Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR When a woman stops having menstrual periods, permanently, she is said to have reached a stage of life called menopause. Menopause is also called as ‘change of life;’ it signals the end of a woman’s ability to have children. The use of the term menopause, as a norm, refers to the
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Hot summer days, as the World Economic Forum articulates, are associated with a higher risk of a number of other conditions that are not typically thought to be heat-related, such as kidney problems, skin infections and pre-term birth among pregnant women. In fact, heatstroke, heat exhaustion and dehydration account for a
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Q: A friend of mine has been taking nutritional supplements for his joint and allied issues. He avers that they have helped him greatly. He suggested MSM for me — to addressing my wrist-related issue, or carpal tunnel syndrome. Please fill me with what’s MSM all about — to help me
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR A person in good health and optimal well-being is apparently in a state of homeostasis. This is a harmonious state. It mirrors our ability to maintain reasonably constant metabolic activity, notwithstanding zillions of incessant goings-on within the body. Such functions are, of course, part of the normal physiological process — internal,
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Our mind is just not limited to subjective and objective feelings. It is also not just the seat of intelligence. It loves amusement as much as rest, juxtaposed by habitual periods of activity. Get the point? People, especially night workers, who deprive themselves of adequate sleep show signs akin to psychosis.
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Creativity is the state, or quality, of being creative. It does not necessarily mean anything that is absolutely new. All you need to do is just think it through. Creativity is also a process of finding new ways to combining old ideas — moulding, manoeuvring, and synthesising them with purpose. In
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR The philosopher Aristotle eulogised, that, “Just as you ought not to attempt to use eyes without head or head without body, so you should not treat body without soul.” The Roman poet Virgil, likewise, postulated that ‘mind moves matter’ — a postulate that ancient Eastern philosophers and physicians emphasised upon and
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Anxiety, in simple terms, is related to changes that occur in the body when the mind sees a threat, or challenge. The threat can be real, or imaginary — also, most changes that occur in the body, are primarily due to anxiety, or stressful disquiet. They are caused by the release
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR There is a definitive reason why chronic illnesses are so rampant in our culture. A major factor, for one, is conventional medicine provides suppressive treatment and transforms acute diseases, at times, into chronic illnesses. We all seem to belong to a chronically ill and weak society. Children, in particular, are becoming
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR A calm mind in a serene body expresses wisdom; it also celebrates seasoned experience. Call it the outcome of a long, painstaking effort in self-control — or, a life filled with awareness. It sure makes you what you are, or what you want to be. It connects you to a heightened
