While we continue to grapple with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our social lifestyle, most of us may not be paying appropriate attention to a more important matter, our physical well-being. Although everyone’s aware that building immunity is the key to ward off viruses like the COVID-19, the factors influencing it remain clouded due to mis-information and hearsay. If we were to single out the most important of all the contributing facto..

Holiday celebrations often revolve around eating, but people with restricted diets are more likely to feel lonely when they can’t share in what others are eating, researchers have found. Across seven studies and controlled experiments, the findings, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, found that food restrictions predicted loneliness among both children and adults. “Despite being physically present with others, having a food restriction leaves people feeling left out because ..

  By Dr Satnam Singh Chhabra:  While those of us who thought TB is a pulmonary disease affecting our lungs need to think again! According to the medical statistics, 5-10 per cent of the total TB patients in India suffer from bone TB and the figure is on constant rise, more due to ignorance about bone TB, during which the bacterium causing TB affects bones and the spine. In fact, if we talk about numbers, India is home to about one lakh people who suffer from osteoarticular tuberculosis ..

 By Leon Straker: Many people spend the majority of their waking hours sitting – at home, commuting and at work. Particularly when we’re sitting for long periods at a desk, there are a few things we should keep in mind. How should we sit? Many people think there is one“good” posture. But actually, there isn’t just one way of sitting. Different ways of sitting will place different physical stresses on our bodies, and variety is good. To work out if a posture ..

 Who Sit A Lot Need To EXERCISE Office workers who sit for long periods of time can reverse the health risks of their modern sedentary lifestyle by exercising just 20 minutes per day, a new study revealed. Published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the University of Sydney-led collaboration with the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norwegian Institute of Public Health and the UK’s Loughborough University examined the health consequences associated with sitting, reports ..

  By Rajendra Diwe: The long pointed dried leaf used in Indian kitchens is known as Tamal Patra, Tejpatra, Tejpan, Bay Leaf, Tvakpatra, etc. Tamal Patra is its Sanskrit name which means Dark Leaf. Greek traders took that name changing it to malabathron. This name was then taken by the Romans as malabathrum or malobathrum. Many recent languages of Northern India have names for Indian bay-leaf that derive from that Sanskrit term, for example, Marathi Tamal Patra. In Hindi and some related ..

  In a new study researchers at BarIlan University in Israel reveal an unexpected function of sleep that they believe could explain how sleep and sleep disturbances affect brain performance, aging and various brain disorders. Researchers used 3D time-lapse imaging techniques in live zebra fish and were able to define sleep in a single chromosome resolution and show, for the first time, that single neurons require sleep in order to perform nuclear maintenance. According to the current work, ..

   T HE world today is moving fast, people ‘jog’ their brains to achieve targets,‘stretch’ their limits to shine among the rest, ‘run’ behind their dreams and aspirations. To keep up with the competitive environment people tend to work tirelessly and are unable to meet their health goals. To create awareness, the World Health Organisation (WHO) celebrates World Health Day on April 7 every year to address the growing health concerns and promote a healthy ..

     A majority of urban youth spends its days sitting on desk. This type of sedentary lifestyle can take a serious toll on health and may even lead to early death, a recent research shows. According to a study cited by Health line, just half hour of physical activity a day can counteract a day of sitting. The study was published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Researchers from Columbia University Irving Medical Center evaluated 7,999 healthy adults, aged 45 and older, ..