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Sleep: How Less Than 7 Hours Of Sleep Worsens Your Health
When the reset is shortened every night, those systems begin to misfire and the effects add up.
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Eye Care For Contact Lens Users In High Pollution: Specialist Shares Do's And Don'ts
In metro cities like Delhi, Mumbai, or Bangalore, where AQI often spikes to alarming levels, contact lens wearers report redness, grittiness, blurred vision, and discomfort far more frequently.
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Sleeping With Your Face Covered In Winter: Cosy Comfort Or Health Risk?
Covering your face under blankets during winter may feel cosy, but it can limit fresh air, raise carbon-dioxide, reduce oxygen intake, and worsen breathing or sleep quality.
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Ignaz Semmelweis: This 1850s Doctor Solved Infections With Handwashing, Decades Before Germ Theory
Ignaz Semmelweis cut childbed deaths dramatically by insisting doctors wash their hands, and was mocked for it. His story explains why simple hand hygiene still protects health today and why evidence must guide medicine.
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Wrong Pillow, Low Energy: Doctor Explains How Sleep Support Shapes Your Day
An orthopaedic expert explains how the wrong pillow drains your stamina and how to choose one that restores your body and mind.
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12 Science-Backed Health Hacks For Deep Sleep
Sleep is necessary for proper functioning. Modern lifestyle can disrupt your sleep cycle and cause sleep disorders.
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Viral: US Restaurant Worker Caught Slamming Frozen Meat On Pavement Near Garbage Heap
After the video went viral, investigators discovered major violations, including a cockroach infestation, improper sanitisation of utensils and equipment, and a failure by staff to demonstrate basic food-safety knowledge.
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9 Everyday Habits That Increase Your Risk of Carrying Superbugs
From overusing antibiotics to skipping handwashing and mishandling food, many daily habits unknowingly increase your risk of carrying drug-resistant bacteria.
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World Toilet Day 2025: Hygiene Tips That Can Save Women's Lives
With lack of proper sanitation, there's an increased risk of infectious diseases like UTIs, diarrhoea, cholera, typhoid, and hepatitis A, among others. Here are some toilet hygiene tips that can benefit women's health.
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World Toilet Day 2025: Hygiene Tips That Can Save Women's Lives
With lack of proper sanitation, there's an increased risk of infectious diseases like UTIs, diarrhoea, cholera, typhoid, and hepatitis A, among others. Here are some toilet hygiene tips that can benefit women's health.
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Hair Care Down There: Grooming While Avoiding Infections Matters For Your Health
Repeated trauma may also produce ingrown hairs and chronic follicular inflammation, which further increases infection risk. Here's how to deal with pubic hair the right way.
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1 In 5 UTIs May Start In The Kitchen, Not Bathroom, Says New Study
A new US study reveals that nearly 1 in 5 urinary tract infections (UTIs) may originate from contaminated meat and poor kitchen hygiene rather than just bathroom bacteria.
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Mask Up, Stay Safe: Essential Air Pollution Survival Checklist As AQI Worsens
Protect your lungs as air quality drops: Essential mask hygiene tips, diet changes and safety measures to effectively protect you from air pollution.
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Are Oral Health Issues Like Cavities And Gum Disease Increasing Your Stroke Risk?
There is growing evidence that oral hygiene, in particular, gum disease (periodontitis) may have a major role in increasing your risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke.
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World Psoriasis Day: Doctor Explains Myths And More Around The Autoimmune Disease
Whether misidentified as a skin problem or hygiene one, psoriasis is an intricate autoimmune condition that deserves more attention and empathy.
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Sleep: How Less Than 7 Hours Of Sleep Worsens Your Health
When the reset is shortened every night, those systems begin to misfire and the effects add up.
-
Eye Care For Contact Lens Users In High Pollution: Specialist Shares Do's And Don'ts
In metro cities like Delhi, Mumbai, or Bangalore, where AQI often spikes to alarming levels, contact lens wearers report redness, grittiness, blurred vision, and discomfort far more frequently.
-
Sleeping With Your Face Covered In Winter: Cosy Comfort Or Health Risk?
Covering your face under blankets during winter may feel cosy, but it can limit fresh air, raise carbon-dioxide, reduce oxygen intake, and worsen breathing or sleep quality.
-
Ignaz Semmelweis: This 1850s Doctor Solved Infections With Handwashing, Decades Before Germ Theory
Ignaz Semmelweis cut childbed deaths dramatically by insisting doctors wash their hands, and was mocked for it. His story explains why simple hand hygiene still protects health today and why evidence must guide medicine.
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Wrong Pillow, Low Energy: Doctor Explains How Sleep Support Shapes Your Day
An orthopaedic expert explains how the wrong pillow drains your stamina and how to choose one that restores your body and mind.
-
12 Science-Backed Health Hacks For Deep Sleep
Sleep is necessary for proper functioning. Modern lifestyle can disrupt your sleep cycle and cause sleep disorders.
-
Viral: US Restaurant Worker Caught Slamming Frozen Meat On Pavement Near Garbage Heap
After the video went viral, investigators discovered major violations, including a cockroach infestation, improper sanitisation of utensils and equipment, and a failure by staff to demonstrate basic food-safety knowledge.
-
9 Everyday Habits That Increase Your Risk of Carrying Superbugs
From overusing antibiotics to skipping handwashing and mishandling food, many daily habits unknowingly increase your risk of carrying drug-resistant bacteria.
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World Toilet Day 2025: Hygiene Tips That Can Save Women's Lives
With lack of proper sanitation, there's an increased risk of infectious diseases like UTIs, diarrhoea, cholera, typhoid, and hepatitis A, among others. Here are some toilet hygiene tips that can benefit women's health.
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World Toilet Day 2025: Hygiene Tips That Can Save Women's Lives
With lack of proper sanitation, there's an increased risk of infectious diseases like UTIs, diarrhoea, cholera, typhoid, and hepatitis A, among others. Here are some toilet hygiene tips that can benefit women's health.
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Hair Care Down There: Grooming While Avoiding Infections Matters For Your Health
Repeated trauma may also produce ingrown hairs and chronic follicular inflammation, which further increases infection risk. Here's how to deal with pubic hair the right way.
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1 In 5 UTIs May Start In The Kitchen, Not Bathroom, Says New Study
A new US study reveals that nearly 1 in 5 urinary tract infections (UTIs) may originate from contaminated meat and poor kitchen hygiene rather than just bathroom bacteria.
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Mask Up, Stay Safe: Essential Air Pollution Survival Checklist As AQI Worsens
Protect your lungs as air quality drops: Essential mask hygiene tips, diet changes and safety measures to effectively protect you from air pollution.
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Are Oral Health Issues Like Cavities And Gum Disease Increasing Your Stroke Risk?
There is growing evidence that oral hygiene, in particular, gum disease (periodontitis) may have a major role in increasing your risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke.
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World Psoriasis Day: Doctor Explains Myths And More Around The Autoimmune Disease
Whether misidentified as a skin problem or hygiene one, psoriasis is an intricate autoimmune condition that deserves more attention and empathy.
