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VIP culture in hospitals can compromise patient safety, equitable care: AIIMS doctors

AIIMS Delhi doctors discuss the ethical challenges posed by preferential treatment for VIP patients in healthcare. They emphasize that such practices compromise patient safety and can lead to avoidable complications. Examples of cases illustrate the pressures faced by healthcare providers impacting clinical decisions. The authors recommend implementing stricter admission criteria…

The Economic Times · Oct 24

How to Get a Sleep Study Done in India Without a Months-Long Wait

Start With a Pulmonologist or Neurologist, Not a General PhysicianThe referral chain is where months get lost. A general physician will often send you to an ENT, who may send you back, who may then suggest a cardiologist if snoring is involved, and somewhere in that loop the sleep study…

Times Life · Oct 13

GLP-1 Weight Loss Injections: How Semaglutide Works in the Body and Who Should Avoid Them

What GLP-1 Actually IsGlucagon-like peptide-1 is a hormone your small intestine already makes. It releases after you eat, signals the pancreas to produce insulin, slows how fast food leaves your stomach, and tells the brain's hypothalamus that you've had enough. GLP-1 receptor agonists, drugs like semaglutide (sold as Ozempic for…

Times Life · Sep 22

Why Pancreatitis Is Alarmingly Common in India and What Your Diet and Alcohol Habits Have to Do With It

The numbers nobody talks aboutIndia accounts for a disproportionate share of acute pancreatitis cases in Asia, and the burden is growing. A 2019 study published in the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology found that tropical chronic pancreatitis, a form almost exclusive to South and Southeast Asia, affects an estimated 125…

Times Life · Aug 15

What Skipping Meals Does to Your Gallbladder: Bile, Stones, and the Fasting Risk

The Gallbladder Is Not a Storage Organ You Can IgnoreThe gallbladder's job is timed release. It holds bile produced by the liver and squeezes it into the small intestine the moment fat enters from a meal. That squeeze is triggered by eating. No meal, no squeeze. Bile sits. And bile…

Times Life · Aug 14

Why Gallstones Are Striking Indian Women Under 40: Diet, Hormones, and Rising Risk

The hormonal connection is directGallstones are forming in Indian women in their twenties and early thirties at rates that would have been unusual a generation ago. A 2018 study published in the Indian Journal of Gastroenterology found gallstone prevalence in Indian women significantly higher than in men, with urban women…

Times Life · Aug 13

7 Gallbladder Disease Warning Signs Indians Confuse With Acidity and Indigestion Symptoms

The burning after a heavy meal that isn't what you thinkThat familiar burn after a plate of chole bhature or a late-night biryani gets blamed on acidity almost automatically. But gallbladder pain follows a different clock. It tends to arrive 30 minutes to two hours after eating, particularly after fatty…

Times Life · Aug 13

How Daily Earphone Use During Commutes Is Causing Hearing Loss and Tinnitus in Young Indians

The Volume You Choose Is Not the Volume You HearThe average Mumbai local train runs at around 90 decibels of ambient noise. A Delhi metro platform during peak hour sits between 85 and 95 decibels. When you plug in earphones in that environment, your brain does not register the background…

Times Life · Aug 10

6 Daily Habits That Are Causing Permanent Hearing Loss and Tinnitus in Young Indians

Wearing Earphones at High Volume for Hours Every DayA 2019 study published in The Lancet estimated that over 1 billion young people worldwide are at risk of noise-induced hearing loss, with prolonged earphone use identified as a primary driver. In India, where cheap earphones ship with every smartphone and metro…

Times Life · Aug 9

5 Types of Pain You Should Never Ignore and What They Could Signal About Your Health

Chest Pain That Spreads to the Jaw or Left ArmChest pain gets rationalised constantly, acidity, muscle pull, anxiety. But when the pain radiates to the jaw, left shoulder, or down the left arm, the heart is the first thing a doctor rules out, and for good reason. A 2022 analysis…

Times Life · Jul 17