Liver health

Detoxify your liver with avocado, carrots and more

You need to take extra care to ensure that this organ remains healthy and fit. The best way to do this is by adding the right foods to your diet.
Today health tips: Boost your liver health if you have hepatitis

Hepatitis has become a common condition that affects millions across the world. Today, health tips from us will help you boost your liver health if you have hepatitis.
Beware of gastric cancer: It can creep up on you without any warning

Gastric cancer is a silent disease. It progresses quietly without any symptoms till it is almost too late for successful treatment. Read on to know more.
Include dietary fibre in your meals and enjoy optimum health

You must add dietary fibre to your diet if you want to achieve total wellness. It will not only help you lose weight but also bring down your risk of many diseases.
5 ways to maintain healthy liver for healthier life

While you care for our heart, lungs and kidneys, don't forget the health of your liver. Read on to know what important factors to keep your liver healthy.
High-fructose diet damages liver's ability to burn fat

According to a new study, processed foods and sugary beverages can damage the liver's ability to properly burn fat. Read on to know more.
The coffee diet demystified: Does it really work?

According to the coffee diet, 3 cups of black coffee can help you attain your perfect weight. Here, we tell you all about this diet that promises quick weight loss.
Liver diseases: All you need to know about them

New diagnostic method for liver diseases may make it easier for you to fight these conditions, finds research. However, you need to be aware of the ways liver conditions may hit you. We arm you with all the information you need.
Black seed oil: The kitchen companion that drives away superbugs

Black cumin or kalonji seeds do not only add to your gastronomic delight by adding flavour to your food. The oil extracts from these seeds can help you battle a host of diseases too!
6 things that may damage your liver
Global Handwashing Day, October 15: The importance of washing your hands thoroughly

You will be shocked to hear that a number of infectious diseases can be spread from person-to-person by contaminated hands. Yes, you have heard it right! You may suffer from gastrointestinal infections, such as Salmonella, and respiratory infections, such as influenza and so on, if you fail to wash your hands properly. Hence, we brief you about the importance of handwashing.
5 natural remedies for Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Stomach problems like Irritable Bowel Syndrome, constipation and gastrointestinal disease can be treated with a few natural remedies. These don't have any adverse side effects.
Kerala floods: Gastrointestinal infections to watch out for

Gastroenteritis, typhoid and diarrhoea are just of the some of the diseases that are commonly spread during flood-like situations. It is very vital for the state medical authorities to spread awareness among those rescued in Kerala.
Kerala floods: Medical officers treating flood-affected locals in relief camps to prevent spread of diseases

Efforts are on in full swing to ensure that those rescued in Kerala floods don't get afflicted with major diseases like leptospirosis, dengue, malaria, cholera and others.
Gastroenterologist-recommended ways to keep hepatitis at bay

A good diet can help in preventing hepatitis.
This swallowable capsule will diagnose gut disorders with more precision

Researchers from RMIT, Australia have developed an ingestible capsule that can accurately diagnose a variety of gut related issues through a non-invasive procedure.
World Hepatitis Day: Do you know? Regular screening of liver a must

Hepatitis is widespread in India, standing fourth among 11 countries which carry almost 50 per cent of the global burden of chronic hepatitis.
Eating canned foods may up intestinal disorder risk, says study

Eating in plastic containers may increase your risk for developing inflammatory bowel disease
Man's pancreas cells implanted in his liver in a life-saving operation

Just weeks after the operation, the transplanted beta cells began to produce insulin again, doctors said.
11 ways to keep yourself safe from gastroenteritis or stomach infections this monsoon

Dr Roy Patankar tells us how to tackle tummy problems during monsoons.