Category: Health

4 min readNew DelhiJul 16, 2026 12:30 PM IST Actor and model Suchitra Krishnamoorthi took to X to share how she can’t sleep because of severe acidity and also has ulcers. “It’s 1.45 am and I can’t sleep because of severe acidity. I have ulcers. And the last time my ulcers threatened to burst, I...

I grew up on milk tea. Strong, sweet, made just right. It was the kind of thing you didn’t think twice about because it was a part of your morning and evening rituals for as long as you could remember. Coffee was no different. My mother would force me to drink an entire glass of...

Diabetes is often seen as a slow-progressing disease that damages the body over time. But for people with Type 1 diabetes, stopping insulin, even briefly, can become a life-threatening emergency. A recent case shared by Dr Priyam Bordoloi, an internal medicine specialist from Assam, on X has brought this reality into sharp focus. The doctor...

4 min readNew DelhiJul 15, 2026 08:00 PM IST Protecting brain health becomes increasingly important with age, and many experts agree that everyday lifestyle choices can make a meaningful difference. Recently, neurosurgeon Dr Jay Jagannathan shared six practical tips on social media for people in their 70s to help keep their brains healthy: walk and...

3 min readNew DelhiJul 15, 2026 07:00 PM IST Former video jockey and content creator Shenaz Treasury recently shared that she almost always gets food poisoning during the monsoon. Taking to her Instagram Stories, Shenaz, 45, wrote, “I have bad food poisoning. Every single monsoon, I end up with food poisoning. What’s in your food...

4 min readNew DelhiJul 15, 2026 03:55 PM IST Dr Amit Thadani, a Mumbai-based surgeon, recently tweeted about a seemingly ongoing wave of influenza A cases. “There seems to be an ongoing wave of influenza A cases on a scale that I haven’t seen before in Mumbai. Almost epidemic-like. Take care, folks. Wear mask whenever...

5 min readNew DelhiJul 15, 2026 02:55 PM IST Cancer treatment often involves much more than chemotherapy alone. Depending on the type of cancer, the treatment plan and a person’s overall health, patients may also require supportive medications to help manage side effects, reduce complications and strengthen the body’s ability to cope with intensive treatment....

Young Indians are struggling to get pregnant — and experts seem to have figured out the problem. According to them, insulin resistance, a hidden metabolic disorder that affects most people unknowingly, is the culprit. In this condition, the body’s tissues stop responding to insulin, which controls blood sugar levels. Dr Ajantha Boopathi, Fertility Specialist, Nova...

4 min readNew DelhiJul 14, 2026 11:00 PM IST Actor Tannaz Irani recently opened up about the realities of becoming a mother later in life, shedding light on the anxiety surrounding prenatal testing during pregnancies after 40. During an interview, she recalled undergoing amniocentesis, a diagnostic test often discussed in the context of advanced maternal...