Words: Kate WHITING Exercise is proven to keep us fit and healthy as we age — reducing our risk of dementia and boosting our immune systems. But more than half of us feel they’re not playing enough sport, according to a new global survey of exercise trends. IPSOS asked more than 21,000 adults from 29
Dr ANUPAMA K N responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire. Why and how did you think of becoming a doctor? I grew up admiring one of my close relatives, a doctor — right from my childhood days. This instilled in me a cogent feeling that I’d also, in like manner, save lives and help people in illness,
Raveena TANDON-THADANI on beauty, fitness, health and wellness. Your view on beauty? I believe in all things natural — including our inner and outer beauty. It’s sad that some of us in India are not ‘gung-ho’ until the West recognises, or patronises, something. In other words, we don’t appreciate what we have. The same thing
Words: Dr Vasantha Lakshmi MUTNURI Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of medicine, emphasises on the importance of food, its benefits in the maintenance of health, and also its usage as medicine, or therapeutics. Ayurveda has also described many dietary supplements in various contexts, e.g., dinacharya [daily regimen] and ritucharya [seasonal regimen]. The modern nutraceutical
Words: Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Picture this. When something goes wrong, somewhere, or when someone does not meet, or live up to our belief and/or fails to fulfil our trust and confidence. The parallels have one common thread running through — disappointment. Disappointments can occur at any point in time — age, or maturity, being no bar.
Words: Dr Georgi GARDINER What is love? Could those feelings you label as love be something else? What about infatuation? Obsession? A passing fancy? Being smitten? Enthrallment? Beguilement? Lust? A crush? A squish? Platonic admiration? Why do people categorise some attachments as romantic love, but not others? Suppose Holly meets someone on vacation. They quickly become
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR The Chinese, the good, old wise folk from the Orient, have created a perestroika of sorts. They have begun to use acupuncture treatment to cure stroke victims, among other conditions. The big question. What makes needle therapy so unique, effective and, sometimes, an awe to modern scientific thought? Wait a moment.
Words: Dr Ryan N HARRISON What’s smaller than most prescription medication pills but powerful enough to relieve constipation, clear up digestive problems, banish joint pains, fight heart disease, help prevent cancer and heal inflammation? Why, that would be the seed of the Linum usitatissimum plant, much more commonly known as flaxseed. The origin of the
Words: Dr Barbara ETCOVITCH Homeopathy provides a number of useful remedies to treat convulsions [fits]. As with all conditions treated by its remedies, success depends on the careful matching of the symptoms the remedies can produce in the ‘provings’ on healthy individuals to those of the individual presenting with the complaint. The following describes Stramonium,
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Sadness and other negative feelings are all normal reactions to a serious loss and/or tragic event. Also, everyone suffers, now and then, from a mild case of ‘blues.’ Medical research says that there may be a biochemical foundation to such responses. Or, depression, the topic in question, may be ‘biologically- or
