Words: Dr Sharayu S GAJAPURE & Dr Omprakash GULHANE Lifestyle diseases occur primarily due to our skewed daily habits and inappropriate relationship with our environment. The key factors contributing to lifestyle diseases include bad food habits, physical inactivity and disturbed biological clock. This is why a healthy lifestyle ought to be adopted with a balanced
Dr Sandra GOODMAN responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire: Why and how did you think of becoming a doctor? As a child growing up, in Canada, in the 1950s and 1960s, I was horrified at scenes of starving children in Biafra, as also of the bloody consequences of wars. Added to these was the active encouragement from
Paribha VASHIST responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire: Your view on beauty? Beauty is about manifesting an inner ‘glow.’ It’s about radiating an aura that draws people towards you. This charisma only comes when we evolve our higher consciousness by being open to pluralities of opinion and by embracing new perspectives, including the ones that we may
Words: Dr Richard FIRSHEIN The sun bathes the world in golden warmth, the flowers bloom in vibrant reds and violets, the birds sing a sweet song — and, you’re too busy sneezing and rubbing your itchy eyes instead of enjoying nature. Sounds familiar? This is the ‘rote’ of spring for over 20 million Americans and
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Consciousness, as we all know, or deem to discern, is primarily the equivalent connotation of our mind. While purists may not agree with the idea, because it sounds far too generalised, narrow, or ‘broad’ in a limited sense, depending upon which area you would want to be identified with — the
Words: Mukesh SHARMA Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder. Statistics suggests that there may be 451 million individuals with diabetes worldwide, at this point in time, and approximately five million diabetes-related deaths. Patients with diabetes are at increased risk for pedal ulceration, primarily because of microvascular, neuropathic, and biomechanical changes to the foot. Neuropathic changes
Words: Anamika KUMAR For a happy-go-lucky girl, who was fond of being a ‘tomboy’ and prankster of the top draw, I was diagnosed with Stage-I, or early, cancer of the ovary at age 23. The disease, I was told, was fortuitously limited to a small area. But, the word, ‘cancer,’ came like a wicked shock.
Words: Dr Paul CALLINAN Ask a pharmacologist about the biological effects of very low concentrations of common substances on living organisms and the answer will be that there is typically very little, or zero, response. Ask for some theoretical backup, and in short order you will find yourself confronted by one of the pharmacological tools
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Obesity has a negative impact on one’s confidence, or self-esteem, and productivity, aside from its deleterious effects on one’s health and well-being. A London-based institute reports that more than a third of all adults around the world today were, in fact, obese, or overweight. A long-term study illustrates that between 1980
Words: Dr Manfred MUELLER With Dr Debby BRUCK First, the big question. How safe is the menopausal medication oestrogen, the most widely prescribed drug in the US? Answers may be years away, and yet 1.3 million+ American women who enter menopause each year must decide whether it outweighs possible links to cancer and other illnesses.
