Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Most of us have an uncanny knack for holding things back. From emotions to gadgets that we don’t use. We hold back even when we don’t want to — knowing fully well that we aren’t doing the right thing. You may call this ‘being stuck’ on the threshold of emotional release
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR We all go through life like waves over matter, or slow, measured upsurges — a form of precise, or inventive, transformation. This is part of our time and space continuum. It defines us and contextualises our existence — of who we are, as self-regulating, independent entities, with each of us being
Words: Dr Deborah Olenev About half of the people reading this article will have received their vaccinations, and god willing, everyone is responding well and not having any adverse reactions, or side-effects. Most of the people I meet seem to be doing fine after the COVID-19 vax shots. A few people, however, are having some
Words: Dr Naveen Kumar BOGGARAPU AR [59] presented with palmoplantar psoriasis, a condition that had stayed put for 5-6 years. He complained of severe itching, dryness, scaling with deep cracks in the affected areas. He had taken conventional treatment, but it had only [in his words] provided transitory respite. His symptoms, he reported, occurred the moment
Madhurima GOSWAMI responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire: Your view on beauty? I strongly believe in Audrey ‘My Fair Lady’ Hepburn’s timeless aphorism, “The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes,
Dr Pravin N MHATRE responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire: Why and how did you think of becoming a doctor? I had, right from my formative years, a fascination for the human body, and its myriad intricate mechanisms that work with amazing symmetry, also synchrony. Its basic science, or understanding, from the inside out, was of equal interest
Words: Paribha VASHIST It is a possibility. Your child may be in a desolate state most of the time, or they may be hesitating to openly share their feelings. This reticent behaviour may be indicative of poor mental health — but, bullying could be the potential cause. Bullying is not new. It has been in
Words: Jawahar NIDAMBOOR The spurt in holistic therapies, not to speak of their growing influence, has brought to the fore a vital component: the rehumanising of medicine. Though there’s still a long way to go before this primaeval idea becomes reality, the blueprint is, in its entirety, totally contemporary, thanks to the sound, the image,
Words: Dr Chaithra S RAO Indian pennywort is a famed memory enhancer, a delectable culinary herb and a doctor’s ‘good bet’ in treating neurological disorders. It is colloquially as popular as Brahmi, which is technically and authentically a different herb with similar qualities. Its botanical name is Centella asiatica. It is known as Gotu kola
Words: Dr Ambika P NAYAK This is a verse from Maharshi Charaka — you may think of it as our best prescription for today and tomorrow. Yogaadapi visham teekshnam uttamam bheshajam bhaveth | Bheshajam chaapi duryuktam teekshnam sampadyate visham || There is a timeless wisdom in these lines. It throws light on the importance of
