Nutraceuticals: Should patients not be told or an unnecessary financial burden? With the expansion of the market for nutraceuticals and dietary supplements in Nepal , debates have increased about their registration, quality, price, recommendation, and sales and distribution. A patient goes to the hospital with general weakness, fatigue, or body aches. After an examination, the doctor recommends vitamins, minerals, omega-3, probiotics, or other supplements along with medicine. When it comes time to pay the bill for the medicine at the pharmacy, patients are shocked. Supplements are actually very expensive. And the question arises in their minds – are all these medicines not to be taken? The market for nutraceuticals and dietary supplements is expanding in Nepal. There is a constant debate about their use, registration, quality, price, medical recommendation, and sales and distribution. This raises the main question – are nutraceuticals a real need of patients or not? What are nutra...
Why is sex and reproductive education important for adolescents? Many adolescents are afraid of where to go, how to get services, whether there will be confidentiality, and whether their families will find out Why is sex and reproductive education important for adolescents? 16-year-old Sandhya Rai had consensual sex and was forced to have an unsafe abortion after becoming pregnant. Unwanted pregnancies and health problems are increasing due to lack of access to sex education and reproductive health services for adolescents in Nepal. 16-year-old ‘Sandhya Rai’ (name changed) was a 10th grader. She fell in love with a young man in grade 11 at the same school she attended. Both dreamed of getting married after completing their studies. One day, they went to Nagarkot to celebrate the young man’s birthday and stayed there. They had consensual sex. A few months later, Sandhya realized that her menstruation had stopped. After she told her mother, a test was done at the hospital. She was ...