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Health Opinion

Balancing work and companionship; choosing the right dog for your lifestyle

Alvina Miller July 2, 2025: In today’s fast-paced world, many people juggle demanding careers with personal aspirations for companionship and emotional connection. One.

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Men haunted by a Yakshi are not victims of a supernatural encounter. They are confronting disowned parts of themselves. The Yakshi’s irresistible beauty reflects their desire, while her terrifying, bloodthirsty violence symbolises their guilt and fear of unacceptable desires. 
Health Medical Opinion

Treat ghosts who lure men to their demise as a guide, and not a villain

By Aparna S June 19, 2025: In the 1990s, no vacation was considered complete without the obligatory ghost story session. Every cousin, uncle,.

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Schizophrenia is a complex neurobiological disorder that can have long-term effects. Unfortunately, it remains one of the most heavily stigmatised diagnoses in psychiatry.
Health Medical Opinion

A schizophrenic? Warm up to ‘a person with schizophrenia’ 

By Aparna S. May 28, 2025: World Schizophrenia Day was observed recently to encourage society and mental health professionals to re-evaluate how we.

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Studies in India have shown that teachers may unconsciously favour students from higher castes or socioeconomically advantaged backgrounds, awarding them higher marks and occupational expectations, while disadvantaging lower caste students.
Health Opinion Research

An illusion of success: Grading bias and its impact on students in India

By Aparna S. May 13, 2025: Soon after board exam results are declared each year in Kerala, streets are adorned with brightly colored.

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Caring for the elderly
Drugs Opinion

Tailored dementia care: Strategies for enhancing quality of life at home

Alvina Miller May7 2025: Dementia, a term used to describe a group of cognitive impairments, significantly impacts the quality of life of affected.

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A zamorin, an ailing British judge, and a group of physicians played crucial roles in establishing the world’s first Ayurvedic hospital in 1902.
Drugs Health Opinion

How a zamorin, a British judge, helped build world’s first ayurvedic hospital

HQ Team April 27, 2024: A zamorin, an ailing British judge, and a group of physicians played crucial roles in establishing the world’s.

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Marvin Lee Minsky, an American cognitive and computer scientist who co-founded the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's AI laboratory and wrote extensively about AI and philosophy, suggested as early as 1985 that “AI should possess emotions.” Today, emotional AI has evolved beyond academic boundaries, and para-social relationships have become normal. 
Health Opinion Research

AI & the Heart: How Machines Are Replacing Human Connection

April 22, 2025: In a world increasingly run by algorithms, it’s not just playlists or grocery orders—your feelings might be next.  From digital.

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Indian allopathic doctors will require a unique identification number (UID) to practice in the county, the National Medical Commission, a regulatory body for medical professionals, stated.
Health Medical Opinion

Marriage or work: The unseen battle of female Indian doctors

Becoming a doctor is not just the pinnacle of an average Indian student’s academic dreams but also a platform that bridges the status.

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Being popular means being louder. An actor, musician, sportsperson or politician opening up about his or her mental health is better heard than an ordinary individual.
Opinion

Lone wolf fallacy: How sigma masculinity became internet’s toxic inside joke

Aparna S March 21, 2025: There was a time when online debates about masculinity revolved entirely around “alpha” versus “beta” males. Alphas were.

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In ancient Greece, King Midas wished for the golden touch, believing that unlimited wealth would bring him ultimate happiness. However, his dream quickly turned into a nightmare when his food—and even his beloved daughter—turned to gold.  Midas became trapped by his irrational desire, blinded by the allure of wealth without considering its consequences.
Health Opinion Research

Curbing the King Midas’ golden touch in you during modern times

By Aparna S March 4, 2025: In ancient Greece, King Midas wished for the golden touch, believing that unlimited wealth would bring him.

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