Health & Wellness

On October 12 at 1 PM, the Commission for Air Quality Management’s dashboard showed a Delhi-wide AQI of 81, which falls in the “Satisfactory” band. If you’ve been following the news and expecting smog, that’s a relief. But anyone who has lived in Delhi-NCR knows that a good reading in…

If you’ve been following India’s Asian Games campaign since our earlier coverage, September 27 — Day 8 of competition in Aichi-Nagoya — was the day the medal count genuinely surged. Athletics, squash, boxing, and hockey all delivered in the same 24-hour window, even as one of India’s biggest badminton hopes…

For decades, dengue in India followed a fairly predictable rhythm: cases would climb during the monsoon, peak in the weeks after heavy rains, and taper off as temperatures cooled. That pattern is breaking down. Hospitals in several cities reported rising suspected dengue cases even before this year’s monsoon officially began,…

During the last twenty years ” getting a healthy body” almost always means “getting a good looking body”. We monitored our diets, focused on getting six-pack abs, and even judged ourselves by the numbers on the scale. In 2026, that narrative has officially broken down. Past to this moment, for…

Every year brings a fresh crop of “revolutionary” health tests, and most of them quietly disappear a few months later. But 2026 has been different — a handful of tests that were in research pipelines for years have actually cleared regulatory hurdles, gotten insurance coverage, or become available to order.…

For a long time, checking for bladder cancer has meant one thing above all else — a cystoscopy. That’s the procedure where a thin camera gets threaded into the bladder through the urethra, and while it works, it’s invasive, uncomfortable, and genuinely something most patients would rather avoid unless they…

Growing up in a South Asian family can bring a strong sense of connection, tradition, and belonging. Family relationships, cultural values, and community expectations often play an important role in shaping identity. At the same time, balancing these expectations with personal needs can sometimes feel overwhelming. Career pressure, family responsibilities,…

A lot of folks are honestly shocked, after trying this out for themselves, at the huge count that reflects their own use of cellphones. According to a phone habit survey taken in the United States which involved adults as the participants, Americans on average use their phone around 144 times…

If you’ve got a bottle of Clear Eyes sitting in your medicine cabinet or bathroom drawer, it’s worth taking thirty seconds to check the label. Prestige Consumer Healthcare, the company behind the brand, has recalled nearly 40,000 bottles of its Maximum Itchy Eye Relief product over concerns that the drops…

There’s a pattern doctors across India have been noticing for a while now, and it’s not a subtle one. Heart attacks used to be something you associated with someone’s grandfather, a health scare that showed up in your fifties or sixties if it showed up at all. That’s simply not…