Urinary incontinence is the complaint of involuntary loss (leakage) of urine. The condition occurs in both sexes, but is much more frequent in women Incontinence in men is often a consequence of prostatic enlargement or from damage to continence mechanisms during surgery or radiotherapy for prostate cancer. Incontinence in women, on the other hand, is typically related to dysfunction of the bladder or pelvic floor muscles, with such dysfunction often arising during pregnancy or childbirth, or at the time of menopause. There are two main subtypes of urinary incontinence: Stress Incontinence an ..read more

Due to increased concerns of body weight and image, along with the widespread use of the Internet and social media platforms, the already considerable market of weight-loss drugs and supplements grows rapidly. Within this market, various products are available which include substances that could pose health hazards to users.  Like any other market where effective regulatory control is lacking, the supplement market is also open to unethical practice whereby products could contain unlicensed ingredients contaminated with controlled substances and/or deliberately spiked with potent control ..read more

Sometime back, when I exposed the uselessness of mass gainers, there was a lot of hue & cry in the following months, on how, as always, I don’t know anything about supplements, and how I simply can’t expose something which has been used for so long (or should I say, abused and falsely marketed for so long). But, not a single comment could justify the common-sense logic I used to put my point, especially when it comes to the addition of mass gainers to the Indian diet. Though, there were quite a lot of doubts, which I tried and clear, but one question was quite justifiable on the viewers e ..read more

Over the years, certain words have somehow become associated with health, quite strongly. Whenever a person hear such words in relation to food, it automatically triggers a mental setup which links it to being healthy.  For e.g. the words like green, brown, fresh, herbal, natural etc. which somehow indicate that the ingredients are better and healthier than the other products which don’t mention such words.  One such famous word is “Brown”. Now, anything which has brown attached to it, has the power to trigger healthy thoughts in mind. Be it brown bread, brown rice or brown sugar. T ..read more

Sometime back, when I exposed the uselessness of mass gainers, there was a lot of hue & cry in the following months, on how, as always, I don’t know anything about supplements, and how I simply can’t expose something which has been used for so long (or should I say, abused and falsely marketed for so long). But, not a single comment could justify the common-sense logic I used to put my point, especially when it comes to the addition of mass gainers to the Indian diet. Though, there were quite a lot of doubts, which I tried and clear, but one question was quite justifiable on the viewers e ..read more

Raw milk is milk that has not been pasteurized to kill harmful bacteria. Raw milk can be contaminated with harmful germs that can make you very sick. In fact, raw milk is one of the riskiest foods. People who get sick from raw milk might have many days of diarrhoea, stomach cramping, and vomiting. Some people might develop severe or even life-threatening diseases, including paralysis, kidney failure, stroke, and even death. People most at risk from severe food borne illness are adults 65 years and older, children younger than 5 years, and people with weakened immune systems. But healthy peopl ..read more

Sattu is made by processing gram (chana or chhole). Bengal gram is a commonly used pulse and is a very popular item in majority of the Indian households. De-husked grams are cleaned, roasted and pulverised to convert them in powder or flour form and this is known as Sattu. Some people even use a mix of chickpea (kabuli or safed chana) and Bengal gram (kala chana) to make sattu, and that adds an interesting twist to the flavour. In Punjab, sattu is usually made with barley & corn. This barley based sattu, is a popular in Tibet & Ladakh.  In Ayurveda, Sattu has been described as Sa ..read more

Let’s first understand, what is muscle contraction. Muscle contraction is the tightening, shortening, or lengthening of muscles when you do some activity. It can happen when you hold or pick up something, or when you stretch or exercise with weights. Muscle contraction is often followed by muscle relaxation, when contracted muscles return to their normal state. We all know that during exercise, especially intense exercise, our heart rate increases and the blood is pumped at a much greater rate around the body, than normal. This increased blood flow, delivers oxygen, glycogen, amino acids ..read more

Nanotechnology refers broadly to a field of applied science and technology whose unifying concept is the control of matter on the molecular level in range smaller than 1 micrometre, usually 1 to 100 nanometres.  Nanotechnology is becoming a critical driving force behind innovation in medicine and healthcare, with a wide range of advances including nanoscale therapeutics, biosensors, implantable devices, drug delivery systems, and imaging technologies. In medicine, it promises to revolutionize targeted drug delivery, gene therapy, diagnostics, and many areas of research, development and cl ..read more

Your facial soft tissue consists of a series of layers like the skin, subcutaneous adipose tissue, superficial musculoaponeurotic system, deep adipose tissue, and deep fascia or periosteum. It is also commonly known and observed that sagging and wrinkles appear on the face in older individuals. Thus, aging is, expected to influence the facial soft tissues. Commercially, there are several methods currently used for correcting signs of facial aging, which include the injection of the botulinum toxin, chemical peeling, dermal fillers, cosmetic surgery, laser treatment, facelift, and facial surger ..read more