Category: Health

4 min readNew DelhiAug 26, 2026 05:56 PM IST Vitamin B12 deficiency remains widespread, particularly in countries like India, where many people follow vegetarian diets.  B12 is found mostly in animal-based foods such as meat, fish, poultry and eggs. Therefore, vegetarians often struggle to meet their daily requirements through food alone. Nutritionist Deepsikha Jain, also...

4 min readNew DelhiAug 26, 2026 03:59 PM IST Amid a rise in H1N1 cases, particularly in Delhi and Bengaluru, doctors are highlighting differences in how influenza behaves in the two cities. While infections may not necessarily be more severe in Bengaluru, experts suggest the virus could circulate for longer there, influenced by the city’s...

Uncontrolled blood sugar also comes with many other health effects. One plausible consequence is muscle loss, which a 44-year-old discussed on the online forum Quora, sharing his experience and seeking advice. “I’m 44 and diabetic. My blood sugar was uncontrolled for a long time, and during that period I lost a lot of muscle mass. Now...

4 min readNew DelhiAug 25, 2026 07:00 PM IST Nutritionist Nipa Asharam recently shared 5 things that she learnt from her grandmother for glowing skin. “5 things my nani (grandmother) swears by for glowing skin,” she noted on Instagram, listing: Raw ghee: This is our inner moisturiser. It has made a big difference to my glowing...

The Karnataka Food Safety and Drug Administration (KFSDA) has suspended food licences and registrations of quick commerce applications — Bigbasket, Amazon, Swiggy Instamart — over the online sale of toxic datura (also spelt dhatura) fruits and seeds as food. Commissioner Srinivas K issued the order directing all three e-commerce platforms to immediately take down every...

Longevity is often associated with expensive supplements, complicated routines and the latest “biohacks”. But many of the factors linked with living longer are far more ordinary: how much a person moves, how well they sleep and how much time they spend working. In a post shared on X, Dr Sudhir Kumar outlined what he described...

5 min readNew DelhiAug 25, 2026 09:26 AM IST Neonatal diabetes is a rare form of diabetes that is diagnosed during the first months of life. Unlike the forms of diabetes that are more commonly discussed in older children and adults, its course can be quite different, and in some babies, high blood sugar does...

4 min readNew DelhiAug 24, 2026 11:00 PM IST Many physical changes occur during pregnancy as the body adjusts to support the growing baby. Among the most commonly reported concerns is swelling in the feet and ankles, especially in the later stages of pregnancy. Maryland-based anaesthesiologist and interventional pain medicine physician Dr Kunal Sood explained...