The Value of Second Opinion People make mistakes every day, and doctors are not immune to this fact. What's more, some doctors are more conservative while others tend to be...

Do you drive an automatic car? And do you go on long drives? If the answer to both questions is yes, here’s an advice: stop after one to two hours to relax your legs, wear comfortable...

CHICAGO: Many patients with severe but stable heart disease who routinely undergo invasive procedures to clear and prop open clogged arteries would do as well by just taking medications and making ...

As awareness around diabetes increases, prevention of the disease is still not seen as much as a priority as its treatment. Known as ‘the silent killer’, with the potential to cause dam...

I try to find a Cafe Coffee Day when I am travelling. Serves all purposes. Best cappuccinos, lightly toasted sandwiches, clean toilets, air conditioned outlets with photo-friendly decor and friendl...

A bunch of fresh teenagers were having a discussion when I saw them. Dressed swag, some of the girls had their hair high up in a bun while some had the coloured layers open. Their earrings floated ...

As the national capital region goes breathless day after day, gasping in the toxic gas chamber it has turned into as a result of the hazardous air pollution, you might have been given an extra dose...

We all are prone to suffer from pain and injuries from time to time. Either it is due to sitting for hours at the desk or is caused after an intense workout session. Any of these can lead to discom...

Gone are the days when suffering a heart attack or stroke used to be restricted to the elderly and usually those with a history of cholesterol, smoking and diabetes. With the change in time and lif...

All across the world, obesity has become a top health issue. According to data cited by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, in the U.S. alone, more than one in thr...

Ask anyone their idea of mental illness and it is more than likely that they tell you about dementia, Alzheimer's or schizophrenia. While these are some of the most debilitating mental health condi...

As we grow older we suffer a decline in mental and physical fitness, which can be made worse by conditions like Alzheimer's disease. A new study, published in the open-access journal Frontiers in H...

Healthy living is a Healthy life. This is a universal truth and it is spot-on for all health issues. The choices that people make in their life will have a direct impact on their physical w...

Recently, an 82-year-old woman who suffered from dementia, who couldn’t recognize her own son has miraculously got her memory back after changing her diet. When his mother’s con...

Hepatitis- an inflammation of the liver, is a major public health threat and a leading cause of death worldwide. Annual mortality from viral hepatitis is similar to that of other major infectious d...

SWEDEN, Uppsala University: Researchers from Uppsala University have revealed for the first time a mechanism for how new blood vessels are formed and have shown the importance of this mechanism for...

The physical and mental toll that cancer exacts is far higher than that of any other disease. Cancer treatment is also beyond the means of most patients, especially in developing countries. ...

No one should be doing a ketogenic diet- unless weight loss is more important than their health, according to a leading cardiologist. Dr. Kim Williams, the past President of the American Co...

The ‘Bombay blood group’ – a rare blood type, has been at the centre of attention from the last two weeks in Mumbai’s healthcare scene. With scarce supply, the demand for th...

Water chestnut is an excellent fruit to have during hot summers and if you indulge in regular intermittent fasting. A water chestnut resembles an actual chestnut in both colour and shape, but it is...

Cancer has become the leading cause of death in rich nations, overtaking heart disease, according to the results of two landmark, decade-long global surveys of health trends released on Tuesday....

Are you a healthy person? You’d possibly like to answer this in the affirmative and one guess as to how you would arrive at that answer is by thinking about how many times you have vi...

I am not rich. I come from an upper middle class family in India. I still think twice before I buy anything from the luxury list (with GST 28%). Do I really need it? I believe that I should only ow...

Next time when you eat an apple for extra fibre, flavonoids and flavour, remember that you are also gulping down about 100 million bacteria, and whether these are good or bad microbes may depend on...

A pulse indicates life. The pulse, the breath and the pumping of the heart is the center of one’s existence And so it goes without saying that monitoring the pressure with which the blood com...

Cervical cancer could be eliminated as a public health problem in India within the next 60 years by making existing prevention programmes such as the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine and cervical...

Washington D.C: Consuming flavonoid-rich items such as apples and tea protects against cancer and heart disease, particularly for smokers and heavy drinkers, suggests a recent research. Res...

Drinking an extra cup of coffee — or other caffeinated beverage — could up the odds of a migraine among those prone to getting them, a new study suggests. Harvard researchers fo...

One of the most prolific and beloved political figures of India, Sushma Swaraj suffered a massive cardiac on Tuesday night and left the whole country in grief. The untimely death of the former fore...

An unnamed disease recently made headlines in the UK after a five-year-old girl was diagnosed with it. The disease is nothing short of riddle for the doctors and scientists, and symptoms are so ove...