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Health VOICES
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#18: A lifestyle approach to improving HbA1c and sustainable weight loss
September 8, 2024, 6:42 PM IST
CALIFORNIA: In today’s post, I’d like to provide a simple lifestyle based approach to more sustainable weight loss as well as bringing your HbA1c levels to a better place. The fact that I am not…
September 8, 2024, 6:42 PM IST
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India’s tryst with Tuberculosis: A new paradigm-BPAL regime
September 7, 2024, 10:30 AM IST
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a major public health challenge in India, which bears the world’s highest burden of the disease. Despite several government initiatives and advances in medical technology, managing TB in India is…
September 7, 2024, 10:30 AM IST
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Preparing for the next pandemic: A blueprint for global resilience
September 1, 2024, 8:13 PM IST
As the world continues to grapple with the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, the stark reality remains: It is not a question of ‘if’ but ‘when’ another pandemic will occur in future As seen with…
September 1, 2024, 8:13 PM IST
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#17: A framework for optimal food consumption by calorie type, timing and amount
September 1, 2024, 6:38 PM IST
CALIFORNIA: In today’s post, I’d like to provide a framework on how I think about my food consumption and within that what specific option I choose. This framework will enable you to choose whatever option…
September 1, 2024, 6:38 PM IST
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Achilles repairs for top level athletes
September 1, 2024, 6:37 PM IST
The Achilles is a broad, flat tendon that travels in a sheath from the calf muscles to the calcaneus (heel bone) at the bottom of the foot. It is designed to stretch as the calf…
September 1, 2024, 6:37 PM IST
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M Pox is calling!!! How prepared is India?
August 27, 2024, 11:09 PM IST
Kaala Pani, a web series on Netflix is a gripping tale about the outbreak of a lethal disease and a deadly health epidemic creating an atmosphere of chaos and fear. What makes the storyline more…
August 27, 2024, 11:09 PM IST
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#16: An overview of my health data sources to generate personalized insights
August 25, 2024, 6:30 PM IST
CALIFORNIA: In this post I cover all the different sources of data I collect on myself, in order to be as comprehensive as I can be in my analyses and conclusions that I present, so…
August 25, 2024, 6:30 PM IST
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FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
Fixing big hospitals: A tough job
August 21, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
It’s great that junior doctors are calming down after their protests about the horrible incident at RG Kar hospital. The Supreme Court (SC) is now making hospital safety a top priority and setting up a…
August 21, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
System in the dock
August 21, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Good that junior medics are calling off their stir. SC’s committee on hospital safety mustn’t have tunnel vision Junior medics are rightly suspending, bit by bit, their stir engendered by the RG Kar hospital rape-murder….
August 21, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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#15: ‘I get the value of living a healthy lifestyle but how do I get started?’
August 19, 2024, 8:14 PM IST
CALIFORNIA: This post addresses a question that I am asked more than any other topic viz. Is there an easy way to get started on the path to making the changes necessary to improve one’s…
August 19, 2024, 8:14 PM IST
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Stigma around hearing loss & devices costs elderly dear
August 18, 2024, 2:55 PM IST
Deafness in my paternal family was inherited. I call it my “inheritance of loss”. But today, it’s not my life that I want to talk about. I’d rather draw your attention to the stigma around…
August 18, 2024, 2:55 PM IST
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Sleep: Why it matters?
August 18, 2024, 12:57 PM IST
Nearly two out of three people in the U.S. don’t get sufficient sleep, significantly impacting their health. One-third of people sleep six hours or less, double the rate from 50 years ago. The CDC recognizes…
August 18, 2024, 12:57 PM IST
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#14: My new year’s resolutions: Health edition
August 12, 2024, 5:26 PM IST
CALIFORNIA: In today’s post, I want to share my health related new year’s resolutions, in case any of them sound worth your while to try out. The resolutions are based either on new learnings over…
August 12, 2024, 5:26 PM IST
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#13: Predicting the glucose response of my meals
August 12, 2024, 4:50 PM IST
CALIFORNIA: In this post, I cover a system I created to rank my various meals in terms of their glucose response; it is like having a virtual Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) without actually having one…
August 12, 2024, 4:50 PM IST
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3rd pillar of health: Circadian rhythm
August 11, 2024, 7:35 AM IST
The third pillar of health is maintaining our circadian rhythm in sync with the day and night cycle of nature. The timing of our daily activities like eating, exercising, spending time outdoors, and sleeping plays…
August 11, 2024, 7:35 AM IST
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FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
Mind your meds: New foreign drugs coming to India
August 10, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
The Indian government has made a big decision about medicine. They’re going to allow some new drugs from countries like the US, UK, Canada, and Japan to be sold in India without doing extra tests…
August 10, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
Mind your meds
August 10, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Critical foreign drugs can be sold minus trial, but carefully Govt decision to waive clinical trials for breakthrough therapies cleared in a few developed countries like US, UK, Canada and Japan is a significant development….
August 10, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
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#12: Biological age testing
July 28, 2024, 3:01 PM IST
CALIFORNIA: In today’s post (#12), I’d like to discuss a test to quantify one’s biological age (as opposed to one’s chronological age). The biological age is how much your body has aged due the impact…
July 28, 2024, 3:01 PM IST
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Therapeutic fasting
July 28, 2024, 9:26 AM IST
Fasting can be challenging for beginners, with hunger often dominating thoughts by noon. Despite this, fasting has long been used therapeutically in places like Russia, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, and California. Upton Sinclair’s 1911 book, “The…
July 28, 2024, 9:26 AM IST
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#11: Impact of high intensity activity on glucose and energy levels
July 21, 2024, 2:33 PM IST
CALIFORNIA: In today’s post (#11), I discuss my experiments with the optimal preparation for a relatively high intensity cardio activity like soccer. This will apply to anyone participating in any similar activity, such as tennis,…
July 21, 2024, 2:33 PM IST
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