These days, if you can’t buy it online, it’s probably not worth owning. Now that everyone has a smartphone in their pocket, we’ve fallen in love with the convenience of online shopping, and the dream of a “Digital India” is closer than ever. It’s no surprise that Indian pharmacies are following the trend. Pharmaceuticals is an industry worth Rs. 72,000 crore, according to the Times of India, and medicine bills…
My heart aches each time my son coughs from the dust and pollen in the air, which is almost all the time. Allergies are painful to live with. Asthma? Even worse. I lost my Mother to lung fibrosis. October is Healthy Lung Month and I’d like to share a few tips on how to allergy-proof your home. I won’t guarantee that you can prevent lung disease, but you can definitely minimize the…
The possibility of increasing the chance of developing breast cancer are called risk factors. There are certain things one can control, and others, not so much. Here is a list of risk factors to pay attention to: Menstruation If you start your period before age 12 If menopause begins after age 55 Motherhood If you have children after age 35, or don’t have children at all. If you don’t breastfeed…
It is National Safety Month and we all know that health and safety go together. While there are several aspects to health, I think one area that requires the maximum attention is medication safety. How many times have we visited the doctor for an ailment and come back with a prescription, only to find that it doesn’t agree with us or has side-effects that make us feel worse than when…
World Kidney Day aims to raise awareness of the importance of our kidneys to our overall health and to reduce the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems worldwide. Getting to know our kidneys on World Kidney Day The kidneys are complicated and amazing organs that work hard to keep us healthy. I once saw a poster at the hospital that said “Man can continue to…