Ayurvedic Insights on Kidney Stones
It begins with a knock that’s more a groan than a greeting.A man stumbles in, clutching his flank, his ID card still swinging from his...
Category : Health Tips
When Pain Became My Professor
This morning, my phone pinged with an image: a tiny foot, swollen and proud.“Doctor,” the message read, “my daughter sprained her ankle at school.”The foot...
When Denial Becomes the Diagnosis
People think the most challenging part of medicine is breaking bad news. It isn’t. The hardest part is convincing a perfectly breathless, sweating, clutching-his-chest patient...
Ayurveda in the Age of Algorithms
Last week, a young techie came into my clinic with the air of someone who had solved the mysteries of the universe. He didn’t hand...
Why Ayurveda Prescribes Sunlight as Daily Medicine?
At seven in the morning, the sun climbs lazily over Bengaluru’s concrete skyline. Stray dogs stretch, school buses honk, and on a thousand balconies, people...
Why Do Mosquitoes Love Me More?
Doctor, why do mosquitoes love me more? A man asked me this question as if he were filing a complaint with the Supreme Court. His...
What Your Walk Secretly Says About You?
A man walked into my clinic with a dragging step, his body speaking before he did. The slight tilt of his hip, the uneven rhythm...
Three Questions That Decide Your Health
A young man once walked into my clinic with a fat bundle of blood reports. Cholesterol: normal. Sugar: borderline. Vitamin D: a little low. “Doctor,...
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...
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...