Poor Diabetes Management of Common Man
In a country like India, there is literally diabetes epidemic. But I myself get depressed after I see the way this metabolic disorder is being managed. At the first place many people don’t know that...
View ArticleThings to remember before having fruit juice
I still remember that just outside Bombay’s suburban railway stations, there are a number of juice vendors selling orange juice. It is available at cheap rates, so there is always great rush. After a...
View ArticleVirtues of Brisk Walking- always underestimated!
Yesterday I had gone to a bicycle shop with my son. The mechanic was lamenting that cycling habit is dying. He further elaborated that it is just because the people have a lot of money and people are...
View ArticleTraditional Herbal Remedies – a book by WHO
Today morning I just stumbled upon this wonderful WHO publication – Traditional Herbal Remedies for primary health care. No doubt it does have universal appeal but I feel for our type of health care...
View ArticleMarina Beach Offers Healthy Lifestyle Tutorials
Last year when I was in Chennai I used to daily go to Marina Beach in the early morning. Its early morning serenity is beyond description. With the dawn it starts bustling with activity. A lot number...
View ArticleWhy Only Doping Disturbs we Indians?
Everytime we hear sometimes about Doping – our players testing Positive in Doping Test, we feel bad as a nation. Then, for a couple of weeks, allegations are hurled over each other. After sometime...
View ArticleBidis (Indian Cigarettes) Kill Too !
This is the dental photograph of a 50-year old man. He had come to me due to pain in upper teeth. While I was doing his oral examination, I came across this lesion on his cheeks. Suddenly I could...
View ArticleVeggies Grown Near Thermal Plant Toxic: So what!
This morning i found this news article in The Times of India. I wish to reproduce a para from this article– Worried about pesticide residues in vegetables? Your diet may consist of many more toxic...
View ArticleHookah Parlours, Shisha Lounges….where is the youth heading?
In India also now we hear about this hookah parlours in various cities. Youngsters go to these places to appear ‘hip’. We know that these are very bad for our health. But at this moment I am so very...
View ArticleSupreme Court Intervenes on Gutka Ban
The Supreme Court of India yesterday issued notice to the Union of India on an application from the Centre for Public Interest Litigation alleging that though 14states had banned gutka, the ban was not...
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