Words: Dr Deborah OLENEV When you think of meditation what comes to your mind’s eye is the image of Buddha showing him sitting cross-legged, or in lotus position on a lotus flower, his hands laying one on top of another with the thumbs touching his lap, his eyes half-closed gazing downwards, his back straight, with a serene
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Homeopathy places a natural ‘firewall’ within our systems. It makes us better equipped to fend intruders, or beat them naturally, without the fear of unwanted ripple-, or side-effects, in our system. Homeopathy suggests that bacteria, or viruses, are not, in actuality, the only cause of disease, or illness. Such microorganisms actually
Malaika ARORA on beauty, fitness, health and wellness. Your view of beauty? Beauty, to me, is beauty and wellness from the inside out — as also inner and outer care. Not what people think from the outside. The whole idea is also not what others think of you, but what you think and express about
Dr Subhash DHIWARE responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire. Why and how did you think of becoming a doctor? I grew up in a tiny hamlet. My beginnings were understandably humble. I remember vividly — whenever a doctor was called, they would come by ‘tonga,’ the horse-drawn cart. The doctor would be the only person who
Words: Dr Naveen Kumar BOGGARAPU PJ [23], a livewire business associate in a top company, was always in a rush; she would eat a quick breakfast, while watching TV, just before driving to work. She had nasal allergy; her nasal discharge smelled really bad. It resembled chewing gum too; it was sinewy. She depended on
Words: Dr Ramakrishna V HOSUR Modern biology and medicine, in the context of healthcare, can be summarily described as the study of interconnections among Genome-Transcriptome-Proteome-Metabolome, in that trickle down the order, in any given species. Research in the four areas may be collectively termed as ‘OMICS’ research. Diseases are analysed in terms of disturbances in
Words: Dr RAJGOPAL Nidamboor June 21: International Day of Yoga. Yoga, the ancient Indian form of health and well-being, is defined as a sense of balance. Yoga works on four planes: physical, physiological, psychological, and spiritual. When you practice yoga, you not only understand the lessons of the past, you will also be able to
Dr Christine LASCHKOLNIG responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire: Why and how did you think of becoming a doctor? Medicine connects two important and fascinating parts for me: science and encounters with human beings. Also, accompanying people on their way, or journey, to a healthy life is deeply satisfying for me. What made you think of, study
Words: Dr Sanjeev RASTOGI & Prof Ram Harsh SINGH The SARS-CoV-2 [COVID-19] pandemic and strategies to containing it and adopted by various nations have invited a great debate vis-à-vis their respective successes, failures and/or underlying reasons. Science was seen as the great rescuer at the onset of the pandemic; it was believed that sooner, or
Words: Dr Ambika P NAYAK The middle years are the most productive time of one’s life, also career — so, no one would like to be troubled, especially with nagging health complaints, like a recurrent runny nose, or itch. When this happens, one reaches out pronto to anything with the label ‘medicine’ for quick relief
