Wall-to-wall carpets at busy city airports have been posing serious respiratory risks due to the presence of dust and allergens getting trapped inside the material for want of timely cleaning. Mumbai airport, which experiences millions of visitors daily, has a particularly hazardous carpet condition. Celebrity chef Vikas Khanna highlighted this issue after a recent visit...
According to American biohacker Bryan Johnson, “sleep increases your odds of success,” and the most destructive belief in the world is that sleep deprivation produces better results. “A single night of 4-5 hours of sleep reduces cognition by 20-40%, drops glucose stability by 30-40%, increases accident risk by 400%, elevates inflammatory markers by 50-100% and impairs...
Puberty can be confusing as the body undergoes numerous physiological, emotional, hormonal, and even psychological changes. The confusion quadruples when it sets in much earlier, as is happening with many children worldwide. One such person turned to online forum Quora, asking ‘Is starting puberty at age 11 considered early?’. To find out the answer, we...
Fifty-five enthusiastic residents of Gholia Khurd village in Moga district of Punjab dared to defy the odds by participating in an ‘Idle Sitting’ contest, with two young men emerging victorious after 31 hours. A fun and unique way to raise awareness of the perils of digital overload, the village asked people to sit in one...
Space travel leaves no room for medical uncertainty. When astronauts embark on long-duration missions—often months or years away from Earth—even minor health issues can escalate into serious emergencies. This is why space agencies adopt an unusually proactive medical approach, including the preventive removal of wisdom teeth and sometimes the appendix, even when they pose no...
Space travel leaves no room for medical uncertainty. When astronauts embark on long-duration missions—often months or years away from Earth—even minor health issues can escalate into serious emergencies. This is why space agencies adopt an unusually proactive medical approach, including the preventive removal of wisdom teeth and sometimes the appendix, even when they pose no...
Dark-coloured urine can cause panic, leading people to assume the worst. Unreliable information on the internet worsens the situation, and one Quora user shared a similar experience. The post read: ‘I’m peeing dark brown, basically looking like coffee. I think it’s my kidneys. Are there any other symptoms my liver or kidneys show when they...
Older adults who are frail and have depression could be at a higher risk of dementia, with the factors combined contributing to 17 per cent of the overall risk, according to a study. The findings, published in the journal General Psychiatry, suggests that while frailty and depression each increase dementia risk on their own, having...
Meenu was 43 when she first noticed the shift—not in her body, but in her tolerance. “Things I had earlier adjusted to without much thought began to feel heavier,” she recalls. “At the time, I did not immediately label it as perimenopause. I thought I was just tired or becoming less flexible.” Only later did...
In 2025, doctors across specialities repeatedly flagged the same everyday habits that quietly chip away at long-term health. These aren’t dramatic, once-in-a-while mistakes, but small routines that have become so normalised that many people have stopped noticing them altogether. From the way people eat, move, sleep and rest, patterns have begun to emerge that worry...
