn doctors
While neck pain issues have shown a steady increase, doctors have warned that initially ignorance could lead to a severe problem of Cervical Spondylosis. "Everyday there is a new patient with a neck sprain issue. The age group is carrying but what is alarming is that the ignorance of success pain in the initial years is the main factors of cervical spondylitis in the people over 40 years of age," said Dr Aashish Chaudhry, Orthopaedic Surgeon and Managing Director of Aakash Healthcare. He warned that the neck pain in younger age groups is due to neck spasm which is accumulated due to non movement or lack of exercise. However, he said the same spasm could lead to a severe neck issue in the later year where the cervical spondylitis could be severe.
cycle rally to create road safety awareness
Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and Delhi Health Minister Satyender Jain will flag off a Cycle Rally, Cyclothon, on Saturday on the occasion of Road Safety Week (11 Jan-17 Jan 2017) at Nehru Park, in Chanakyapuri area of national Capital. About 100 cyclists including, Paraolympic cyclist Jagwinder Singh, Jagdeep Singh, MlA, and well known cyclist Gurleen Kaur will lead the rally to create awareness about road safety aspects among masses and also to make citizens aware about their duties towards road safety on the theme, Child Safety and Safer Roads-Every life Counts. The Cyclothon is being organised by Consumer Voice, a voluntary organisation working in the interest of consumer education supported by Delhi Traffic Police.
Patent your discoveries, scientists told
Sanjeevani the botanical society of the Hindu College was inaugurated for the academic session 2016-17. lok Sabha Member of Parliament Meenakshi lekhi, who is also the alumna of Botany Department, Hindu College, discussed the various aspects of her journey from graduating from the College to Parliament. She told the audience about the steps the Centre took to promote scientific culture in science laboratories in India. She emphasised that scientists in India need to move more towards patenting their discoveries. Discussing the environment, she said how she introduced the concept of worshipping the trees instead of making them dumping grounds of waste, encouraging clean India campaign.