HISTORICAL FACTS: 3 - Caught on Camera

What Daily Antacid Use Does to Your Bones, Calcium Levels, and Nutrient Absorption

The Mechanism Nobody Explains at the PharmacyStomach acid is not the enemy. It activates pepsin, sterilises ingested pathogens, and, critically, converts dietary calcium from its insoluble form into a soluble one the intestine can actually absorb. Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) like omeprazole and pantoprazole, and to a lesser extent H2…

Times Life · Sep 4

A Baby's Tongue Turned Black, and the Antifungal Kept Coming Even After the Test Was Negative

A 3-month-old baby was treated for thrush she never had. Her black, hairy tongue was harmless and cleared with gentle brushing alone.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

5 Supplements Indians Stack Together That Secretly Fight Absorption and Worsen Deficiency

Calcium and Iron: The Most Common Clash in Indian HouseholdsIron deficiency anaemia affects roughly 53% of Indian women of reproductive age, according to the National Family Health Survey-5. Many of them take both an iron supplement and a calcium supplement, often at the same time, sometimes as part of a…

Times Life · Sep 3

What Indian Hair Oiling Routines Get Right, And the One Step That Causes Breakage

The ritual is older than your grandmother's grandmother, and it mostly worksWeekly oiling has been a fixture of Indian hair care for centuries, and the science behind it holds up. A 2003 study published in the Journal of Cosmetic Science found that coconut oil, the base of most traditional champi…

Times Life · Sep 2

The “Skin Barrier” Era : Why More Products May Actually Be Making Your Skin Worse

If your skincare shelf is starting to look like a small pharmacy, your skin might be quietly asking you to stop. There was a time when having good skin meant finding the right face wash and moisturiser. Then came serums, acids, retinol, toners, essences, masks and boosters. Suddenly, a 10-minute…

MyLifeXP · Sep 1

Higher vitamin B12 in mothers and fathers linked to fewer birth defects, study shows

Both parents' vitamin B12 status before conception may influence the odds of birth defects, a new study suggests.

Euronews · Sep 1

US refusals of crucial newborn vitamin spike, raising risk of dangerous bleeding

US hospitals report a significant rise in vitamin K shot refusals for newborns. This trend has accelerated sharply this year, increasing life-threatening bleeding risks. Girl babies are disproportionately affected by these increasing vitamin K refusal rates. Doctors express growing concern over the rising risk of catastrophic bleeding in newborns. Health…

The Economic Times · Sep 1

Why Indian Women Are Spending More on Skincare Than Makeup and What It Says About Beauty Now

The serum came before the foundation. That is the detail that keeps showing up, in conversations, in shopping carts, in the way a woman will spend forty minutes on her skin and then leave the house with nothing on top of it. A few years ago, that would have felt…

Times Life · Sep 1

5 Foods That Fight Air Pollution Damage: Protective Diet for Smog and Inflammation

What Pollution Actually Does Inside YouPM2.5 particles, the fine matter in smog, are small enough to cross the lung lining and enter circulation directly. A 2019 study published in the European Heart Journal estimated that air pollution cuts global average life expectancy by nearly two years, with South Asia bearing…

Times Life · Sep 1

Thalassemia Minor, Iron Levels, and Pregnancy: What Your Energy Deficit Is Actually Telling You

The Report Says Minor. Your Body Doesn't Always AgreeThalassemia minor means you inherited one defective beta-globin gene instead of two. You are a carrier. You do not have thalassemia major, and you will not develop it. What you do have is a permanent, mild reduction in hemoglobin, typically between 9…

Times Life · Aug 31