Fear not Operation for most of us is a bad word. The minute a doctor informs you that you need a surgery, the fear of being cut is so acute, sometimes more than the illness that prompted it. Chandrakant Parchure an employee with the LIC has spoken to four doctors from the city and complied their advice into a Marathi book, Operation Chi Bhiti Kashala? (Why fear operations?). Drs Suresh Patankar, Nitin Bhagli, Dilip Kiyawat and Manisha Bhagli have provided the inputs for this book that promises to clear several misconceptions about surgeries.

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Seems like writing about medical ailments is fast gaining ground. Another booklet in Marathi is out. Written by Shrikant Mundada, this booklet deals with high blood pressure and heart disease. As our lifestyles get more complicated, with large doses of stress, heart disease and blood pressure are fast becoming the number one killers. The booklet discusses the stress factors, lack of exercise and faulty eating habits and their relevance to heart disease. It also has tips from doctors, H.V. Sardesai, Abhijeet Vaidya, Saroj Sahasrabudhdhe and Suhas Erande on high blood pressure among the young, B.P. and heart disease and tips on what to do in case one actually gets a heart attack. After all getting informed is the first step towards good health.