The emotional, physical, and financial burden of long-term illness can significantly impact the health and quality of life of the elderly, their family, and caregivers. In India, about 80% of the seniors suffer from at least one chronic disease, while 68% suffer from two or more life-fatal diseases. Despite these statistics, seniors can improve their health […]
World Parkinson’s Day: What Are The Early Signs of Parkinson’s?
Parkinson’s beings with walking difficulties, balancing, and coordinating; it also causes tremors and stiffness. Symptoms appear gradually and worsen over time. People with Parkinson’s disease may have trouble walking and speaking as the disease progresses. They may also experience mental and behavioral changes and sleep issues, depression, memory problems, and exhaustion. Parkinson’s Disease Risk Age […]
Hyperactivity, Sleep Disturbances, and Anxiety among children is a Tourette warning sign
Tourette Syndrome affects one out of every hundred school-aged children. Among them, Tourette is more seen among boys than in girls. Tourette has no cure at present. Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neurological condition characterized by tics: sudden, repetitive, quick, and unpleasant movements or vocal noises that come and go, altering in form, frequency, location, […]
Fighting Anxiety and Depression this International Cancer Survivors Day
India’s cancer burden could rise from 1.39 million to 1.57 million by 2025, according to a report from the National Cancer Registry Program 2020. Cancer is on a rising trend in today’s society, affecting people across all walks of life. Nobody is immune to it, whether rich or poor, educated, or uneducated. Cancer is the […]
Diet Plan and Health Tips for the New Year
2020 has been a testing time for all of us. It was a year where immunity and health shared the utmost priority to fight the deadly Coronavirus pandemic. Though, we are just a few days away from the new year 2021, thinking of the year ahead signifies a fresh start for many. For some, new year […]
International Tea Day: 15 Teas that Relieve Stress and Anxiety
Most of our mornings begin with a hot cup of Tea. Tea is considered to be one of the healthiest beverages and has attracted the attention of tea connoisseurs all over the world. A warm cup of tea refreshes us and provides the essential hydration that keeps us going throughout the day. For Indians, Tea […]
Equal Human Rights for All- Fighting Mental Health Issues on International Coming Out Day
The LGBTQ community brings together a cohort of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer’s whose identity and sexual preferences are different from the gender identities and conventional heterosexual relationships known to society. LGBT’s fight a daily battle for acceptance, recognition, internal and external conflicts to live a happy life. Their mental conflicts and identity […]
Suicide Prevention: Caring for Mental Health and Depression to Fight Covid-19
Suicide affects millions and is the leading cause of deaths and medical emergencies globally. It is estimated that suicide or voluntarily taking away one’s life is the cause of about 1 million annual casualties. Whopping 20+ attempts are behind one successful suicide attempt, which makes it more worrisome. Suicide and its attempts have a cascading […]
World Alzheimer’s Day: Caring for Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s- A progressive brain disorder first diagnosed in 1906 currently affects millions of families worldwide. This slowly progressive disease affects someone in the world every three seconds who develops dementia/Alzheimer’s. A higher percentage of those affected with Alzheimer’s is common as the population ages. Alzheimer’s affects patients, their families, friends, and caregivers causing stress and emotional […]
Addressing Healthcare if Work from Home Becomes a Permanent Option After Covid-19
Coronavirus has bought a massive change in working schedules, with work from home becoming the new normal. To contain the spread of the deadly pandemic employees across the world have been forced to work from home (WFH) for about months now. Going forward WFH may become a long-term solution and adopted as a standard practice, for […]