Dr. Vikram .R. Lotwala

Dear Friends, After the success of our Obesity, Hypertension and Diabetes free Check up camp, we conducting our 2nd Camp of our series at Our Wings Hospital. This is Oncology and Gynec free Check up camp. The Gynec camp will be attended by Dr. Vilesh Gandhi and Sneha Gandhi, while patients registered for Oncology camp will be seen by Oncology team of Doctors like Dr. Raviraj, Dr. Tanvir Maksud, Dr. Nilesh Mahale and Dr. Vikram Lotwala. We request your presence in large number. This our small effort for service to society .

Wings Hospital, Surat is organising a Obesity, Diabetes and Hypertension screening camp on Sunday, 18 Dec 2011. Please let your family and friends know about it. The timings are 10 am - 2pm. Dr Vikram Lotwala ( Bariatric Surgeon ), Dr Nilay Desai ( Physician) and Sakshi Kochar ( Nutritionist ) will be seeing the patients. Patients will informed regarding the possibilities and complications of these disease. Tips will be given to patients regarding control of hypertension, diabetes and Obesity. Diet councilling will be done for patients by our dietician Sakshi Kochar. These is a totally free camp and done for general awareness for the society about these chronic and dreaded disease.

by Ken Murray Years ago, Charlie, a highly respected orthopedist and a mentor of mine, found a lump in his stomach. He had a surgeon explore the area, and the diagnosis was pancreatic cancer. This surgeon was one of the best in the country. He had even invented a new procedure for this exact cancer that could triple a patient’s five-year-survival odds—from 5 percent to 15 percent—albeit with a poor quality of life. Charlie was uninterested. He went home the next day, closed his practice, and never set foot in a hospital again. He focused on spending time with family and feeling as good as possible. Several months later, he died at home. He got no chemotherapy, radiation, or surgical treatment. Medicare didn’t spend much on him. It’s not a frequent topic of discussion, but doctors die, too. And they don’t die like the rest of us. What’s unusual about them is not how much treatment they get compared to most Americans, but how little. For all the time they spend fe...

Suryanamaskar can do to your body what months of dieting cannot. And it can do to your mind what no spiritual discourse can. Not surprising, the world is going crackers over this ancient yogic tradition of worshipping the rising sun. What with the likes of Jennifer Aniston, Victoria Beckham and Kareena Kapoor endorsing it over gym workouts and bizarre diets. From improving your posture, strengthening muscles to whittling extra inches around the waist, the benefits of Suryanamaskar are many, provided you adapt it the right way. A set of 12 fixed, cyclic postures define Suryanamaskar which when performed repeatedly at an easy pace can bring a sense of well being, almost immediately. However, those with a heart condition, arthritis or slip-disk, need their doctor's consent before starting the routine. Suryanamaskar's surging popularity notwithstanding, jumpstarting a schedule is most definitely not the best thing to do for a fitness novice. If you have been gra...

Self-confidence is a product of what we believe in and what we actively set out to achieve. In modern day living, this can mean many things - physical confidence being one of them. Exercise is an important tool that helps us achieve this physical confidence. Beyond the postural imbalances, muscle tensions and day-to-day energy demands, the ability to be physically available to your day's requirements is crucial. Today, we're looking at some important benefits of exercise with respect to physical confidence and how it can go a much longer way than any retail therapy your heart can desire... With expert inputs from Dr. Pulkit Sharma, Clinical Psychologist and Psychoanalytical Therapist at VIMHANS Hospital, Delhi. Feeling confident in a rational and realistic manner is a sound safeguard against several physical, mental and emotional problems. Let us give you a low down of the top 10 ways in which exercise boosts confidence: Sense of Achievement: Whenever you exerc...

Image via Wikipedia Who minds losing their extra bulge with just a surgery, when all you think that's needed is some money, a day's time and an obsession with weight loss? But have you considered the actual details and repercussions of such surgical treatments? What is Liposuction? Liposuction is a cosmetic procedure used to contour the body by removing fat cells from specific body parts prone to stubborn bulges like abdomen, hips, thighs, back, knees, buttocks, upper arms and male breasts. Fat distribution patterns in the body are determined by factors like genetics, age and lifestyle. Sometimes diet and exercise may be ineffective in getting rid of these stubborn fat deposits and bulges. Liposuction is considered to be the safest and most effective surgical way to rid the body of these fat cells. How does the procedure work? To contour the body and remove the fat cells from under the skin’s layer the surgeon uses a small instrument called a cannula. He dir...

Weight loss after bariatric surgery improves patients' cardiovascular risk profile, a systematic review of the medical literature confirms. "The bariatric community has recognized the remarkable metabolic benefits of weight loss surgery for several years, so we were not too surprised by the findings reported in this study," said lead investigator Dr. Helen M. Heneghan in an email to Reuters Health. "However, these findings may surprise cardiologists and physicians who treat obese patients for weight-related illnesses on a daily basis, yet are less familiar with the dramatic metabolic effects of bariatric surgery." Dr. Heneghan, from Ohio's Cleveland Clinic, and colleagues reviewed 52 studies involving 16,867 patients who had bariatric procedures. Weight loss after bariatric surgery averaged 52% of excess weight, according to a report of their findings published online August 30th in the American Journal of Cardiology. E...