Things worth knowing about your health.
Everyday tips and facts that change how you live, from the Atulyam team, and practical articles from the doctors and therapists on our panel.
Diabetes & metabolism7 Early Warning Signs of Diabetes You Should Never Ignore
Diabetes often develops without obvious symptoms. Learn about seven early warning signs, including frequent urination, excessive thirst, unexplained weight loss, and fatigue. Early detection and timely medical care can help prevent serious complications.
SBDR.SUYASH BHADORIYAGeneral Medicine / Family Physician4 min read
Daily livingFlashes and Floaters: When Should You Worry?
Flashes and floaters are common eye symptoms, but sudden changes can sometimes signal a retinal tear or detachment. Learn which symptoms need an urgent eye examination.
PDr.PoojaOphthalmology · Comprehensive ophthalmology3 min readDaily livingLongevity
Longevity is not just about living longer. It is about staying healthy, active and independent for longer. Learn how everyday habits such as regular movement, good nutrition, adequate sleep, sun protection and preventive health checks can support healthy ageing.
SDr. ShraddhaDermatology3 min read
MindYour phone makes you less sharp even when it is switched off
In one experiment, simply having a silent, face-down phone on the desk lowered people's scores on memory and problem-solving tests.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
FoodHow hot you drink your chai may matter more than how much
The WHO's cancer agency lists drinks above 65°C as a probable cause of cancer of the food pipe. Most of us drink chai hotter than that.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
MindWhen someone at home says they care, but you always come away feeling worse
People who are sometimes warm and sometimes cutting raise your blood pressure more than people you openly dislike. How to spot it, and what to do.
Atulyam Health Team4 min read
HomeThe shop receipt you just put in your pocket
Most bills from card machines are printed on thermal paper coated with BPA or a close cousin. Your skin picks it up, and hand sanitiser makes it worse.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
SleepNASA worked out the perfect nap. It is 26 minutes long
Pilots who took a short planned nap were 34% better at their work and 54% more alert afterwards.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
MindWhy being left out actually hurts
Brain scans show that social rejection lights up some of the same areas as physical pain. Your body treats loneliness as an injury.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
FoodThere are about seven teaspoons of sugar in one small bottle of cola
The WHO suggests keeping added sugar to about six teaspoons a day for the best health. One cold drink can use up all of it.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
HomeMost people wash their hands for about six seconds. It takes twenty
When researchers quietly watched over 3,700 people in public washrooms, only one in twenty washed long enough to kill germs.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
HomeWhat flies out of a toilet when you flush it with the lid up
Scientists lit up a flushing toilet with green lasers and filmed a plume of tiny droplets shooting 1.5 metres into the air in eight seconds.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
FoodAbout 90% of your body's serotonin is made in your gut, not your brain
Your gut has its own web of nerves and talks to your brain constantly. What you feed it may matter for your mood.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
SleepWriting a to-do list before bed can help you fall asleep faster
In a sleep lab, people who spent five minutes writing tomorrow's tasks fell asleep about nine minutes sooner.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
MedicinesYour kidneys filter 180 litres a day. Everyday painkillers can quietly wear them down
Regularly popping common painkillers for headaches and body aches, without a doctor, can damage the kidneys over time.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
MindTwenty minutes among trees measurably lowers your stress hormone
Researchers found the biggest drop in cortisol came from 20 to 30 minutes in a green space. No exercise or phone needed.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
MedicinesAntibiotics do nothing for a cold, and taking them anyway is making them stop working
Drug-resistant infections were directly responsible for 1.27 million deaths worldwide in 2019. India is one of the world's biggest users of antibiotics.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
MindMoney worries can drain your mind as much as losing a night's sleep
A famous study of Indian sugarcane farmers found they thought more clearly after harvest than before it, when money was tight.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
BodyLooking down at your phone puts about 27 kg of pressure on your neck
Your head weighs about 5 kg upright. Tilt it forward 60 degrees to read your screen and the load on your neck rises more than five times.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
EyesYou blink far less when you look at a screen. That is why your eyes burn by evening
We normally blink 15 to 20 times a minute. In one study, staring at a screen cut that to fewer than four.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
