You Walk 10,000 Steps. Your Neighbour Walks 5,000. Why Is He Thinner?
There are sentences that instantly change the atmosphere inside a consulting room. Doctor, I found blood in my urine. Doctor, I can’t breathe properly. Those sentences make a...
Author : Dr. Brahmanand Nayak
Why Oiling Your Hair Can Sometimes Worsen Dandruff?
A young man once entered my clinic wearing enough coconut oil on his head to solve a minor fuel crisis. “Doctor, dandruff is not going,”...
Why Does the Same Disease Affect Different Organs in Different People?
If diseases could answer questions, doctors would have far fewer sleepless nights. We could simply sit them down and ask. Why the kidneys? Why not...
Can an Emotion Become a Disease? Ayurveda Says Yes
Diseases have two birthdays. The first is the one every doctor knows. It arrives with a blood test, an MRI scan, a biopsy, or the...
How Smoking Damages Male Fertility
There are only two kinds of smokers in India. The first says, “Yes, Doctor, I smoke.” I have met exactly three of them in thirty...
Why Has My Interest in Sex Reduced? 15 Surprising Medical Reasons Every Couple Should Know
There are certain questions that never walk into a doctor’s consultation room. They sneak in. One afternoon, a middle-aged gentleman entered my clinic, glanced over...
The Healthiest People I Know Never Talk About Health
A question I almost never ask my patients is this. What makes you happy? Not because I don’t want to know. Because if I ask that...
Does Milk Raise Blood Sugar?
“Doctor, one last question.” Every doctor knows those four words can add another ten minutes to a consultation. This gentleman had already collected his prescription,...
You Got the Job. Why Does Life Still Feel So Hard?
You Got the Job. Why Does Life Still Feel So Hard? Last week, a young man told me he had no time to read. He...
The Day Yoga Left Home
How the Mysuru school of yoga conquered Hollywood and reshaped the modern wellness industry. The global yoga industry, worth billions of dollars and stretching from...