Orthopaedic and sports surgeon Dr Obaidur Rehman recently shared the case of a woman who ignored “extreme unexplained fatigue” and ended up suffering a heart attack eight hours later. “She was 36. A mother of two. The kind who knew everyone else’s schedules but ignored her own body. That day didn’t start with pain. It...
Anaesthesiologist and interventional pain medicine physician Dr Kunal Sood recently highlighted how subtle shifts in the hands and nails can reflect deeper issues within the body, including chronic diseases that benefit from early diagnosis. In a video shared on Instagram, he explained five distinct changes worth paying attention to. For instance, clubbing causes the fingertips...
The Internet is a strange place with countless new health claims surfacing every day. One such unusual oral-care trend, dominating the landscape of many Western regions like California, Los Angeles, Seoul and Stockholm, is freezing your toothbrush overnight before using it in the morning. The internet claims that the icy bristles can “kill oral bacteria,”...
By 2025, lifestyle choices stopped being quiet, personal decisions and turned into daily debates at family gatherings and on social media. How late should you eat? Should you cut carbs or double down on protein? Is chasing balance wiser than chasing ambition? What was once considered routine now came with strong opinions, studies, counter-studies, and...
Conversations around body image often remain uncomfortable, even as discussions about mental health slowly become more mainstream. In a recent Instagram video, actor Aamir Khan’s daughter Ira Khan spoke about this gap, admitting that talking about her body has been harder for her than opening up about depression. Addressing herself directly, she said, “Let’s address the...
Modern healthcare is fundamentally dependent on a constant supply of known and new drugs, making their discovery and manufacture a profitable business. The Indian pharmaceutical industry plays a key role in making drugs available globally at low prices, reflected in its projected revenue of about $130 billion by 2030. However, it largely manufactures generics that...
What does a PSA or Prostate-Specific Antigen level of 12.9 ng/mL indicate? As a Quora user’s question caught our attention, we decided to pose the same to a doctor: “My blood test today showed a PSA of 12.9. Is there any medicine that my urologist can give me that will lower it?” According to Dr...
High blood pressure usually has no dramatic symptoms, but it can quietly harm the body for years. Many people feel fine, not realising their hearts, brains, kidneys, and eyes are under stress. Dr Prabhat Ranjan Sinha, Senior Consultant in Internal Medicine at Aakash Healthcare, says this lack of clear warning signs is what makes untreated...
Comedian Bharti Singh, who recently gave birth to her second son, opened up about being asked about sterilisation at the operating table after giving birth. While she replied with a stern no, she expressed her long-standing desire for a daughter in a heartfelt conversation with her husband and screenwriter, Haarsh Limbachiyaa. In the family’s YouTube...
Regular medical testing, though often overlooked, can serve as an early warning system, flagging imbalances before they become long-term complications. This is particularly relevant for people managing diabetes, prediabetes, or metabolic risk factors, but also for those who believe they are generally healthy and therefore delay routine check-ups. This was recently highlighted by Dr Brijmohan...
