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Lybrate has initiated a mission to put a check on self-medication with its "Question and Answer" platform. People can now ask their health-related issues to trusted doctors for free and get multiple opinions right on their smartphones. Not just that, people can also pick any of the 50,000+ doctors on Lybrate and initiate private conversation for a medical advice.

Dr. Nutan Agarwal, Professor at Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at Delhi's AIIMS shares about IVF and rise of infertility in India and talks about being a woman doctor, in an interview with Lybrate.

Women make ways where none exist. Dr Kiran Arora, a reputed IVF Consultant and OBS/GYN from Gurgaon shares with Lybrate about PCOS disorder as well as the the challenges of being a woman doctor. Polycystic ovarian syndrome, or PCOS, is a medical condition which there is an imbalance of hormones. The sex hormones estrogen and progesterone gets out of balance. The imbalance leads to growth of ovarian cysts. The condition usually cause problems with a woman's menstrual cycle, fertility, cardiac function, and physical appearance.

Finding a doctor online isn't as easy as it sounds. This blog describes 3 things to keep in mind while searching for a trusted doctor online.

Discarding 5 Cancer myths by creating awareness to mark World Cancer Day.

There are too many risks involved in self medication, esp when it turns out to be irresponsible self-medication. These risks arise out of the fact that most of us are not specialised in medicine. While we may go by what we feel is right for us, there are many subtleties involved in arriving at the right diagnosis of any problem. Most health issues come with similar symptoms but turn out into something we might not even imagine. Here are 9 potential risks arising out of self-medication practices.

Patients today rely on internet searches for medical problems. Here is a doctor's perspective on the Self Medication.

Gum diseases are a common problem in India and have as many causes as the effects. Gum problems primarily happen due to prolonged ignorance of dental hygiene. While most dental problems like tooth ache, tooth decay, bad breath are starting points, gum problems usually indicate worse oral conditions. So if you see swollen gums, bleeding gums, or loose teeth, you must ask a dentist to know if it is Gum Disease.

Patients these days checkout their own symptoms on the web, see medications and more often than not go for self medication. It is best that doctors be where patients are and adopt Virtual Practice - It benefits both in more ways than either can imagine!

Having AIDS is not the end of the road. Find out how to live with AIDS and not let it affect the life after AIDS.

Prevention in Swine Flu case is certainly better than cure, lets understand how little it takes to prevent from getting infected. Here are some very simple tips, that can be practised to safeguard ourselves against the deadly H1N1B virus.

Swine Flu will not kill you! It is flu after all. Thats right it gets you for a term of 5-7 day or at times more, when infected just like any other viral flu. However, with ample rest and care the symptoms ease off, even without medicines. The problem arises when patients with weaker immune system get severe infection and develop secondary complications like lung infection or get existing chronic conditions aggravated.