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Office Yoga: Simple Exercises You Can Do Right at Your Desk to Reduce Stress

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Problem: Suffering from a sore lower back, stiff neck and shoulder pain? Solution: Office Yoga. No, seriously! It’s no surprise that sitting at a desk, staring at a computer screen all day, is detrimental to your health. But you still can’t find the time to get active in between meetings, conference calls, and doctor’s appointments? Don’t worry. Office Yoga is a great way to shake off the tightness, de-stress and stay active while you’re at work. It improves your blood circulation, balance, posture and flexibility. Taking breaks at office with…

Kidney Stones May Be Prevented By Citrus Extract

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Researchers have found evidence that a natural citrus fruit extract can inhibit the growth of painful kidney stones and even dissolve the crystals. The compound hydroxycitrate (HCA) can dissolve calcium oxalate crystals, the most common component of human kidney stones, said the study that prepares the groundwork to design an effective drug for the painful condition. “HCA shows promise as a potential therapy to prevent kidney stones,” the researchers wrote in the study published onlne in the journal Nature. The findings are the result of a combination of experimental studies,…

Playing Pokemon Go May be Good for Your Health: Experts

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Image via AFP Playing Pokemon Go may be good for health as the widely popular augmented reality game is making people exercise more, a UK doctor has claimed. According to an article in medical journal The BMJ, the location-based game is not marketed as a health app but gamers do a lot of walking while playing. The popular app has made the streets of Britain a “reclaimed playground to have interconnected fun,” Dr Margaret McCartney wrote in the article. McCartney noted that a player walked 225 kilometres and lost 12.7…

Cartilage repair treatment may prevent joint replacement

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Cartilage repair treatment may prevent joint replacement (Getty Images) Interventions aimed at repairing and restoring the cartilage, a rubbery connective tissue that acts as a cushion between the bones of joints, may prevent osteoarthritis and ultimately the requirement of joint replacement, health experts have said. Knee or hip joint replacement surgery, known as arthroplasty, may put people at increased risk of heart attack immediately following the operation, new research published in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatology, showed. “Cartilage defects have a tendency to progress, leading to symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA) and…

Grandma’s pearls of wisdoms you must know

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Granny knows best How true are your dadima’s pearls of wisdoms, really? Here’s a reality check. Does an apple a day keep the doctor away? It might be easy to dismiss some of the things that older people tell us as ‘rubbish’, but if you think about a number of common sense guidelines we use in our daily lives, they almost certainly came from our grandparents — proving that granny really does know best. Each day you spend leaves you with one day less Think about the way you look…

Here’s how you should make turmeric milk

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Here’s how you should make turmeric milk. (Getty Image) Much has been said about the benefits of drinking turmeric milk – or ‘Golden Milk’ as it is fondly called by the Orientals. It has been advocated by several schools of native medicine, including Ayurveda. A simple Web search on ‘turmeric milk’ will tell you about benefits ranging from decongestion to weight loss, so I am not going to delve into that much in this post. Instead, I want to share with you an authentic method of preparing it, which I…