Oral Health: Essential for Children to the Elderly In Nepal, oral cancer is more common in men over 50 years of age, and smoking is the main cause, and new cases have increased by 35.71 percent. 'In today's busy lifestyle, not all of us are able to keep our mouths healthy, which directly affects our overall physical health. Therefore, a healthy mouth is a healthy life.' The slogan of World Oral Health Day 2026 is 'A Happy Mouth is a Happy Life'. Due to their damaged teeth, they are afraid and hesitant to speak or laugh in front of a crowd of people. This also affects their mental health. On the other hand, they feel inferior and consider themselves weak. There are many problems that arise from not keeping their mouths healthy. Nowadays, various types of problems are seen in the teeth of young children to the elderly. Dental problems and pain also affect a person's eating and sleeping habits, which negatively affects their overall physical health. Today, abou...
Why and when to vaccinate a child? Vaccination is an effective achievement of medical science. Vaccination is done to protect the body from any possible disease that may occur in the future. Vaccination protects against possible future diseases. Vaccination is done by injecting the dead or weakened bacteria of the related disease into the human body. White blood cells are activated to produce disease-fighting antibodies. Especially the immune system of newborns is very weak. So they can suffer from even minor diseases. Therefore, they are vaccinated against some diseases that may occur. In particular, to keep children healthy, to protect them from disability, and to prevent them from getting serious diseases, they should complete the set amount of vaccinations. Age-wise vaccination schedule has also been prepared for newborns. In this case, first-time parents should know which vaccines are available for newborns in Nepal and when to administer them. Why wear it? After the child is...