Health

Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in 2019 in Wuhan, China and has been found to cause an acute respiratory illness called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Some p...

With the fear of a third wave looming above everyone’s heads like Sword of Damocles, many are still unwilling to opt for a gym. One way they can fulfil their fitness aspirations is through outdo...

Spending time in a gym? As I immersed myself in the literature further and interacted with community-dwelling seniors, I realised a few things. Although it is well-known that exercise is useful in re...

I decided to become a vegetarian. I used to eat a lot of meat. Those who become vegetarian tend to lose weight, decrease their risk of developing diabetes, have healthier gut flora, less constipation...

Many people are seeking definitive answers about what they can and can’t do after being vaccinated against Covid-19. But there’s no one-size-fits-all answer to those questions because risk...

Rana Lincoln Das, an actor and second-generation entrepreneur after losing his maternal granddad, Dr. David Lincoln, had gone into depression. It was an unexpected and unfortunate incident to him and ...

Dr Kamlesh Kothari is a dental,oral and maxillofacial surgeon and is the clinical director of Aesthetica. He can be reached at 9830183000, or drkothari@happyface.co.in, or  www.aesthetica.co.in ...

People are always looking for a magical pill, a single tablet that will keep them healthy and disease-free so that they live actively to a ripe old age. However, the secret to this is not medication b...

The writer is a consultant geriatric psychiatrist, Calcutta ...

Caused by a bacteria called Orientia tsutsugamushi, scrub typhus is an acute, febrile, and infectious illness that gets its name from scrub vegetation. Although the disease is similar in terms of symp...