Congratulations are for tennis ace Venus Williams and actor Andrea Preti. Following an Italian celebration in September, the couple tied the knot during a week-long celebration with close friends and family in Palm Beach, Florida. Talking to Vogue magazine, the athlete revealed that for the courthouse ceremony, she slipped into a stunning classic short skirt...
Hina Khan, who has been undergoing treatment for breast cancer stage 3, recently shared a health update, revealing her family has a history of cancer. “Recovering. Healing. Getting better. It’s been a long journey. Chemotherapies and immunotherapies are almost over. We keep a check on it. We do scans and everything. So far so good,”...
How should creatinine levels be read and analysed? This is what we were left wondering when we came across a post on Quora asking: ‘I have a creatinine level of 4.77. Is it dangerous, or do I need dialysis?’ So we reached out to Dr Mahesh Prasad, a senior consultant in nephrology at KIMS Hospitals, Thane,...
Winter can be particularly challenging for people with asthma, with cold weather often triggering flare-ups and breathing discomfort. To understand why this happens and how asthmatics can stay safe during the colder months, we spoke to Dr Sunil Kumar K, Lead Consultant – Interventional Pulmonology at Aster CMI Hospital, Bangalore. “Many times, asthma symptoms increase...
Like every other important marker, blood pressure also needs to be controlled for a healthy heart. As such, when we came across a Quora query: ‘Is a blood pressure of 150/80 mmHg dangerous for those who are 65 years old and older?’, we decided to ask a cardiologist. Dr Parin Sangoi, consultant, interventional cardiologist, Wockhardt...
Ageing has been treated in public conversation as something to delay, deny or disguise. Wrinkles, grey hair, sagging skin and slow joints have often been discussed as aesthetic problems to be fixed. But in 2025, the narrative shifted toward a more honest, holistic and practical conversation about ageing: one that acknowledges both the realities of growing...
Falling asleep in about 10 to 20 minutes is generally seen as ‘normal’. If you often drift off in this time frame, it usually indicates that your sleep routine, internal clock, and sleep pressure are working well together, said Dr Amit Saraf, Director- Internal Medicine, Jupiter Hospital, Thane. It shows that your body is winding...
A recent video showing how air quality improves when an N95 mask is placed over an air-quality monitor has been going viral. Entrepreneur and paragliding pilot Aneesh Bhasin’s experiment, using a portable air quality monitor at Mumbai’s Juhu Beach to record real-time air quality, showed the AQI dropping from 192 to 37 when the monitor’s...
Most of us trust our blood reports blindly. But experts stress analysing the report in the right context to understand if one is actually vulnerable to metabolic conditions like insulin resistance. So, what must be done? Dr Pranav Ghody, consultant endocrinologist and diabetologist, Wockhardt Hospitals, Mumbai Central, noted that a normal fasting blood sugar on...
Smoking just two cigarettes a day may seem relatively less risky, especially in the corporate and media industry, but it is far from being harmless. Pulmonologists warn that even light, short-term smoking begins affecting the body far sooner than most expect. According to Dr Pooja T, Senior Specialist Pulmonologist at Aster RV Hospital, the effects...
