Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR The concept is as old as the hills. But, it’s also something that is new. As Jerry Lynch, a sports psychologist, and Chungliang Al Huang, a ta’i-chi master and expert calligrapher, explain in their ‘back-to-the-future’ standard for sporting excellence, Working Out, Working Within, which is, in essence, a premise on how
Dr Barbara ETCOVITCH responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire. Why and how did you think of becoming a doctor? This is a difficult question to answer because I don’t see myself as ‘doctor.’ I associate the word exclusively with conventional [allopathic] medicine. Homeopathy goes far beyond the realm of allopathy and is a true method of healing.
Words: Dr Manfred MUELLER This was a 52-year-old gentleman who had presented with kidney failure. His ‘creat’ levels were high, and there was albumin in the urine. There was also glucosuria. Decades ago, he had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and had been treated with multiple medications throughout his life. He spent several years in
Words: Drs Sidram GULED & Jyoti Sthoulya [obesity] is not only a disease; it is a phenotype, a disease manifestation, that is difficult for management. Patients of COVID-19, with associated obesity, to pick a recent example, had higher rates of hospital admission, need for oxygen, more ICU admissions and higher rates of mortality. When
Words: Dr Richard FIRSHEIN A strange thing happened in the late 1970s. An extract from hamburger was found to inhibit tumours in mice. In 1987, this extract was identified as conjugated linoleic acid [CLA]. CLA belongs to the omega-6 fatty acid family. After nearly thirty-five years of research on this ‘designer fat,’ we’ve found out
Dr Alka SHARMA responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire. Why and how did you think of becoming a doctor? I never ever wanted to be a doctor, but destiny has its ways — and, here I am, a doctor in her own right and write. What made you think of, study and specialise in the system
Anushka SHARMA on beauty, health, fitness and wellness. Anushka Sharma, the enormously charming and talented Indian film actress, producer and model, needs no introduction. She was first signed by Aditya Chopra for a three-film contract with Yash Raj Films. She made her acting debut in Chopra’s Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. It did not take
Words: Dr Rituraj SARMA Ayurveda addresses our mind, body, and spirit, with a holistic purport. It emphasises eating right to bring oneself into balance, as also exercising, breathing fully, reducing stress, sleeping well, besides using allied, or fundamental, concepts to keeping our body whole, harmonious, balanced, and healthy. Food is medicine in Ayurveda tenets. Food
Words: Drs Olga KOKSHAGINA & Sabrina SCHNEIDER When it arrived en masse for the COVID pandemic, remote working was hailed as an arrangement that boosted work-life balance and slashed commuter-related misery and pollution. But it would appear its golden days are over. Back To The Office Investment banker Goldman Sachs now requires employees to be at
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR The COVID-19 storm brought the good, old turmeric to the fore — as a potent immune-booster and also as a possible preventative and therapeutic remedy. Turmeric [Curcuma longa] has been used for ages in Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine [TCM] as an anti-inflammatory agent and digestive remedy. It has also been
