Category : HEALTH & FITNESS

Team L&M Fortis Healthcare has partnered with TikTok and People Like Us Create (PLUC) to launch #UnmuteYourself, an online movement against silence and stigma attached to the mental health. As part of this initiative, Fortis Healthcare and PLUC will be conducting an interactive workshop with school and college undergraduate students to sensitise them about the importance of mental health […]Read More

Team L&M The stigma associated with mental health tends to become a major obstacle in the way of identification and management of mental illnesses, more so in the case of suicide prevention. Given the extent of stigmatisation of mental health in our country, it is common for the suicidal individual to be blamed for a […]Read More

Dr Samir Parikh With the growing recognition of suicides being a major area of concern, especially for the youth and adolescents, it is becoming increasingly important for all of us to assume the responsibility to help work towards ensuring adequate measures for the identification, reporting, assessment, as well as intervention of such incidents. But most […]Read More

Dr Samir Parikh The word ‘suicide’ is more often than not shrouded by stigma and misconceptions, which further increases the hesitation in talking about it. In fact, at times simply hearing the mention of the word could end up evoking many powerful images, emotions and even judgments in our minds. Therefore, it becomes important to […]Read More

Dr Samir Parikh Be it within the Indian context or not, it is an undeniable fact that the prevalence of suicides is a significant area of concern globally. However, if we are to take a glance at the statistics in India specifically, according to the World Health Organisation, the age standardised suicide rate in India […]Read More

Dr Samir Parikh Teenage years, or adolescence in itself has been identified as a crucial period, considering the rapid changes as a part of the developmental phases itself, coupled with dealing with the transition from childhood into the next developmental phase of life, bringing with it inherent anxieties, and confusions regarding the formation of identities, […]Read More

Team L&M The burden of cardiovascular diseases is increasing in India, and systematic understanding of its causes is a huge topic for the ongoing research. It is well-known that high blood pressure, tobacco consumption and diabetes are the usual triggers for heart trouble. But there is a silent killer that is hardly known to anyone […]Read More

Dr Mansi Chaudhry Also known as senile dementia, it is a progressive mental disorientation that occurs in the middle or old age, due to generalised degeneration of brain. It is the most common cause of progressive senility. A type of neurological disorder in which the death of brain cells causes memory loss and cognitive decline. […]Read More

Team L&M Staying healthy and fit is the norm today. Everyone believes in living an active lifestyle, from athletes, to millennials, to housewives, mothers and fitness enthusiasts. Fast&Up, one of the fastest growing nutrition brands in the country, offers India’s first effervescent range of nutrition. Reload, their flagship workout replenishment drink, is a hypotonic effervescent […]Read More