Words: Dr Namitha RAJENDRAN P C Most folks tend to be secretive about their so-called ‘awkward’ health issues. The more embarrassing the health problem, the more their reticence, or being on guard. Haemorrhoids, or piles, is one such malady. Well, one thing is clear. The more one is aware of the condition, the better equipped
Words: Dr Robert KALADISH December was mild for a Toronto winter, but the steel grey skies were familiar. Janey, my receptionist, handed me the intake form indicative of a new patient waiting to begin our 2-hour initial visit. On reviewing the form and seeing the reason for the visit to be a peripheral neuropathy with
Words: Alan JONES When you are selling yourself on paper to achieve job meetings, humility has little, or no role, to play. But during the meeting it can play an important part as you may sometimes need to sell it. Most buyers [employers] like to feel that they are getting somewhere. They expect to be
Words: James CORBYN, Jr How often do you have me-time? Practice shows it is vital to spend time alone regularly. Having me-time several times a week boosts your productivity, inspires, and simply recharges your energy and motivation. Make Time For Me-Time: Who Needs It & How To Spend It In a world where we juggle
Words: Dr Olivia REMES Loneliness is a common condition affecting around one in three adults. It damages your brain, immune system, and can lead to depression and suicide. Loneliness can also increase your risk of dying prematurely as much as smoking can — and, even more so than obesity. If you feel lonely, you tend to
Words: Henrik von WEHRDEN and Katharina KIRN Mindfulness is a concept with diverse facets. In principle, it aims at clearing your mind to be in the here and now, independent of the normative assumptions that typically form our train of thought. Most people that practice mindfulness have a routine and regular rhythm, and often follow one of the several
Words: Dr Richard FIRSHEIN Many news journalists will tell you that their job is their life. Hopping from story to story, from scandal to scoop, leaves little time for romance, or family — not to mention eating, or sleeping. Steve was the highly paid, highly acclaimed, highly stressed producer of a popular New York TV
Words: Dr Barbara ETCOVITCH Homeopathic remedies can be derived from many diverse sources on and outside of our planet. We have medicines made from the plant, mineral and animal kingdoms, the imponderables created from sources, such as sunlight and moonlight, and remedies based from excretions of all kinds. Homeopathy addresses the total symptom-picture, which includes
Palak AGARWAL responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire. Your view on beauty? Real beauty is what you are; it is not what you aren’t. All of us are splashed with certain labels, right from our childhood, for all the wrong reasons — too thin, or fat, ugly, too fair, too dark, too short, too pimply, hairy, or
Dr Geeta DESHMUKH responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire. Why and how did you think of becoming a doctor? I thought it was the best way that I’d serve society and the community — as a whole. What made you think of, study and specialise in the system of medicine you now practice? My parents and grandparents
