Have your elders ever told you to stop hunching over and adopt a better posture? It may be annoying to hear it, but as it turns out, there is a lot of truth to the advice. Maintaining good posture and proper alignment is essential for your overall health, especially your bone health. Your bones provide […]
About 20 crore people around the globe suffer from osteoporosis. Of all the fractures that happen every year, 20 lahks are because of osteoporosis. What is Osteoporosis? The bones in your body are living tissue that keeps being broken down and replaced. Old, damaged bone gets resorbed and new bone material gets deposited; this is […]
Whether it’s from a reluctance to cook or an excuse for a celebration, with more and more of us now prefer to eat out every chance we get, it’s no surprise that 5% of India’s population is morbidly obese. As unhealthy, processed food becomes more accessible and middle-class incomes rise, we observe a steep curve […]
A hurting knee is a usual complaint among adults, but what happens when it becomes commonplace for a 30-year-old? How does it hurt one’s ability to function in life? The truth is that knee pain can considerably degrade your quality of life. The difficulty of the simple tasks of sitting down and then standing up […]
“Oh, no. It’s just because I walked a lot yesterday. It’s not arthritis, I’m only 25!”. You’d be surprised to see a young woman or man needing to take a break and sit down for a bit while out and about, but the truth is – arthritis doesn’t just happen to old people. Almost 1.3 […]