Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR It is sometimes all right to play ‘god’ with oneself. It not only lifts one’s fortitude and confidence, it also makes inspirational perception of truth possible. It needs ‘practice’ to do so on a regular basis — without showing your ‘trick’ on the surface. Once this happens, you can become what
Words: Dr Barbara ETCOVITCH Homeopathy has the ability to treat a wide variety of neurological disorders — from epilepsy to multiple sclerosis [MS] and stroke. As in all other illnesses, homeopathy can address them at all stages of their development. I’d like to focus on stokes, since they are the leading cause of serious long-term
Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 Indian gooseberry has a host health-enhancing and therapeutic benefits; so also papaya, which tastes like a cross between melon and peach. Indian gooseberry, or amla [Emblica officinalis], is an ancient fruit. It is native to India, although it is cultivated in several Asian countries and the Middle East. Uttar Pradesh is the
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR The puffy enlargement of your thyroid gland is called goitre. It may have a tendency to hamper your swallowing, or breathing, activities. The causes of goitre are sundry. Hormones produced by your thyroid gland regulate your metabolism, including the rate at which you burn calories. The presence. or emergence, of goitre
Dr Ketki Suhas SAPRE responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire. Why and how did you think of becoming a doctor? I was born with congenital dislocation of hip [CDH] — a birth defect. I’ve undergone corrective surgeries for it. This was how I developed a penchant towards medicine from my formative years. I first wanted to become
Words: Dr Carleen JOHNSON David Tom, a forty-eight-year-old man, had had a head-on collision with an adult moose when he was returning home from work at 5:15pm on the evening of November 1 — a few years ago. The first passers-by found him unconscious and bleeding. He regained consciousness and became belligerent as the arriving
Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 Many people work at night; most work productively. Working at night predictably causes sleep loss and fatigue. This is because the human body is designed to sleep at night. Our bodies are controlled by an internal daily body clock, located in the hypothalamus. At night, many of the processes active during the
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Ginger, the knotted, thick, beige-coloured underground stem, or rhizome, is a versatile medicinal plant. In botanical terms, the herb is called Zingiber officinale, a trusted, age-old remedy. The ancient Indian system of medicine, Ayurveda, to highlight a prime exemplar, extols ginger in the treatment of arthritis, colic, and diarrhoea. It also
Words: Dr Deborah OLENEV The less one knows about this subject, the happier one generally is. The question arises: is ignorance bliss when it comes to WiFi radiation or EMFs [electromagnetic fields]? Whether WiFi radiation is, or is not, a health threat is as controversial a question as does global warming really exist. There is
Words: Dr Rajgopal Nidamboor Inflammation is your body’s reaction, or irritation, to injury. It is more than what meets the eye. It is actually a sign that your body is healing. There are two types of inflammation — acute [recent] and chronic [long-standing] inflammation. When heat and swelling from a recent injury are uncomfortable, all
