In the last month, various newspapers have reported a rise in the hand foot and mouth disease in Mumbai. What's curious is that the children come from unlikely places like Bandra and South Bombay - hand foot and mouth disease is related to poor hygiene in children, not something you'd associate with these places. The newspapers are calling it everything from an "outbreak" to simply saying that hand foot and mouth disease is "on the rise in Mumbai." Given that...

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome is not something women should take lightly, especially if we don’t fancy suddenly gaining 10 kilos due to hormonal imbalances, with acne and hair fall thrown in for good measure. Beyond the weight gain, untreated polycystic ovarian syndrome has been known to lead to uterine cancer, type two diabetes, as well as a host of lifelong medical conditions like high cholesterol, blood pressure and Hirsutism. But you knew that. And you know what I’m going to write...

So it turns out that the malaria strain is something called malaria vivax. One, it’s not fatal, which is a good thing. Two, it is recurring, which is pretty bad. You could go as far as to say that preventing malaria relapses might be harder than treating the damn disease. And quite honestly, since it was only in the last 10 days did I realise how little I knew about malaria to begin with, let alone preventing a malaria relapse,...

That was my first reaction too. I was quite sure that I’d’ve to be wheeled out in a gurney and then shoved off the gurney because the lift in our building is only a 4x4 square. I don’t believe just about anyone can be treated at home either. You have to be strong enough so that your malaria isn’t bad enough. Other than constant food and liquids and medicines and trying to get sleep, there is absolutely nothing else involved...

Now flood water health tips sounds like a very timely (it’s the monsoon season) post but that’s not what prompted it. A very disturbing article popped up on my feed reader to do with how 50% of Americans surveyed pee in a swimming pool. Now, a part of me thought that they should be happy that they have an accessible pool near them. The other part of me thought, why did that disgust me? I walk through calf-high flood waters...