Two decades of diabetes has caused 64-year-old External Affairs minister, Sushma Swaraj’s kidneys to shut down. Admitted in the Capital’s premier medical institute, AIIMS, she will undergo a transplant soon. According to sources in the hospital, the minister’s creatinine levels, which measure how well the kidneys are functioning, were around 5 mg%; normally it should range from 0.80 mg% to 1.21 mg%. The higher the creatinine levels, the more damaged […]

The advent of social media and emergence of platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, which let users share views and images with people across the world, has also given rise to a selfie craze. Although it can have effects on mental health, at times the obsession with selfies has also proved fatal when taken too far.   As youngsters have been in the race for clicking the most spectacular selfies […]

Is your diet rich in fat? Well, a new study has found that diets rich in fat ups the risk of major eye disease by changing in the bacterial communities of your gut. It eventually increases the risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) or aggravate the blinding disease. The findings said that bacteria in your intestines may play an important role in determining if you will develop blinding wet […]

A woman’s stress levels during pregnancy can cause changes in the microbiome of the foetus that can lead to anxiety as well as learning difficulty in babies, persisting even into adulthood, researchers say. In the study, the team of researchers at The Ohio State University, found that when pregnant mice were exposed to stress, it appeared to change the makeup of the bacteria in both their guts and placentas, as […]

Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling recently laid the foundation stone of a ropeway and support facilities for the Bhaleydhunga Skywalk Project at Dhapper in Yangang, which once completed, will be the world`s highest skywalk. Conceptualized by Chamling himself, the Bhaleydhunga Skywalk will be built at a height of 10,300 feet with world class infrastructure and will be the second of its kind in Asia and the first in India. After […]

With air pollution hovering over, doctors highlight the need to make the right choices If you thought mosquito coils are helping you sleep peacefully, you are wrong. They are harming you as well, because one coil is equivalent to smoking 57 cigarettes. “When you light one mosquito coil, the pollution caused in your house throughout the night is equivalent to you smoking 57 cigarettes,” said Dr Sujeet Rajan, Consultant Respiratory […]

A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked New Zealand early today, the US Geological Survey said, prompting a tsunami warning and knocking out power and phone services in many parts of the country. The shallow tremor hit some 90 kilometres north of the South Island city of Christchurch which was devastated five years ago by a 6.3 tremor which killed 185 people in one of New Zealand’s deadliest disasters. Today’s quake, […]

Consume freshly prepared warm food (prefer local and seasonal produce) for better nutrition and improved digestion. Avoid junk, preserved or stale food; cold drinks/chilled water with meals. Do not eat food cooked in mixed oils or repeatedly used oils. Do not bathe after eating. End your day with a glass of golden milk (a glass of hot milk+1/2t turmeric powder!). When asked what surprised him about humanity the most, the […]

St Denis (Reunion Island): Endowed with beaches, lagoons, waterfalls, spectacular volcanoes and weather that is pleasant for most part of the year, Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean is striving to be a preferred destination for Indian tourists. A direct flight from Chennai and visits by Indian celebrities and beauty pageant winners are among the measures taken by the Reunion Tourism Board to catch the eye of the growing ranks […]

The advent of the internet brought with it the constant pressure on women to be perfect, what with products being advertised left, right and centre. Perfect hair, perfect makeup and perfect clothes all the time. With that comes body-shaming. A curve out of place, a slight bulge or a wrinkle can get you a lot of shame on the internet. But then there have been those few who have risen […]