THERE ARE two things certain in life: death and taxes. Just the way a creative accountant will help you work your money harder, these 26 tips will make you last longer in the game of life. Archana Darshan writes more… An aspirin a day can keep a heart attack away. Aspirin is a wonder medicine that can help diabetics and heart patients. A baby aspirin a day can keep the blood clots away and lower your chances of getting a heart attack. Begin your day with a breakfast. A good breakfast fuels your day and should be a combination of complex carbohydrates and protein. C has the key. Get ample vitamin C in your diet every day. Good sources include citrus fruits and green vegetables.

All you wanted to know about blood donation By Dr Rani Prem Kumar, Consultant, Blood Bank, Moolchand Medcity, New Delhi 35 years old Namita Gokhale is addicted to blood donation. Come what may, she has to donate blood every three months. It started when she was in college and had donated blood for the first time to her best friend (now her husband) to save his life after he met an accident. Later her husband too joined her in the noble endeavour. Blood transfusion saves lives. Human blood has no substitute. Hence, each drop of blood counts. However, a lot of us feel that blood donation can cause weakness, which is not true at all. An adult has 4 to 6 liters of blood in the body and he can

We all have noticed that our energy levels are not the same every day. Some days we are more enthusiastic and are brimming with energy. These are the days when we make the most of the time. And, there are some days when everything moves at snail’s pace. We don’t feel like doing anything and numerous jolts of caffeine are needed so that we can survive through the day! What makes our day disappear in a jiffy or a drag is our energy levels, and the way they soar or slump. If you too have been suffering from energy drought, Archana Darshan tells you a plan to stay energetic, alive and active forever. Just keep reading….. 1. Get active. Exercise is the first thing you sacrifice when you

Our body throws sufficient signals, if only we stopped and listened. Many a time we are ignorant of the signals given by the body and its implications. Read ahead to know what each sign meant—- Eyes Eyes can divulge a lot about your health conditions. Go in the mirror and check your eyes carefully • If the whites of your eyes are truly yellow, you could be suffering from jaundice caused by liver dysfunction. • A milky white ring around the iris (the coloured part of the eye) is a sign of high cholesterol. • To check for iron deficiency, pull your lower eyelid down slightly. If the inner lids are a very pale pink (not bright pink, as they should be) this could be a symptom of

Yes, as long as you go to a reputable artist that is following all recommended safety precautions. Getting inked forever is in vogue these days. Not only young people but mature adults too get tattoos done. Once you get to the parlour for getting tattooed follow the safety checklist for having a safe and risk free tattoo. Minoo Verma tells you what you should ask your tattoo artist and why. ADVICE: Ask to see the autoclave and sterilization certification EXPLANATION: An autoclave is essentially a pressure cooker primarily used in the medical field for sterilizing medical instruments. An autoclave must maintain a temperature of at least 246 degrees for 30 minutes in order to fully

Read these situations—You come across a familiar face; exchange pleasantries while rummaging through your mind to place that face. Needless to say, you failed. You ambled to your colleague’s desk to say something important and forgot what you had come to say. Went to supermart to buy something important and kept staring at the aisles, thinking what brought you there in the first place. Do these situations sound like you? Before you jump on to the verdict that they are tell-tale signs of Alzheimer’s, take heart. Dr.Manjari Tripathi, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology at AIIMS says, “Senior moments like these are not unnatural, though they do come as a setback for your

Medicines are meant to provide relief from ailments. But, their indiscriminate use can be a potential health risk as well. Hence, exercise discretion before you pop that pill. Archana Darshan navigates you through the medicine maze. Whenever forty-year-old Tripta Seth (name changed) would get the runs if any food didn’t suit her, particularly after eating out, she would fish out a dog-eared prescription of her doctor whom she had consulted three years back for a similar episode and order the same medicines from the pharmacy. No doubts, she was self medicating, which is equally wrong but what made the whole episode scary was that she would down couple of antibiotics for something which

Dr Hansa Gupta, consultant cardiologist with Paras Hospitals has a startling revelation to make, “In my professional career as a cardiologist, I have come across patients (well-educated) who have left their medicines to manage hypertension, lower cholesterol on their own, even after an angioplasty. These patients have gone on alternate therapies and have left the conventional treatment cold turkey, many a time fearing that they will become addicted to the medicines. Naturally, I have met such patients in emergency rooms.” Educated and well-intentioned patients too commit health mistakes that hamper their pursuit of recovery and good health. Archana Darshan talks to experts Seek

Anaemia –the most common nutritional problem in the world, mainly affects women of childbearing age, teenagers and young children. Anaemia may not pose as a serious threat, if you consider it alone. Though, it may be a symptom of a more serious underlying problem. Abnormally low amount of red blood cells qualifies for anaemia. Red blood cells contain haemoglobin, a red pigment, which gives blood its colour. Oxygen travels across the body through haemoglobin. When you are low on haemoglobin, the blood fails to supply to the body tissues with sufficient amounts of oxygen. Hence, lungs and heart will have to work harder to get oxygen into the blood. Recommended Haemoglobin Count Men

Headaches make life miserable, whereas a migraine disables your life totally. Migraines are severe, throbbing headaches that may or may not be accompanied by nausea, visual disturbances, and other symptoms, usually felt on one side of the head. Migraine pain can be excruciating, and normally it lasts for 4 to 72 hours. Rapid widening and narrowing of blood vessels in the brain and head, lead to migraine headaches. Researches say migraines may occur due to imbalances in brain chemicals, including serotonin, which regulates pain messages. Women are three times more likely to be afflicted with migraine pains than men. Higher incidences of migraine in women may result from fluctuations in