Training for the Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2010 pageant has taken off. And India’s leading holistic health expert and fitness guru Mickey Mehta has been training them for the last 13 years now.
As the regional South Indian round concluded last month in Hyderabad and the East Indian training wrapped up in Kolkata last week, Mehta [...]

Hollywood sends a terrible message to young people with the way it celebrates plastic surgery and rail thin models.
It’s sad to watch a seemingly normal girl like Heidi Montag turn

If you love animals but hate allergies, you may be tempted to spring for a pricey hypoallergenic pet.Not so fast. Studies suggest hypoallergenic cats and dogs can cause just as many symptoms as the regular kind, says James Seltzer, MD, a spokesperson for the American College

Fibromyalgia is a disease that often causes pain, sleep disturbances, and depression in its patients. Unfortunately, little is known about the cause of the disease, and it can take three to five years to

What is Parkinson’s disease?
Parkinson’s disease (PD) belongs to a group of conditions called motor system disorders, which are the result of the loss of dopamine-producing brain cells.
The four main symptoms of PD are tremor, or wobbly in hands, arms, legs, jaw, and face; rigidity, or rigidity of the limbs and trunk; bradykinesia, or sluggishness of [...]

By Erica Heilman Approximately 18 million men in the United States have trouble achieving or maintaining an erection, and though there are effective treatments for erectile

A pregnant mother always wants the best for her unborn child.  Birth defects and deficiencies can be very damaging both to the mother and the child; defects are not only present upon delivery of the child, some may be detrimental to the child’s growth and development and cause the child to

LHW acts as a bridge between the care provider of formal health system and the community. They are providing promotive, preventive and curative services to their communities in the field of health

Research published today on bmj.com reports that a new computerized device that can track portion size and how fast people eat, is more successful in helping obese children and adolescents

Definitions of swine flu
1) swine influenza: an acute and highly contagious respiratory disease of swine caused by the orthomyxovirus thought to be the same virus that caused …

L’Oreal Paris Dermo-Expertise has researched and developed the Collagen programme to assuage the first signs of ageing like expression lines and wrinkles; and all this without surgery.
The Collagen Anti-Ageing Skincare range includes Collagen RE-PLUMPER Day Cream, Collagen RE-PLUMPER Night Cream, Collagen Filler, Collagen Filler Eye and Collagen Skin Re-Modeller.

Beauty Tip: What is the single best thing you can do for your skin?
Quite simply – wear sunscreen. Ultraviolet radiation damages the skin and can lead to wrinkles, premature aging, age spots, and cancer. Take extra precautions to make sure your skin is not exposed to the sun’s rays. Use a natural sunscreen, or a [...]

A new piece of research has found a rise in Vitamin D deficiency in the wake of public health warnings that exposure to ultraviolet rays via sunlight may lead to skin cancer.

“Some colors work for all skin tones and hair colors, because they fall into the middle of the color spectrum, meaning they’re not too warm or too cool,” says Leatrice

The fuller figure is edging out the skinnier one with a firm nudge. So even as our Bebo is gushing over finally getting her butt back after getting flack for her much publicised size zero, in the West, Kate Winslet is proud of her flab-ulous body! Size is back in vogue and we have

Here’s some food for thought: You can eat your way to better health. Sure, if you fill your plate with fruit, veggies, whole grains and lean protein, you’ll slim

NEW YORK: A new study has found that obese children, especially girls, show signs of the negative consequences of being overweight as early as kindergarten.

NEW DELHI: Catch them young, is the mantra of most anti-tobacco awareness campaigns. Giving youngsters all the gory details of how tobacco intake

SYDNEY: A chemical found in milk can combat a disorder that increases risk of heart disease and diabetes, a new study says.
The disorder, called metabolic

A healthy diet, regular physical activity, and maintaining a healthy weight are the three best ways to ensure a reduced risk of cancer,according to