Osteoporosis affects a disproportionately large number of Indian women, and the age at which bone loss becomes clinically significant is earlier in India than in most Western populations. The standard response in Indian clinical practice...

Methi is one of the most familiar ingredients in Indian life. It is in the dal. It is in the paratha. It is in the Ayurvedic formulations prescribed for blood sugar, digestion, and lactation. Indian...

India's chronic disease burden tells a specific story. Type 2 diabetes affects over 100 million people. Heart disease is the leading cause of mortality. Arthritis among the most common causes of disability in older Indians....

The Charaka Samhita was specific about how shilajit should be taken. Not with water. Not dissolved in milk. With madhu, honey, as the anupana, the carrier vehicle. This specificity was not arbitrary. Ayurvedic pharmacology developed...

India's endurance sports community has grown dramatically over the past decade. The number of marathon finishers has multiplied. Ultra-running, long-distance cycling, and triathlon have found serious communities across Indian metros. And with this growth has...

India is managing a metabolic epidemic. More than 100 million Indians live with diabetes. Hundreds of millions more have insulin resistance that has not yet progressed to diagnosis. The standard response is dietary: reduce rice...

India carries a particular cardiovascular burden. Heart disease develops at younger ages and lower BMI levels in Indian populations than in any comparable Western demographic, driven by a metabolic and genetic profile that makes the...

Urban Indian professional life makes a specific set of demands. The hours are long, the competition is relentless, the cognitive load is sustained across twelve-hour days, and the expectation of consistent high performance does not...

There is a particular kind of exhaustion that many Indian women know intimately but rarely have the vocabulary to describe. It is not the tiredness that follows a bad night's sleep, which resolves with rest....