Since 2011, pulses, dry rotis and vegetable juices have replaced pizzas, burgers and colas in 31-year-old Nikalank Jain’s meal box.
Sahil Jha (name changed), 14, spent almost three hours every day on social networking websites and online gaming. When he was not chatting online, he would watch television shows and play virtual cricket on his playstation.
Last month, a Lokhandwala-based businessman shot himself in the head after being bedridden for more than six months on account of a gangrene on his foot.
Smoking kills, but most smokers still don’t know how. One in two Indian smokers isn’t aware that tobacco addiction can lead to stroke and 38% that it can cause heart disease.
The government is preparing to expand its healthcare net to cover every Indian. It’s making two laws — the Public Health Act and Clinical Establishment Act — to action this plan, which aims to provide essential health services to all citizens by 2017.
Chetan Chauhan reports.
Tobacco use is fuelling a cancer epidemic in India, making cancers of oral cavity (mouth) and lung the top two cancers in men. Sanchita Sharma reports.
A snapshot of the current thinking in medicine, fitness and lifestyle trends that impact your life
The only car I have ever lusted after was the Lotus Esprit S1 from the Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me. Roger Moore’s wonder-machine had front-mounted rocket launchers and morphed into a submarine underwater. The screen role did more for Esprit sales than anything Lotus had attempted to do before. The company spent £18,000 on the film, which caused sales to shoot up so dramatically that the waiting list for the car ran into 3 years. Sanchita Sharma reports.
High-frequency focused ultrasound is the new non-surgical option to treat fibroids in the womb, which affects one in five women under 55 years. Rhythma Kaul reports.
Doctors from various Delhi government hospitals were sensitised about celiac disease, a condition caused by gluten allergy that damages the lining of the small intestine, preventing it from absorbing certain nutrients, by the Celiac Society of Delhi on Sunday.
No contest, the brain is by far the most adaptable part of the human body. It’s play-doh like plasticity enables new learnings — some even to take over functions lost to accidents or age — till the day it permanently shuts down, while its inbuilt positioning system helps you deal with current emergencies by routing thoughts and responses through its 100 billion neurons (cells that send and receive electro-chemical signals to and from the brain and nervous system) for maximum alertness.
Scientists have identified a new hormone produced after exercise which helps fight obesity, diabetes and other health problems.
Belly fat, which was previously linked with diabetes and heart disease, could also trigger asthma, shows research from the University of Science and Technology in Norway.
Nothing comes to those who wait. This provocative thought among others prompts many to start each new year with good intentions aimed at being happier and delaying the “best-by” dates of their lives.
What’s the first step toward cooking and eating better this year? Perhaps you should start by learning how to boil water.