While many of us used the time at home to turn to cooking and baking and completely did away with ordering in and takeaways — thereby eating cleaner and healthier; there were also those who had to juggle WFH and household chores and didn't find time to streamline their diets.
Multiple myeloma, also known as Kahler’s disease, is a type of blood cancer. It is a cancer of plasma cells. When plasma cells become cancerous and grow out of control, this is called multiple myeloma.
As cases across the country are seeing a spike, myths around the coronavirus have again gained prominence among people. We bust down these covid myths as highlighted by the World Health Organisation (WHO):
A US-based survey has revealed that stress, increased free time and feelings of boredom may have contributed to an increase in the number of cigarettes smoked per day during the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The results deliver a stark warning of the risk the world is taking by failing to ensure all countries have sufficient vaccines to protect people from Covid-19.
Adults with periodontitis, a severe gum infection, may be significantly more likely to have higher blood pressure (BP) compared to individuals who had healthy gums, a new study revealed.
Although getting the Covid vaccine is a step closer to being in the safety parameter, it does not guarantee that a person will never test positive for the novel coronavirus. There are still rare chances of getting reinfected. Here are a few mistakes that you are making that highers the risk of getting infected even after the jab.
Researchers are working to develop a new screening technique that's more than 300 times as effective at detecting a biomarker for diseases like cancer than current methods.
Dining out is a popular activity worldwide, but a team of researchers has found that eating out very frequently is significantly associated with an increased risk of all-cause death.
Online food and other essentials delivery platform Swiggy on Wednesday announced that it will cover Covid-19 vaccination cost for over 2 lakh delivery partners. In the first tranche of the programme, 5,500 of Swiggy's delivery partners aged between 45 and above will be eligible to opt in for the vaccination.
Refresh your routine with plant-based, organic skincare that will not only give you the radiance that can be mistaken for sunkissed skin, but skincare that will also contribute to the overall health of your skin.
According to the scientists, while prior infection gave those under the age of 65 years around 80 per cent protection against reinfection, for those 65 and older it conferred only 47 per cent protection, indicating they are more likely to catch COVID-19 again.
Sleeping post 10 p.m. is clinically declared as an inappropriate time to go to sleep and it triggers a change in the sleeping pattern that leads to sleep deprivation.
As the name suggests Rare Diseases are those that are less in occurrence than compared to other diseases in any country. Globally there are around 7000 plus Rare Diseases. In general, Rare Diseases are categorized into treatable and non-treatable.
Conversations around mental health in the country have increased over the last few years, but the problem continues to grow especially in the younger part of the country's population.
The cumulative effects of a long period of sleep loss and sleep disorders have been linked to deleterious health consequences, including an impact on our cognitive functions, cardio-metabolic diseases, obesity, impaired immunity, etc.
Vaccination is the most effective tool to fight the Covid-19 pandemic and help us succeed in our mission to restore normalcy! Having said that, the Covid-19 vaccination drive in India has seen much momentum since Day 1. With an enthusiastic push from the civic bodies, we are slowly but steadily approaching our target goals.
We have entered the second phase of the worlds largest immunisation programme. However, several looming questions could hamper the success of this programme and weaken the fight against Covid-19. Here's a guideline to help proceed with vaccinating yourself and your loved ones:
The importance of early health screening in cancer is twofold, as detecting cancer in the initial stages for better treatment outcomes, and screening is also helpful in risk assessment and risk reduction through counselling.
The thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped organ in the front of our neck that produces hormones in order to regulate metabolism and thus, it affects vital functions. Whereas fertility refers to the ability to conceive and bring a baby to term.
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