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Dec 2024
21:
How to Reduce and Manage Healthcare Costs
Dec 2024
3:
Diagnosing Diabetes Early: For Ourselves and For Those Around Us
Nov 2024
17:
The Three-Second Choice: Buckle Up or Risk Becoming a Backseat Bullet
Oct 2024
30:
When and Why Would You Prefer a Branded Drug Over a Generic!
Oct 2024
20:
The Essential Travel Medicine Kit
Oct 2024
13:
Auditory Wellness...Protecting and Improving Our Hearing...Ourselves
Sep 2024
16:
When Speed Matters...And Doesn't!
Aug 2024
20:
From Presbyopia to Cataracts to AMD - Why Regular Vision Checks are Important
Aug 2024
4:
The Overweight Myth: Why Overnutrition Is Better Than Undernutrition Every Single Time!
Jul 2024
22:
Cognition and Dementia Updates
Jul 2024
14:
The Healthspan of the Mind: Preventing Cognitive Decline
Jul 2024
8:
Foo-Foo Healthcare: How to Identify Snake-Oil Treatments and Separate Fact from Fiction
Jun 2024
30:
Food Updates - III - Healthy Nutrition for Longevity: Deconstructing the 2024 ICMR-NIN Dietary Guidelines - Part II
Jun 2024
2:
Food Updates - II - Healthy Nutrition for Longevity: Deconstructing the 2024 ICMR-NIN Dietary Guidelines - Part I
May 2024
26:
Food Updates: From Parle-G to Pringles - Examining the Evidence on Ultra-Processed Foods
May 2024
19:
Thriving After 55: Staying Healthy and Preventing Major Health Risks - Based on the GBD 2021 Data
May 2024
12:
Lecture: Atmasvasth - A Guide to a Long Healthspan
Apr 2024
28:
Longevity is Inevitable: Extended Healthspan is Not and Requires Effort
Apr 2024
21:
Sweat and Science: How Wet-Bulb Temperature Dictates Safe Outdoor Exercise
Apr 2024
13:
"Death as Treatment" - A Slippery Slope to Disaster
Apr 2024
5:
Cancer Prevention in a Shot: Halting Cervical Cancer with the HPV Vaccine
Mar 2024
27:
Physical Activity Update - II (What, When, How Much)
Mar 2024
18:
Physical Activity Update - I (Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Cancers, Falls, Sleep, Dementia)
Mar 2024
5:
The Ban on E-Cigarettes in India - Has the Time Come to Reconsider?
Feb 2024
19:
The Blood Money Obstructing the Prevention of Oral Cancer
Jan 2024
21:
Saying No to Preventive Gallbladder Surgery for Silent Gallstones
Jan 2024
13:
Poor Vision can Increase the Risk of Falls and Fractures
Dec 2023
28:
Caries in the Teeth Can Reduce Your Lifespan
Dec 2023
16:
Recognizing and Managing Suicidal Thoughts in Us and Those Around Us
Dec 2023
3:
The Retirement Conundrum - Managing the Remaining 1500 Weeks
Nov 2023
15:
Avoid Being in Road Accidents at all Costs
Nov 2023
9:
Falls-Proofing the House
Oct 2023
29:
The Book - Atmasvasth - A Guide to Ageing Healthfully
Oct 2023
23:
Climbing Stairs
Oct 2023
16:
The Impracticality of Salt Control
Oct 2023
8:
How Much do Our Genes Control How Long We Live?
Sep 2023
25:
The Coronary Calcium Score Test - A Useful Test, But...
Sep 2023
3:
What is the Point of Living Long, if We don’t Enjoy the Journey? Some Ruminations on Alcohol and Other "Sinful" Stuff While Invoking John Steinbeck
Aug 2023
9:
Do Air Purifiers at Home and Work Make a Difference?
Jul 2023
25:
Some More Data on Time-Restricted Eating (TRE) as a Means to Manage Food Intake
Jul 2023
16:
The Crossroads of Physical Activity, Sleep and Cognitive Decline
Jul 2023
5:
Delinking Fitness and Health from BMI, Weight and Obesity Labels
Jul 2023
1:
Crosspost: Choosing the Right Doctor: The Futility and Uselessness of Google Search and Reviews, Online Aggregators and Social Medial Platforms
Jun 2023
25:
Disease Hell...What Can We Truly Prevent or Control
Jun 2023
19:
Chest X-ray for Screening for Tuberculosis
May 2023
28:
The Extremes of Fire and Ice
May 2023
21:
The Sleep Apnea Testing Problem
May 2023
9:
Is Tea as Good as Coffee, to Live Long, Healthy?
