New Delhi | Lifestyle plays a huge role in your fitness and health. Often a sedentary lifestyle along with unhealthy eating habits contribute to weight gain or other lifestyle diseases. With discipline and patience, you can work on your lifestyle to reach a fitness level you have always desired. Always remember that whatever changes you […]
Category: Lifestyle
What to keep in mind for good heart health post angioplasty
New Delhi | Poor lifestyle and dietary choices are two of the primary causes of coronary heart disease. While Covid-19 has impacted healthcare delivery across all specialties, cardiologists and heart surgeons have been cautioning regarding the virus’ impact on a person’s heart health, with or without surgery. According to Sanjeeb Roy, senior intervention cardiologist, Jaipur, […]
Sleep loss harms mental, physical well-being: Study
New York |Β One night of sleep loss is enough to disrupt your day-to-day mental and physical well-being, according to a new study. The study, published in the journal βAnnals of Behavioral Medicine’, also indicted that consecutive days of sleep loss can increase these negative impacts, CNN reported. “Consecutive sleep loss was associated with decrease in […]
‘Condomology report’ answers why India is low on condoms usage
New Delhi | To harness youth and ensure their health and well-being, Condom Alliance – a shared value collective of condom market players and other stakeholders to improve the well-being of young people in India, launched India’s first ever Condomology report. Condomology stands for Consumer Condom Psychology and aptly describes the context and focus of […]
On Holi, be careful if you wear contact lenses
New Delhi | The fun-filled Holi festival is around the corner and so are the celebrations usually filled with gulal, colours, water guns and water balloons. Amid all the excitement, we might just ingest colours through body parts exposed, including our eyes. While generally we are more careful about our mouths and even noses, we […]
Online dating: More women look for emotional attachment than men
New Delhi |Β When it comes to online dating, 73 per cent of women prioritise emotional attachment in comparison to 55 per cent of men, said a new report. Overall, the majority of the users are looking for emotional attachment than physical connection which means people are moving beyond casual dating and looking for an emotional […]
Here’s how to shed the ‘lockdown kilos’
New Delhi: The coronavirus virus lockdown took a toll on our mental as well as physical well-being. The quarantine period was a tough one for people. There is a steep rise in the number of people who have gained oodles of weight during the pandemic, owing to many challenges and disruption in their regular routine. […]
What India is buying ahead of Valentine’s Day
New Delhi: As Valentine’s Day week begins, an e-commerce marketplace has shared popular buys among users across Tier II towns and small cities. The country is approaching the one-year mark of life under lockdown and with most activities relegated to home – Valentine’s Day gifting is looking different this year. While popular items like soft […]
Risky sexual behaviour rising despite pandemic lockdowns: Study
London:Β The Covid-19 pandemic, despite lockdown and social distancing norms, did not inhibit risky sexual behaviours and researchers found that acute sexually transmitted infections (STIs) actually spiked during the lockdown period, along with increasing the risk of SARS-CoV-2 virus contagion. The research, conducted in two main STI centres in Milan, Italy, found that despite the lockdown […]
Apple Watch saves Indian man’s life, Cook wishes him fast recovery
New Delhi:Β In probably the first such reported case in India, the electrocardiogram (ECG) feature on Apple Watch has saved the life of a 61-year-old Indore resident and Apple CEO Tim Cook wished him fast recovery post-surgery. R. Rajhans, a retired pharma professional who uses an Apple Watch Series 5, decided to check his ECG on […]