How Emotions Affect The Practice of Medicine?
A doctor’s life is a strange syllabus. We are taught anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, but the subject that matters most—the arithmetic of human emotions—never makes it...
Author : Dr. Brahmanand Nayak
Parents Prepare Kids for Exams, But Forget Stress Skills
On the morning of his board exams, Arjun doubled over with stomach cramps. His parents blamed the hostel food. His grandmother muttered about “too much...
How Much Does ‘Log Kya Kahenge’ Cost Your Health?
The anxiety of “what will others think?” is perhaps India’s most popular national pastime. Forget cricket and cinema, this whisper controls our choices more than...
How Your Obsession With Good Sleep Is Keeping You Awake?
It’s 2 AM in Bengaluru. The city’s dogs are conducting their nightly orchestra, the fan hums, and you’re lying wide-eyed in bed. You glance at...
Which Cooking Oils Are Really Best for Your Health?
The war over cooking oils has moved from kitchens to newsfeeds. One week, sunflower oil is a “heart-healthy light oil.” The next is branded “toxic...
When Gas Becomes a Family Problem?
He sat across from me, not looking as sick as a patient usually does. His reports were normal, his diet was careful, and his sleep...
Why Healthy School Lunches Are Becoming Harder Every Day?
The lunchbox has always been more than a metal case with food inside—it’s a mirror. It reflects not only what a child eats but also...
Why do patients sometimes hide the truth from doctors?
In India, every patient brings two things to the clinic—an illness and a story. The sickness I can usually diagnose; the story takes longer, because...
Why am I always tired and have no energy?
Last week, a young techie walked into my clinic, dropped his bag on the floor, and sighed, “Doctor, I think my body battery has a...
Veg vs Non-Veg: Who Lives Longer and Healthier?
The other evening, in my clinic, a newlywed couple walked in, looking as though they had just stepped out of a family WhatsApp wedding album....