For Sanjeet Subramanian, March 3, 2009 is a date that stands frozen in memory, one that culminated with his first diagnosis for Crohn’s disease — inflammation of the small and large intestines. His memory is vivid, recalling everything from specific dates and times to sequences of events. “My first symptoms were that I had absolutely
From an early age, Kavitha Chinnaiyan knew she wanted to be a physician. It was in her first year of medical school that she knew she wanted to pursue cardiology. For a doctor that practices Western medicine professionally but incorporates Eastern spiritual practice, perhaps it’s a fitting specialty — the heart is traditionally understood as
To say that Indians are obsessed with the idea of marriage is an understatement. Globally, the Indian marriage enterprise is a multi-billion dollar force comprising dating sites, dating coaches, wedding vendors, event planners and a whole slew of other businesses and people. Getting one’s kids married and settled down is one of the greatest responsibilities
Cruising through the grocery store and weeding through a plethora of food choices, all while attempting to demystify the information on nutrition labels, can be time consuming, frustrating and confusing. Rest easy, it’s not rocket science! When we start paying attention to a few crucial things on nutrition labels, it can empower us to make
Many Indians are interested in wrinkle treatments and fairness creams but how many of us really invest in good skin health? Skin health begins with sunscreen. There’s a common myth that people with medium and dark complexions have more natural protection from UVA and UVB rays and therefore do not need sunscreen. This isn’t true.
When Palak Vani, 27, an anxiety coach and self-published author, goes to a dinner party now, she has a specific question she tries to bring into the conversation. “Any time you notice everyone is talking about what is going well, let them talk about the wins, and then ask, ‘What did everyone struggle with this
Ayurveda is one of the oldest traditions of medicine in the world. As a physician, I admire the holistic approach of connecting the physical and the mental. Ayurvedic treatment combines materials such as plants, minerals, metals, with diet, exercise and lifestyle modification. But when it comes to young children, Ayurveda treatment containing metals should be
Turbulence is a part of life. Something doesn’t go the way we want or expect. A boss or spouse gets upset. The economy slows. A layoff happens. While we can’t predict when we’ll experience hardships, we can control how we handle them. We’ve heard that “when the going gets tough, the tough get going” — successful
Processed foods are largely blamed for America’s obesity epidemic and other chronic health conditions, such as high blood pressure and type-2 diabetes. But not all processed foods are a threat to our well-being. In fact, they can be made part of a balanced plate with a tad bit of detective work from our side. It’s
The first seizure happened when Ria Sandhu was five years old. “I remember that day like it was yesterday,” says Jack Sandhu, 49, Ria’s father and the owner of Farmington Hills Manor, a banquet hall in metro Detroit. Ria came home from school early that day — she had fallen asleep in class and was