Medical doctor Ritu Singh recently took to Instagram to share the “horrible” situation in Delhi, highlighting the city’s plummeting air quality. “If you are also stuck in Delhi like me and breathing the toxic, polluted air…immediately either leave Delhi. If you cannot leave, wear an N95 mask every time you are not near a HEPA filter, a...
Morning routines are deeply personal. For many people, the day begins with a familiar dilemma: coffee first or food first? And while health advice around mornings is often filled with rigid rules, real-life routines tend to be far more flexible. Kareena Kapoor Khan once spoke about how her mornings usually unfold on her talk show...
New Delhi, 18 Dec 2025 — In a significant move to curb the persistent air quality crisis in the National Capital Region (NCR), Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav has directed authorities to ban demolition activities in the Delhi-NCR from October to December each year, when pollution levels typically spike due to...
Hearing a whooshing or blood-flow sound in your ear can be unnerving. A Quora user experienced similar discomfort and turned to the internet seeking answers. While most people are familiar with common ringing in the ears, sometimes the noise pulses in time with your heartbeat, as this person is experiencing. So what exactly is happening?...
Most people have experienced a sudden, almost uncontrollable urge to pee right before an important meeting, during an argument, or in moments of intense anxiety, at least once. Addressing this common but rarely discussed issue, Dr Sandeep Bafna, urologist at Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road in Chennai, explains that the connection between stress and sudden urinary urgency...
If you’ve ever felt your legs getting heavy or noticed swelling in your feet after a long flight, you’re not alone. Sitting still for hours on a plane can mess with your circulation. That’s where compression socks come in—they’re not just for medical use anymore. More and more travellers are slipping them on to stay...
As air quality in Delhi-NCR continues to swing into the poor and severe range, everyday living has started to feel like a health negotiation. For many residents, air pollution is no longer an abstract environmental issue but a daily, physical experience marked by irritation, fatigue, congestion, and breathlessness. In this reality, people are increasingly looking for...
Vijayawada: Chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday announced that the digital health records system, being implemented as a pilot in Kuppam under the ‘Sanjeevani’ project, will be extended across the state to prepare health risk profiles of all citizens. Naidu met the 10-member expert group constituted with national and international experts, including representatives from...
Do morning headaches get more frequent once people reach their 40s and 50s? Answering, Dr Honey Savla, consultant in internal medicine at Wockhardt Hospitals, Mumbai Central, said that doctors tend to see this more often in the mentioned age group. “At this age, people commonly experience early cervical spondylosis, poor sleep posture, increased stress, and...
Kidney disease is one of the most common complications seen in people with diabetes. Unfortunately, most patients miss the earliest signs. This is because kidney damage doesn’t start with dramatic symptoms. “In early-stage kidney disease, symptoms are usually minimal or vague, such as slight swelling, mild fatigue, or foamy urine due to protein leakage, explains...
