5 Habits To Avoid Migraine From Happening
Migraine is still a very misunderstood condition. Its exact causes are still pretty unclear and so are its symptoms. What’s very clear is the unbearable pain felt by the ones who suffer from it. So let’s start by understanding it properly. A migraine is basically…
9 Foods That Are Rich In Vitamin D
What is Vitamin D? Vitamin D is a fat-soluble nutrient vital for maintaining healthy and strong bones. Vitamin D helps absorb calcium (one of bone’s main building blocks) from food and other supplements. It is the crucial constituent that stops bones from going soft &…
5 Super Foods That Help Regulate Blood Pressure
Hypertension (or high blood pressure) is considered to be a silent killer, because it can go unnoticed for years. While having hypertension is not in your hands, as it’s caused by various factors like family history, gender, and race, some preventive measures definitely are. You…
Are you damaging your liver by doing these 5 things?
Before you know how you might be damaging your liver, we would like to ask you a question- have you ever wondered what does your liver do? If not, here’s what it does. It metabolizes fat, synthesises protein, stores vitamins and minerals, filters blood coming…
Most Common Branded Diabetic Drugs And Their Generic Alternatives
Diabetes is a condition that needs medication regularly in order to keep the sugar levels in control. Therefore, anyone affected with diabetes often need to take several drugs and medications that include insulin or blood-glucose-lowering pills, blood pressure pills, and even cholesterol-lowering pills. This could…
Habits That Help You Control Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes is essentially known as a ‘lifestyle disease’. Everyday habits like food intake, exercise (or the lack of it), smoking, drinking and even sleep patterns decide a lot about the occurrence and severity of diabetes. If diagnosed, one of the first instructions given…
Understanding HbA1c: A Necessity for Diabetic Patients
The term ‘HbA1c’ refers to Glycated Haemoglobin. By measuring HbA1c, clinicians are able to find out our average blood sugar levels for the past three months. For people with diabetes, this is important, as the higher is HbA1c, greater is the risk of developing diabetes-related complications. When your…
Prediabetes – 4 early signs of diabetes and 4 preventions
Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 is primarily a lifestyle-related disease. Which means, it develops gradually in your body and suddenly hits you some day with the bad news. However, the good news is that you can detect some early signs of diabetes, change your lifestyle habits,…
You may get DIABETES if you are doing these things
You may know that diabetes (or type 2 diabetes) is primarily a lifestyle-related disease. It takes time to develop in your body and show itself completely. Prediabetes is a condition when your blood sugar level is more than normal, but not high enough to be…
The State of Generic Medicines in India
Generic medicines are equivalent to brand-name medicines with respect to dosage, strength, the process of administration, quality, performance and intended use. The difference lies in the drug being marketed under its chemical name without any brand name under which it is sold. The Indian government…