ChildrenHalf the world may need glasses by 2050. Outdoor play protects children's eyes
Time in daylight is one of the few things proven to help stop short-sightedness from starting in children.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
BodyYour ears clean themselves. Cotton buds usually make things worse
Ear wax isn't dirt. It protects your ears, and it moves out on its own. Pushing it in is how most blockages happen.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
MindIn India, seven in ten people who die by suicide are men
More than 1.7 lakh Indians died by suicide in 2022, about one every three minutes. Men are the least likely to ask for help first.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
FoodYour chai after lunch may be keeping you anaemic
Tea taken with a meal can cut the iron your body absorbs from it by more than half. And nearly 6 in 10 Indian women are already anaemic.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
SleepSleep under six hours and you are four times as likely to catch a cold
In a study where volunteers were given a cold virus on purpose, the short sleepers fell ill far more often.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
MindLoneliness is as bad for you as smoking 15 cigarettes a day
Being cut off from people raises the risk of heart disease, stroke, dementia and early death. It is growing, in cities most of all.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
KitchenReheating dal in a plastic box? Read this first
Three minutes in the microwave can release millions of plastic particles from a single square centimetre of the container.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
MindHalf of all mental illness begins before the age of 14
Most mental health conditions start in childhood or the teenage years. Most go unnoticed for years.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
Heart & blood pressureHigh Blood Pressure
High Blood Pressure: What You Should Know Before It Becomes a Problem
SADr. SYED AQUEEL AHMED SGeneral Medicine / Family Physician · General Physician, Clinical Practice & Telemedicine6 min read
Everyday healthAlways Tired? When Everyday Tiredness Needs Your Attention
Feeling tired after a busy day is normal. But feeling tired almost every day, even after enough rest, should not always be ignored. Poor sleep, stress, unhealthy eating, lack of movement, too much screen time, smoking and alcohol can affect our energy. Knowing what to watch for, what simple things y
RDr. RishabhGeneral Medicine / Family Physician5 min read
HomeOne mosquito coil, the smoke of a hundred cigarettes
Burning a single coil can release as much fine particulate matter as 75 to 137 cigarettes. Most of us burn it in a closed bedroom.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
SleepAwake for 18 hours? You are driving like you have had a drink
After a long day without sleep, reaction times look like those of someone well past India's legal alcohol limit.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
MindDepression often shows up as a backache, not sadness
Many people with depression see a doctor only for pain, tiredness or poor sleep. About 15 crore Indians need mental health care, and most never get it.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
FoodYou probably eat far more salt than you think
The average Indian eats about 8 grams of salt a day, well over the 5 grams the WHO advises. Most of it doesn't come from the salt shaker.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
MindYou really can die of a broken heart. Doctors have a name for it
Sudden grief or shock can stun the heart muscle and look exactly like a heart attack. It's called takotsubo syndrome.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
KitchenThe dirtiest thing in your kitchen is the thing you clean with
A used kitchen sponge can carry up to 54 billion bacteria in a single cubic centimetre. Boiling it doesn't fix that.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
MindAsking someone if they are thinking of suicide does not put the idea in their head
It is one of the most common fears. The research says the opposite: asking directly often brings relief.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
MovementThe short walk after dinner that your blood sugar will thank you for
Even a few minutes of easy walking after a meal softens the sugar spike. The elders who insisted on it had it right.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
EverydayMore than a billion young people could lose hearing to the way they listen
Damage from loud listening builds up quietly and does not come back. A simple 60-60 habit protects your ears.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
MindOver three hours a day on social media doubles a teenager's risk of depression and anxiety symptoms
It isn't the phone itself. It's the hours, the time of night, and what those hours replace.
Atulyam Health Team2 min read
KitchenThe kadhai of oil that keeps getting used again
Reheating the same oil builds up compounds linked to heart disease. FSSAI says it should ideally not be reused at all, and never more than three times.
Atulyam Health Team2 min readEveryday healthInhalers: Separating Myths from Facts
Inhalers : Myths & Facts
AJDr Akanksha JhaPulmonology · Asthma, Allergy, COPD, Interstitial Lung Diseases, Sleep Apnea, Tuberculosis4 min read