Apr 2023
23:
Your Mouth is a Window to Your Health
Apr 2023
16:
The Magic of a 30-45 Minutes Walk Every Day
Apr 2023
9:
Life's Essential 8 and Annual Health Scoring
Mar 2023
29:
Living on Main Roads can Raise Your Blood Pressure
Mar 2023
25:
Running Safely on Indian Roads - Run Facing the Traffic
Mar 2023
11:
The Paradox of Walking Aids
Feb 2023
28:
I Would Always Choose Active, Healthful Ageing over "Graceful" Ageing
Feb 2023
15:
Do Not Go Gentle into That Deaf Night
Jan 2023
25:
Your Living Will
Jan 2023
14:
Every Move Counts
Jan 2023
2:
What if You Just Threw Away Those Salt-Shakers and Stopped Adding Extra Salt During Mealtimes?
Dec 2022
22:
Say No to Vitamin D Testing and Supplementation
Dec 2022
15:
It is Better to Be Fit and Overweight than Normal Weight / Lean and Unfit
Dec 2022
8:
Is it Safe to Walk or Run Outdoors When Air Pollution is High?
Nov 2022
22:
The Ideal Annual Health Check-Up - Less is More
Nov 2022
1:
It is Never Too Late to Stop Smoking
Oct 2022
14:
Screening for Osteoporosis
Oct 2022
4:
Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Sep 2022
25:
Hospitals Should Only Be Places of Last Resort
Sep 2022
13:
Being Physically Active is Good, But Being Fit is Better
Sep 2022
6:
Is Regular Self-Weighing Necessary or Important?
Aug 2022
20:
Logging What You Eat and Drink Instead of Counting Calories
Aug 2022
11:
Potassium-Enriched Salt Substitution (PESS) - Why It Makes a Difference
Jul 2022
30:
Colorectal Cancer Screening - Is it of any Use in India?
Jul 2022
13:
Does Reading Reduce Cognitive Decline?
Jul 2022
4:
Physical Activity - Why, When, Where, How Long, Which ?
Jun 2022
26:
Does Yoga Help Increase Healthspan and Lifespan?
Jun 2022
19:
The Meditation Conundrum - The Lack of Good Science, but an Ancient Practice that Feels Good Anyway
Jun 2022
12:
Iatrogenesis of Vitamins, Minerals and Herbal Supplements
Jun 2022
5:
Preventing and Reversing Frailty
May 2022
15:
Polypharmacy: More than 5 Tablets a Day can Often Cause More Harm than Good
May 2022
9:
Five Points that Increase Life Expectancy without Dementia After the Age of 65
May 2022
1:
Serum PSA Test for Prostate Cancer Screening - Do it Only if You Have the Physical Resources and Mental Make-Up to Handle the Consequences
Apr 2022
24:
How Time-Restricted Eating (TRE) is so Misunderstood by Most People Worldwide
Apr 2022
17:
The Older You Are and the More Physically Active You Are, the Longer You Will Live Disease-Free
Apr 2022
11:
Avocados, Olive Oil and Walnuts - Eating Healthy is for the Rich and Wealthy
Apr 2022
3:
The More You Read and Learn, The Less You Will Forget Names at Weddings and Parties
Mar 2022
29:
Packaged Fruit Juices are Not as Healthy as You May Think
Mar 2022
22:
Being Alone and Being Lonely are Two Different Things
Mar 2022
13:
The Healthy 7 is also the Happy 7
Feb 2022
27:
HPV DNA Screening for Cervical Cancer Saves Lives
Feb 2022
20:
Popping Antibiotics Like Antacids
Feb 2022
14:
The Indian Data and Research Problem - Is it our DNA or our Environment?
Feb 2022
7:
The 37°C (98.6°F) Relic - It is Time for a New Individual Normal
Jan 2022
30:
The Hype and Hoopla Around Vitamin D
Jan 2022
23:
The Air We Breathe
Jan 2022
19:
4000 Steps Twice a Week Help Not Forgetting Names at Weddings and Parties
Jan 2022
16:
The Importance of Being Able to See Well
Jan 2022
9:
Lung Cancer Screening with LDCT in Smokers Saves Lives
Jan 2022
2:
Omega-3, PUFA, ALA, EPA, DHA...What is Going On?
