Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Psoriasis is a chronic progressive inflammatory disorder of the skin. Its aetiology, or cause, is obscure. Some researchers testify to its genetic predisposition. They reckon that psoriasis often tends to run in families. They also note that if both parents are affected, their offspring has a 60 per cent chance of
Ranbir KAPOOR on beauty, health, fitness and wellness. Ranbir Kapoor, the much-adored, handsome Bollywood star, and one of its finest actors today, is as popular among youth, thanks to his lean, yet muscular physique, as Rohit ‘Hitman’ Sharma is with his blazing willow. While acting ‘runs’ in Kapoor’s veins — the star-son of Rishi Kapoor and
Dr Sachin DESHMUKH responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire: Why and how did you think of becoming a doctor? I’ve always had that archetypal ‘inner calling’ to be a doctor, or physician, and helping and serving people, from my formative years. Health and happiness are the two sides of the same coin to leading a healthy, happy
Words: Dr Narayan C DESHPANDE Wear a mask always. Keep social distance. Wash your hands thoroughly with soap, or sanitiser. All these instructions to avoid COVID-19, a solemn question in point today, are not new. My good old granny was fastidious to a fault, so to speak, about washing hands with soap, as soon as
Words: Jawahar NIDAMBOOR Make resolutions by all means, but make sure they are not always New Year resolutions… Well, that you’ve now made your resolve, or resolution — go ahead. This could be losing weight, giving up a bad habit, or streamlining things at home, or the workplace. Before you do anything, just check your
Words: Paribha VASHIST A question has intrigued philosophers since the dawn of time, “What constitutes a ‘good life’?” Socrates and Plato emphasised on righteousness and moral ethics. While Epicurus believed that experiencing pleasure was tantamount to being happy, Aristotle proposed a ‘middle path’ that integrated moral values with material well-being. For Aristotle, a good life
Words: Galen WATTS Contemporary self-help teachings are attractive because they assure us that we are the makers of our own destiny. They preach that we have within us the power to change our lives for the better, even to make ourselves anew. Self-help leaders, from Tony Robbins to spiritual gurus like Robin Sharma and Deepak Chopra, ask
Words: Dr Richard FIRSHEIN Selenium and N-acetylcysteine [NAC] help the body produce glutathione, one of the most powerful free-radical fighters produced by the body. Glutathione is crucial in protecting the body from destructive by-products of many chronic illnesses, including asthma. It is found throughout the body but in higher levels in the lungs and the
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR It’s rightly said that ingrained, or habitual, responses activate our feelings. This holds good for our unanswered emotional patterns too. In other words, we are innately hooked to emote feelings that emerge before and after a situation. You and I can actually modify, or alter, any given or not given opinion,
Words: Dr Barbara ETCOVITCH The treatment of illnesses through homeopathy is a unique adventure that encompasses the totality of the patient’s mental, emotional and physical symptoms from the past and present as well the unique inheritance of the patient presented in miasms, through ancestral traumas and by the predisposing factors, aetiology [causes], triggers etc. The
