3 min readNew DelhiAug 19, 2026 08:00 PM IST Bollywood icon Priyanka Chopra’s mother, Dr Madhu Chopra, who had previously been managing knee osteoarthritis-related mobility issues, recently underwent a successful knee replacement via surgical intervention. On social media, she shared a picture of her X-ray, captioning it “beautiful new knee”. DISCLAIMER: This article is based...
4 min readNew DelhiAug 19, 2026 04:54 PM IST Commercial aircraft routinely cruise above 30,000 feet, where the atmosphere is thinner and provides less shielding from cosmic radiation originating in space. For most passengers, exposure during an individual flight remains low. But for pilots and flight attendants who spend thousands of hours in the air...
Was it meat or glucose that fueled the growth of the human brain? If evolutionary science told us, hitherto, that human brain expansion relied on meat to grow, a new study has an interesting addition to this theory. Published in a recent issue of Science, the study posits a dual fuel strategy – sugar and...
5 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Aug 19, 2026 12:32 PM IST Red chutney is the backbone of Indian street food. Whether it is a hot plate of momos, parathas, pakode, chownmein, patties, or any other street staple, you’ll find customers asking for its refills. But we have some bad news for the lovers of this spicy...
5 min readNew DelhiAug 19, 2026 09:30 AM IST Inhalers commonly treat conditions such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), with different medicines working in different ways to open airways or reduce inflammation. For people who use these medicines regularly, it is natural to wonder whether their effects extend beyond the lungs. The...
5 min readNew DelhiAug 18, 2026 07:00 PM IST Health educator Prashant Desai recently highlighted a worrying pattern in a social media post, claiming that “six of the last 20 sudden cardiac deaths in one Karnataka district were auto or cab drivers.” He also noted that 14 of the 24 deaths examined were among people...
5 min readNew DelhiAug 18, 2026 03:02 PM IST Orthosurgeon Dr Kshitij Soni recently explained how people with knee pain can use stairs while putting less strain on the affected joint. In a video, he shared a simple mnemonic to remember the technique: “good goes to heaven, bad goes to hell.” “For bad knees, remember...
Pulkit Samrat recently revealed a malaria diagnosis, adding that he didn’t expect the mosquito-borne disease to cause loss of muscle and strength. “Malaria took a little more out of me than I expected. Lost 2.5 kg of muscle and a fair bit of strength. But I know this body. We’ve built it before. We’ll build...
4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Aug 18, 2026 09:27 AM IST A blood sugar reading of 230 mg/dL can be alarming, especially if you are unsure what it means. A similarly panicked internet user took to Quora to ask whether they should be worried. Turns out, while it is certainly high and shouldn’t be ignored, one reading...
5 min readNew DelhiAug 17, 2026 09:00 PM IST Heart disease remains one of the leading causes of death globally, yet many of the factors that increase cardiovascular risk are linked to everyday habits that often go unnoticed. In an Instagram post, board-certified cardiologist Dr Nicole Harkin listed five things she would never do to...
