Words: Dr Joette CALABRESE The first time I witnessed a panic attack was in a young mother after she had taken a conventional medicine for pinworms. Within minutes of taking a dose of this drug, which was essentially a pesticide, Paula flew into a surge of physical and mental restlessness. She described it like this:
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR We all have enough time each day to get everything done — whatever one’s perimeter of thought, or view. The only thing is many of us don’t seem to make use of time fittingly. This is reason enough why we feel frustrated while taking stock of our respective ‘to-do’ checklist —
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR It is simple; it is complex; it is also, at times, prickly. You guessed it right — our life is like the seasons. Yet, in the midst of happiness, or chaos, it is as exciting as a nail-biting Twenty20 cricket match. It seems like everything in life is happening at the
Dr Amber GWYNNE For millions of readers around the world, self-help books offer a discreet, affordable way to access an array of psychological insights and therapeutic techniques. Take a moment to browse your local bookshop, or department store, and you’ll find books addressing everything from shyness and burnout to worry, weight loss and ‘the common cold of
Words: SciELO/Brazil Homeopathy was founded in 1796 by the German physician Dr Samuel Hahnemann, MD. It is an integrative medical practice that uses a clinical approach based on four heterodox and complementary scientific assumptions [principle of therapeutic similarity, homeopathic pathogenetic experimentation, use of individualised medicines and in dynamised doses], with the aim to awaken a
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR We ‘age’ the moment we are born. It is not that we begin to ‘grow old’ soon after we ‘come of age’ on planet earth. The fact is everyone ages slowly, or insidiously, or more quickly than the others, owing to illness — a poignant upshot. It begins at birth; it
Words: Dr Ryan N HARRISON Vitamin D has been getting a lot of press lately. A Google search of the term ‘vitamin D benefits’ yields a whopping number of results. This means it is obviously something that people are interested in, are looking into, and are talking about. In fact, William Faloon of the Life
Words: Dr Deborah OLENEV Symphytum officinale, a homeopathic first aid remedy, is also known as common comphrey, knitbone and bone-set in herbal medicine. The latter names precisely describe its sphere of genius, the mending of broken bones, and the treatment of bone diseases, ranging from inflammation of the bones, or osteitis, to cancers of the bones,
Yogurt is the result of milk that has been fermented and coagulated. Its inception, probably by accident, was thought to be around 4,000 years ago when nomadic Balkan tribes stumbled on the process as a way of preserving milk. In this age-old process, milk is left at 1100F for several hours to be invaded by
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR “Good hair speaks louder than words.” — Anonymous Hair loss is not just a cosmetic problem; it is actually a medical disorder. It not only affects one’s self-confidence, it can also ‘hijack’ one’s career. Research suggests that people with hair loss don’t get promotions on time. Studies suggest that certain cells [stem
