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5 Realities of Bariatric Surgery in India That Most Clinics Rarely Explain Upfront

The weight loss is real. The timeline they quote you is not.Most bariatric surgery brochures in India show a patient who has lost 30 to 40 kilograms in six months. What they don't show is that the rate of loss slows sharply after month three, and that the final number…

Times Life · Sep 22

Chad Gilbert's Death at 45 Draws Attention to Adrenocortical Carcinoma, a Rare Cancer That Is Often Found Late

Chad Gilbert, who said in April that his cancer was stage 4 adrenocortical carcinoma, died at 45. How doctors find and treat this rare cancer.

Medical Daily · Sep 21

6 Dangerous Things Visceral Fat Does Inside Your Organs That Belly Weight Never Reveals

It Turns Your Liver Into a Fat-Storage DepotVisceral fat is not stored passively. It sits wedged between your abdominal organs and releases free fatty acids directly into the portal vein, the blood vessel that feeds your liver. The liver receives this constant chemical signal and begins converting the excess into…

Times Life · Sep 21

6 Reasons the Annual Flu Shot Matters More When You Have Diabetes or Asthma

Your immune system is already working harder than it shouldChronic inflammation is the baseline state in both diabetes and asthma. In type 2 diabetes, persistently high blood glucose blunts the function of neutrophils and macrophages, the white blood cells that reach an infection site first. In asthma, the airways are…

Times Life · Sep 12

What Your Annual Blood Panel Misses After 50: Inflammation, Hormones, Thyroid and More

What the Standard Panel Actually TestsThe routine blood panel most Indian adults receive once a year checks a short list: complete blood count, fasting glucose, lipid profile, liver enzymes, kidney function, and sometimes thyroid-stimulating hormone. That covers acute infection, anaemia, gross organ damage, and surface-level cholesterol. It was designed to…

Times Life · Sep 9

Spaying and Neutering Your Cat or Dog: What the Evidence Says About Timing, Health and Behaviour

The timing question has a more complicated answer than most vets used to giveFor decades, the standard advice in India and globally was simple: sterilise your dog or cat at six months, before the first heat cycle. That recommendation was built on population control logic, not individual health outcomes. The…

Times Life · Sep 3

7 Dangerous H1N1 Warning Signs for People With Diabetes

Flu can begin suddenly. One moment you may feel fine, and the next you are dealing with fever, cough, body aches and extreme tiredness. For someone living with diabetes, however, the bigger concern may be what happens behind those familiar symptoms. Illness can make blood sugar harder to control, while…

MyLifeXP · Sep 3

8 Foods That Improve Egg Quality and Fertility for Indian Women Before Conception

Spinach and Other Dark Leafy GreensFolate is the single most studied nutrient for egg quality, and spinach delivers more of it per serving than almost any other vegetable available in Indian markets. A 2020 study published in Fertility and Sterility found that women with higher dietary folate had significantly lower…

Times Life · Aug 30

7 Postpartum Health Problems Indian Mothers Face That Are Never Taken Seriously

Postpartum Haemorrhage That Lingers Past the First WeekHeavy bleeding in the first 24 hours after delivery gets clinical attention. The bleeding that continues at week two or three, soaking more than one pad per hour, passing clots the size of a small lemon, rarely does. Women are told this is…

Times Life · Aug 29

8 Perimenopause Symptoms That Indian Women Commonly Mistake for Thyroid Problems

Why the Confusion Happens in the First PlaceThyroid dysfunction and perimenopause both peak in Indian women between the ages of 38 and 52, and both produce symptoms so similar that even experienced physicians routinely conflate them. A 2021 study published in the Journal of the Association of Physicians of India…

Times Life · Aug 28