Kerala is abuzz with a ‘No to pads, opt for M-cups’ campaign, as the state government, various agencies and people’s representatives spread awareness about the use of menstrual cups for periods instead of sanitary napkins. The menstrual cup is a reusable and eco-friendly alternative to sanitary...
Discussions about weight loss tend to be more about fads rather than healthy habits. There is a lot of information available online about how to maintain your body mass index (BMI) and keep fit. But there is much more misinformation spread by fitness influencers and lapped up by fitness freaks....
One becomes aware of hair fall as a problem only when one combs one's hair. If it’s only 50 to 100 strands of hair, it’s not seen as normal, but one realises the seriousness of hair fall only when there seems to be hardly any hair growing back in the area that has lost quite a lot of hair. Hair...
In this episode of Inmathi.com’s ‘Vaer Kaanal’ (Finding Roots) programme — where a problem is taken up and discussed threadbare with an expert — we go into one of the most troubling features of digital life, namely games and gambling, with Dr Sundari K P, a psychologist, practising for the past...
Inmathi.com has launched a new column called ‘VaerKaanal’ (Finding the Roots) in which a problem is taken up and discussed in-depth with an expert to understand the roots of the issue. In this first episode of ‘VaerKaanal’ vascular surgeon J. Amolarpavanathan explains the growing global...
Dreams are something that have defied man’s intellect since time immemorial. Right from 1899 when Sigmund Freud, father of psychoanalysis, took the world by storm with his ground-breaking work, Interpretation of Dreams, lots of light has been shed on the mysterious and mesmerising Borgesian...
Vitamin-D, an important mineral for the absorption of calcium, magnesium and phosphorus which are vital for the health of bones, muscles and teeth, is generally called the sunshine vitamin for a reason. It is best absorbed by the skin from exposure to sunlight. Doctors have been prescribing...
The sudden downturn in the health of teen footballer R Priya and her death on Tuesday has sent shock waves throughout the state and turned the focus on facilities, standards and quality of medical care in Tamil Nadu’s government hospitals. Doctors performed an arthroscopic ligament repair...
Dr. Sivaraman, a Siddha practitioner, is a regular participant in the public discussions on Siddha medicine, and known for his reasoned position on issues. He spoke to inmathi.com on the recent Madras High Court judgement permitting AYUSH doctors to prescribe allopathic medicines. This is an...
The Kallakurichi suicide of Srimathi has been followed by many other suicides elsewhere too. Psychologists warn that such sensational coverage of suicide by the media may well trigger copycat actions by other troubled people. “Sensationally portraying a suicide has been seen to lead to a 15%...
