Words: Kiron B SHENOY This is a reader’s story, or fan’s tribute — or, whatever you may deem fit to say. I’ve had a special connect with ThinkWellness360, not just because my soul brother, Dr [Raj] Nidamboor, is driving this beautiful, holistic e-mag towards its 50th issue, but also because of what it espouses, or
Words: Srikanth NAMPALLY It’s with great pleasure that I welcome you to the 50th issue of our publishing initiative, ThinkWellness360. ThinkWellness360 has been an exciting journey, also experience for us. The e-magazine, as you so well know, is keyed to promoting holistic health and wellness through complementary and alternative medicine [CAM]. First, the fundamentals. It’s
Words: Dr Loredana ORTIZ Multiple sclerosis [MS] is a debilitating disease. There are no quick answers for the malady, albeit nature knows best to ease the disorder — gently and also effectively. You gotcha it right — nutritional medicine is often handy to speeding up recovery time for MS patients. First things first. There’s a
Words: Dr Timothy R DOOLEY I did my residency training at Highland Hospital in Oakland, California, US, a trauma centre that serves a largely inner city population. In both medical school and residency, I found it best not to advertise my naturopathic background. Some people in medicine find it interesting, but many just can’t handle it.
Rupa MANEK responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire. Your view on beauty? Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder — a cliché, yes, but it’s one hundred per cent true, in reality. For me, beauty is a kind and warm heart — someone who is sensitive, respectful and spreads joy. Naturally. Nature is beautiful — I love the
Dr HARINAKSHI responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire. Why and how did you think of becoming a doctor? It’s my childhood desire — to serve people. So, what better than being a doctor? Yet, when I saw my mother, a nurse, work long hours, and with dedication, I was in a dilemma. I was also a tad
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Asthma comes from the Greek word, aazein, which means, “to exhale with open mouth; to gasp.” It is this typical feeling in asthma that makes its ‘victims’ run out of breath. Literally. Asthma is a psychosomatic disorder — it is triggered by allergens [allergy-causing substances], dysfunctional relationships and emotional, or psychological,
Words: Dr Deborah OLENEV What makes a sick person different from a healthy person, and how can people move from one side of the health equation to the other? This is truly a spiritual and temporal transformation encompassing every aspect of life. I have noticed that healthy people have a low tolerance for unhealthy things,
Hiren Kumar BOSE engages Dr Daniel J SIEGEL, PhD, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and author of Brainstorm, in an e-mail tête-à-tête, on the power and purpose of the teenage brain. HKB: What does brain science tell us about the teenage brain? DJS: The teenage brain is undergoing a period of ‘remodelling’ which consists of
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Mysticism is, essentially, a practice — with a host of meanings. There are as many frames to mysticism as there are leaves on the mulberry tree. Mysticism is also aesthetics. It is practical science, its expression from a classic transcendental point. This explains why the transcendental has often been referred to
