Home Remedies for Back Ache

Chronic back ache is one of the most pressing problems that everyone from young adults to senior citizens is forced to deal with today. It is emerging as one of the common complaints; especially from people who work in India’s IT industry and spend more than ten hours a day before a screen. But though this is a worrisome illness, it is also one that is easily ignored and brushed aside. Here’s why that’s a bad idea.

Back Ache
Back Ache

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MRI Scan – Importance, Procedure & Cost in India

What exactly is an MRI?

MRI stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging and it uses radio waves for drawing an accurate graph of the internal anatomy of your body. The scanner looks like a long tube or cylinder within which the patient has to lie down. Think of it like an X-Ray machine. 
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Having the scan done does not hurt. But the machine can get slightly scary owing to the fact that you cannot move around in the tube. You also need to control your breathing so as to get a clear image of the affected area. The scanner also makes a lot of loud noises as it’s taking a picture. It is similar to a CT scan, which is a computerised tomography, but in many cases produces clearer results.  Continue reading “MRI Scan – Importance, Procedure & Cost in India”

Regular Health Check-up – Why is it Important?

Our health is our greatest treasure. Taking care of our health is utmost important. But in our daily life, we keep on looking for excuses to not visit our doctor. Be it for saving money or for other reasons like ‘I am too young and healthy to go to a doc’, ‘I don’t have time today; may be next week, I’ll get an appointment…”, we keep on ignoring our health.
We do not understand the fact that performing regular health check –ups from young age can actually save many lives. Saving some bucks today by ignoring periodic check-ups, we increase the risk of occurrence of several health issues in future.

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Check Your Health Regularly.

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Top 11 Health Issues Indian Women Should Know About

Attention to health of women has increased in the past decade. With increasing number of diseases and illnesses attributed to lifestyle changes and environmental causes, the need to adopt an ‘early diagnose, early treat’ approach has gained prominence. women-health-issues

So from cancer to HIV, and from depression to maternal health, here are top 11 health issues that every woman in India should be aware of.  Continue reading “Top 11 Health Issues Indian Women Should Know About”

Eye Care Doesn’t Have To Be Hard. Read These 7 Tips

A report from the Times of India early this month announced that India will organize the largest eye care awareness campaign in Navi Mumbai. Called Nanhe Nayan, it will aim at checking the eye sight of close to 60,000 school children. Eye experts will be called in for the examination.

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Photo: www.prweb.com

With the country paying attention to the needs of eye care, we decided to call for attention to the issue too. With our changes in lifestyle, sleeping patters, work environment and diet, the eye is suffering. You may not realize the importance of some of these things and the difference they make to your eye sight. But with every change, our eye is struggling to keep up. To help out, here is a list of things that change the way you look, literally.  Continue reading “Eye Care Doesn’t Have To Be Hard. Read These 7 Tips”

Lies And Damn Lies About Menstruation Myths

Every time you get your period, invariably there are a list of myths that circulate. Some of these age-old tales are passed down from your grandmothers and mothers. As strange as it is, we follow them dutifully. The truth of the matter is, most of these pieces of advice floating out there are myths. Here’s a list of the top ten myths that need to go away immediately. Period.

1. You can’t wash your hair during your cycle:

Almost every one of us must have been told not to wash our hair because it will not only increase your flow but increase your cramping. This is totally untrue. Do not neglect your personal hygiene under any circumstance. Go on washing your hair as regularly as before.

It's a myth that you can't wash your hair during your period
It’s a myth that you can’t wash your hair during your period

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Are You Really Taking Care of Your Teeth?

We all have been through the painfully long wait at the dentist’s office and the further painful session seated in the dentist chair. A visit to the dentist is never fun. Starting from having your teeth cleaned to a root canal, teeth and gums are the more sensitive parts of the human anatomy. And not to mention every trip burns a large hole in your wallet.

Today, because of the kind of lifestyles we lead with our vegan phases, liquid diets and fluctuation nutrition intake and green tea binge drinking, our teeth are bearing the brunt of our experiments. So it is possibly more important than ever to make dental hygiene a habit.Close-up of patient’s open mouth before oral checkup with mirror near by

Ironically, dental hygiene is also the easiest to take care of at home, but easily one of the most ignored. We bring you some important do’s and don’t’s for simple maintenance of dental hygiene.  Continue reading “Are You Really Taking Care of Your Teeth?”

Take Advantage of These 10 Healthiest Drinks – Be Healthy

After a long weekend of binge drinking with friends, a friend’s wedding or after a weekend getaway, here are the two words going through your mind: liquid diet. This trend of detoxing your body caught on a few years back. Having proved effective in providing sufficient hydration to the body, it strengthens your muscles and is much easier to execute than a regular diet with solid food.

Since we all have tried (and then some) this form of dietary nutrition, we thought of bringing you the drinks that are safe to binge on. Here’s a list of the top ten healthiest drinks in the world, and why your body can never have enough of them.liquid2 Continue reading “Take Advantage of These 10 Healthiest Drinks – Be Healthy”

Childhood Obesity and How to Fight It

A recent study by the JAMA showed that more than two thirds of Americans around the age of twenty five are obese. UK reports that one in ten children face childhood obesity in kindergarten and the number is one in five by the time they hit school. The numbers in India may not be as alarming, but medical research institutes predict that they will be dangerously close to their Western counterparts in the next decade. A latest report by The Times of India reiterates this fact. India is already the third most obese country in the world. “Latest estimates show prevalence of obesity among adolescents (13-18 years) has grown from 16% to 29% over the last five years,” the report says.

WHO calls childhood obese one of the most urgent problems of the 21st century
WHO calls childhood obesity one of the most urgent problems of the 21st century

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