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Waking at 3 a.m. with a racing mind? Cortisol's early-morning rise and lighter second-half sleep explain most of it — the liver-glycogen story is only a
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Ayurveda's vamkukshi advises resting on the left side after meals. Modern reflux studies back the left-side habit, but the heart and lymph claims don't hold up.
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From ashrams to Instagram: how yoga became India's most successful cultural export, what was gained in translation, and who captures the value.
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Groundwater falling a meter a year, 30-40% of treated water leaking from pipes. India's urban water crisis is already here — not a future warning.
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Educated urban Indians under 35 are reading the Gita and Upanishads not as religion but as philosophy — a selective intellectual recovery of Hindu texts.
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India's corporate hospitals rival the world's best while rural primary care collapses. Why the paradox persists — and what would actually fix it.
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India solved calorie hunger but not protein hunger. What national surveys show about protein intake, stunting, and why vegetarian diets need diversity to work.
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Ayurveda is going global — ashwagandha in every supplement aisle. What's genuinely evidence-backed, what's marketing, and what respectful integration looks
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By 2050, one in five Indians will be over 60. Pensions are fragmented, geriatric care an afterthought. The dividend is maturing — and India isn't ready.
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Purdue engineers built a smart drug capsule that survives the stomach and releases medication directly into the colon — a potentially cheaper, targeted
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Naperville's Happy Feet Walker's Club helps members build daily walking habits — and friendships — with group walks and new routes. Here's how to join.
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NASA's $18,000 bed-rest study at UTMB Galveston: 70 days in bed to understand how spaceflight changes the body — and how to counter it.
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Suchitra Sharma meets Kumari Shibulal, whose Sarojini Damodaran Foundation funds full scholarships for underprivileged students across India.
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In January 2015, five Disneyland workers contracted measles — including two who were vaccinated — as California's outbreak passed 53 confirmed cases.
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No food melts belly fat on its own — but eggs, oats, dals, nuts, and leafy greens make the calorie equation easier. Suchitra Sharma on eating for a flatter
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In 2014, 90-year-old Fort Lauderdale activist Arnold Abbott was arrested under a new city ordinance for doing what he had done for decades: feeding the
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You can't 'boost' your immune system like a phone battery — and trying can backfire. What actually keeps immune function working: sleep, movement, food, and
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The 'tongue patch' diet sews a mesh patch onto the tongue to make eating painful. Doctors called it dangerous — and it was never FDA approved.
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Researchers began a 660-child study of a blood test that may flag autism risk earlier — though experts caution it cannot diagnose the condition alone.
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Researchers are studying ultraviolet light systems to disinfect hospital rooms against bedbugs and drug-resistant bacteria like MRSA.
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