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Samosas, pav vadas, pizzas, burgers, farsan, mithai… the list to make our mouth water is never ending. There’s absolutely no harm in enjoying your favorite foods but you should never forget the truth that you must ‘eat to live’ and not ‘live to eat.’ People who follow the latter find themselves addicted to food [...]
Bad breath, medically known as halitosis, is a symptom that can be embarrassing for the patient and offending to others. It is a very common problem and affects practically everyone at some point or the other in a person’s life. Sadly enough, most of the people who have the problem are blissfully unaware of [...]
Fatigue is often neglected by practically everyone because it is a very vague symptom that is discomforting rather than distressing. However, not many realize that fatigue, like any other symptom, can be caused due to various reasons. Hence, one may have to pay a very heavy price for taking it lightly. A person may [...]
Dyspepsia, or indigestion in layman’s words, is a very common problem and affects practically each and every human at some time or the other. Only the intensity of the problem and its manifestations vary from person to person. While some complain of heartburn and abdominal discomfort, others complain of burping or excessive flatulence along [...]
Tobacco is smoked in India in various forms such as cigarettes, bidis, cheroots, chuttas, dhumtis, chillums, and hookahs. Smokeless tobacco is chewed as gutkha, pan, mawa, mainpuri tobacco, khaini, or click; applied on the gums and teeth in the form of mishri, gudhaku, bajjar, or tooth paste; and inhaled as snuff. Unfortunately, most people are [...]
Tobacco health warnings are messages that appear on the packaging of cigarettes and other tobacco products. These warnings, which include pictorial warnings, cut across linguistic and cultural barriers, and are printed with the intention of increasing public awareness on the harmful health effects of tobacco consumption. Pictorial messages also help to discourage tobacco consumption. Here [...]
A walk down any lane in our country, and one will notice the unwanted artwork of the uncivil specimens of our society who think it is their prerogative to first chew their version of ‘cud’ and then spew it all out with a great splash just about anywhere. It’s a free country after all. Little [...]
“Thank heaven, I have given up smoking again…God! I feel fit. Homicidal, but fit. A different man. Irritable, moody, depressed, rude, nervy, perhaps; but the lungs are fine.” Well said by A. P. Herbert as giving up on smoking seems impossible. There is already much heard and said on smoking. But one always reads to [...]
In a recent article, Indra Nooyi, chairman and chief executive officer, PepsiCo Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman, World Economic Forum have covered the impact of companies commitment to employee wellness in the workplace on a global scale. The WHO estimates that China will lose $558 billion, India $237 billion and Russia $303 billion in [...]
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