Words: Dr Lara B AKNIN, Dr Gillian SANDSTROM & Kristina CASTANETO Millions of Canadians are lonely. This is worrisome because loneliness, defined by the World Health Organization as “the social pain of not feeling connected,” predicts both lower mental and physical health. Research shows that lacking a sense of social connection can pose an equivalent health risk
Words: Consumer NOTICE.ORG Roundup, a widely-known herbicide, owes its potency to its active ingredient, glyphosate. This non-selective weed killer targets and eradicates most plants within days, or weeks, making it a staple in both large-scale agriculture and household gardening. Despite its widespread use, glyphosate has come under intense scrutiny for its potential health risks, particularly
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR We all know what anger is. We have all felt it, more or less, on a regular basis, whether as a definitive, or fleeting, embodiment of annoyance, or as full-fledged rage. Anger is, in précis, a normal phenomenon. It is also a healthy human emotion. It becomes a dilemma, a difficult-to-handle
Words: Dr Richard FIRSHEIN Fred Reynolds [32] was new to New York from the sunny state of South Carolina, US. Although he had moved up north for a glitzy job as the photo-editor of a famous men’s magazine, the exciting career move did nothing to incite in him a love for the Big Apple. He
Atmantan, a truly transformative, internationally acclaimed wellness centre and clinic, resides atop a natural, also unique, crystal hill that lends subtly therapeutic, or healing, frequencies. Atmantan spans 42 acres of lush Sahyadri, overlooking the pristine Mulshi Lake, proximate to Pune. You’d resonate with Atmantan as the holistic amalgamation of the atma [soul], mana [mind] and
Words: Dr Joette CALABRESE Caulophyllum thalictroides. Two big Latin words that are all about labour. Years ago, when I was a classical homeopath, I was trained to find the similimum — the one homeopathic medicine covering almost everything important in the case — and, use it once, or twice within a 24-hour period. And, that’s it.
Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 The banana is an elongated, curved, tropical fruit with a smooth outer skin that peels off easily when the fruit is ripe. Bananas are harvested while still green, but they may be ripened under controlled conditions before being delivered to the grocery store. Yellow bananas are fully ripe when the skin has
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Depression is no pleasant feeling, much less an agreeable expression. It affects millions of people to varying degrees. It has a tendency, in a manner born, to ‘attack’ without a clear reason, albeit contemporary research supports the view that complex psychological, environmental and biochemical factors may trigger, or ‘engender,’ our initial
Anushka SHARMA on beauty, health, fitness and wellness. Anushka Sharma, the enormously charming and talented Indian film actress, producer and model, needs no introduction. She was first signed by Aditya Chopra for a three-film contract with Yash Raj Films. She made her acting debut in Chopra’s Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. It did not take
Dr Shalini KATOCH responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire. Why and how did you think of becoming a doctor? Well, I never thought of becoming doctor; it just came to me ever since I understood my being. I knew only one thing, from then on — that I just want to be a doctor, no matter how
