The Limits of Prevention

Greeks, Dukes And the Art of a Perfect Diet

The problem we face today in India and many other parts of the world is that we straddle two conflicting ways of thinking about the relationship between health, food and taste

Swine Flu in India

Lack of affordable vaccines is also seen as one of the reasons for the increase in the number of H1N1 deaths in India

Hearty Optimists

Cheerful people are twice as likely to be in ideal cardiovascular health compared to their pessimistic peers

The Cancer Lottery

Most tumours are not caused by lifestyle habits or faulty genes, but plain bad luck

Lighten up, live longer

Some measures to beat stress

The Neanderthal diet

My Care, My Way

The Mental Health Care Bill, 2013, currently pending in Parliament, puts the patient in charge of his future care. Is that wise?

Ancient Friends, Modern Enemies

New research claims that even more than our genes, it is our bacterial composition that determines our health. And our happiness and moods

Tall Tales

Men are 11 centimetres taller than they were 100 years ago