Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Dermatitis is a broad expression. It covers different disorders, with one main presentation — a red, tickly rash. The term, eczema, is sometimes used for dermatitis. While some types of dermatitis affect only specific parts of the body, there are others that can present themselves anywhere. Some forms of dermatitis have
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR All of us are born with our own likes, dislikes, interests, prejudices, and talents. We all differ from each other. No two individuals are alike — each carries their own unique identities, as distinct as their fingerprint. If one of them visualises leisure on the sun-baked beaches in the Caribbean, another
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Millions of people worldwide are subject to some form of disease. Besides, millions today have developed a ‘weakness’ to gulping down tranquillisers and sleeping pills, anti-arthritic drugs, antacids, and beta-blockers for high blood pressure, a common malady. In the same breath, one could also relate to the growing incidence of diabetes
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Change is a given. It is difficult to live if we don’t accept change. More so, because change is a constant. Change often comes to us without notice, or clue. But, it pays to be constantly prepared to deal with change… when change arrives… with change. It is a timeless aphorism.
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR It is ironical that enough is not just enough for our information surfeit — that is a part of the frenetic pace of change, where you are living your life, or career, at excess speed. You have two options to be, or not to be — either fasten your seat belt
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Osteoarthritis [OA] is a degenerative disorder. It affects millions of people worldwide — it’s seemingly more common than heart disease and diabetes. Call it a paradox, or what you may, one major fact remains — OA is only going to expand in its intensity and also get firmly rooted in one’s
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR You have been doing your exercise for improved, or better, cardiac health for a while, or for a long period of time. It is possible, therefore, that familiarity with your fitness routine may have brought in a dose of boredom into your regular exercise plan. You may have also asked yourself:
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Most of us have an uncanny knack for holding things back. From emotions to gadgets that we don’t use. We hold back even when we don’t want to — knowing fully well that we aren’t doing the right thing. You may call this ‘being stuck’ on the threshold of emotional release
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR We all go through life like waves over matter, or slow, measured upsurges — a form of precise, or inventive, transformation. This is part of our time and space continuum. It defines us and contextualises our existence — of who we are, as self-regulating, independent entities, with each of us being
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Question: Heart disease seems to run in my family. Please let me know the basics and also what I can do to ‘prevent’ the disease, if possible. — S K, Bengaluru Answer: A host of risk factors plays a major role in the development of heart disease. For example: cigarette smoking,
