The 20s are supposed to be for fun, hustle, travel, and a lot more. At least that’s what social media says. Being in your 20s today is no less than a rollercoaster ride. There’s information overload, brain-frying algorithms, constant notifications, and everything is flagged as “urgent.” Many young adults have started complaining of an unexpected...
Koreans are known to eat and live healthily. Clean diets rich in probiotics, walkable cities that encourage movement, and technological advancements in beauty and skincare make sure they are always in the pink of their health. Now, they seem to have pioneered a dental trend, too: a 3-3-3 rule that involves brushing a certain way...
Strolling along the bread aisle in a supermarket can leave you a little too confused. Between focacia, garlic and rye, the options seem endless. But multiple visits to the washroom after scarfing down a delicious sandwich is on no one’s to-do list. As such, choosing the right kind of bread that supports your gut health...
Highlighting the often-overlooked health risks of prolonged sitting, Dr Rema Malik, a vascular surgeon and health educator based in Houston, Texas, recently shared what she calls a “sedentary survival guide” for people whose jobs require them to stay seated for most of the day. In an Instagram video addressed to people who spend hours glued...
Many people find aftercare challenging. As such, when a Quora query about caring for stage 3 kidney disease popped up in our feed — “Is it possible for stage 3 kidney disease to remain stable for a long time, and what lifestyle changes can help achieve that?” — we reached out to Dr Nikhil Bhasin, consultant...
Healthcare solutions provider POCT Group on Wednesday said it plans to deploy large-scale artificial intelligence-based systems to digitise clinical workflows in Uttar Pradesh’s public healthcare facilities by April, building on its existing laboratory digitisation programme in the state. The company shared details of its upcoming AI interventions on the sidelines of the Uttar Pradesh AI...
Have you been struggling with a sluggish metabolism, cold intolerance, and slow weight loss despite eating a healthy and clean diet? Well, social media seems to have a diagnosis — the ’20-second thyroid morning protocol’ to regulate or ‘switch on’ the thyroid gland, which is known to drive the body’s metabolism. This includes movements that...
We all know the numerous benefits of walking, but did you know that it is also a longevity hack? If gastroenterologist Dr Saurabh Sethi is to go by, walking might be the “easiest longevity cheat code science has ever discovered”. “Almost 80,000 people were tracked for seven years with activity monitors. The result? Walking more...
Given a blood pressure reading of 208/93 mmHg with an accompanying headache, what should one do? As this Quora query popped up in our feed, we decided to consult Dr Parin Sangoi, a consultant interventional cardiologist at Wockhardt Hospitals, Mumbai Central, who said that “Blood pressure readings above 180 on the upper number are a...
The never-ending debate of whether vitamin supplements are vegetarian or non-vegetarian has once again stirred social media. Dr Anshuman Kaushal, a Robotic GI Surgeon popularly known as @theangry_doc, decided to settle the debate once and for all with his latest Reel on whether Vitamin B12 should be classified as vegetarian or non-vegetarian. In his post,...