Dec 2021
29:
Cultivating the "Baporiyu"
Dec 2021
26:
Every Extra Decibel Matters
Dec 2021
19:
Not Forgetting Names at Weddings and Parties
Dec 2021
13:
The Top Ten Sensible Eating Guidance to Live Long, Healthy
Dec 2021
4:
It is Better to Not Start Smoking Cigarettes than to Try to Stop
Nov 2021
27:
Interdependence
Nov 2021
20:
Why Every Low Vitamin B12 Level Does not Need Fixing
Nov 2021
13:
A Few Peanuts a Day Keep Brain Strokes Away
Nov 2021
6:
The Disconnect Between How Thin or Fit We Look and How Healthy We Actually Are
Nov 2021
3:
The Inevitability and Certainty of Death
Oct 2021
30:
Sleep
Oct 2021
27:
Time of Day and Day of Week for Elective Surgeries
Oct 2021
23:
The 10 Commandments to Deal with "Digital Noise"
Oct 2021
17:
The Matka of Finding The Right Doctor and the Challenge of Online Platforms
Oct 2021
3:
Your Health ID
Sep 2021
26:
A Teaspoon of Salt...Or Two
Sep 2021
22:
Placebo, Nocebo
Sep 2021
19:
1 Crore - The Investment You Need to Live Long, Healthy in India
Sep 2021
16:
The PROLIFIC Study and the Concept of the Health Coach
Sep 2021
12:
Screening Mammography Saves Lives and Will Save Yours Too
Sep 2021
8:
Screening for Diabetes - When, How and How Often
Sep 2021
5:
A Few Simple Truths about Health Insurance
Aug 2021
29:
Four Weeks to Be a Doctor
Aug 2021
25:
Physical Activity and Poor Sleep and Stroke
Aug 2021
22:
A Day Without Coffee is No Day at All
Aug 2021
18:
Measuring Your Own Blood Pressure at Home
Aug 2021
15:
The Atmasvasth Guide to Living Long, Healthy
Aug 2021
12:
Polyphenols, Cardiovascular Risk and Cognitive Decline
Aug 2021
8:
The Super-Rubbish of Superfoods
Aug 2021
4:
Atrial Fibrillation (AF) - An Important Controllable Condition That Most Have Not Heard Of
Aug 2021
1:
To Drink or Not to Drink...The Light Alcohol Drinking Conundrum
Jul 2021
28:
Physical Activity - Forming a Protective Troika along with Vaccines and Masks Against Covid-19?
Jul 2021
25:
The Hype and Promise of the Polygenic Risk Score (PRS)
Jul 2021
22:
Walking to Improve the Brain's White Matter
Jul 2021
18:
Runnnn...Not Race!
Jul 2021
14:
The Extra "Indian" Cardiovascular Risk
Jul 2021
11:
Healthspan over Lifespan
Jul 2021
7:
Bad Gums and High Blood Pressure
Jul 2021
4:
50-Plus and Vaccines
Jun 2021
30:
Cardiovascular Risk Assessment at Regular Intervals
Jun 2021
27:
Fate, Fatalism...and Stupidity
Jun 2021
23:
Statins and Dementia
Jun 2021
20:
Falls
Jun 2021
13:
The Rich-Poor Divide and the Matka of Structural Violence
Jun 2021
6:
Physical Activity and Blood Pressure
May 2021
30:
Ayurveda is also Allopathy
May 2021
23:
Walking...(All It Takes is Just 4000 Steps a Day)
May 2021
16:
Atmagyan, Atmasurakshit, Atmanivaaran and Atmanirbhar - The Four Atmas to Be Atmasvasth
May 2021
9:
The Matka of Radiation from CT Scans
May 2021
2:
Intermittent Fasting
Apr 2021
25:
The Matka of Covid-19 Treatment in India - "Cheap?" - Not Really!!
Apr 2021
18:
The Matka of the Covid Elite
Apr 2021
11:
The Matka of the "Non-Existent" Disease
Apr 2021
4:
The Matka of "Doing Something" Medicine
Mar 2021
28:
"A Potato Chip a Day..."
Mar 2021
21:
Where are Our Doctors?
Mar 2021
14:
The Mind-Body Connect and Positive Psychological Health
Mar 2021
7:
An "Apple a Day..."
Feb 2021
28:
Moving
Feb 2021
21:
The "Time of Day"Matka
Feb 2021
14:
The Matka of Our Genes
Feb 2021
7:
Masks and Vaccines
Feb 2021
3:
The Wide Gap Between What Should Happen and What Actually Happens
Jan 2021
31:
Estimating Our Own Cardiovascular Risk
Jan 2021
24:
More on the Nocebo Effect of Statins…And With a Sex Bias
Jan 2021
21:
Why We Live Longer and Better
Jan 2021
17:
When We Live - The Matka of Better Life Expectancy
Jan 2021
13:
What and How We Are
Jan 2021
8:
What We Do
Jan 2021
3:
The Matka of Statin Intolerance
Dec 2020
25:
Our Health Matkas, Understanding Them and Then Taking Control
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