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My family and I (3 of us in our 40s) have been afflicted by COVID-19. The first one of us was diagnosed positive on July 4th and the rest of...

Hemochromatosis. It’s a big word. And, if you add the word ‘hereditary’ before it, it ends up sounding like an even bigger term and an awfully alarming alliteration. But medical...

Imagine this: You were unwell, with a slight temperature and a dry cough and some weakness. You went to the doctor to get yourself checked (of course, fearing COVID-19 the...

Genomepatri (the name stands for ‘health horoscope’) is a master health test with 100+ reports on lifestyle disease, physiological traits, drug response, and carrier status. Hyderabad: Apollo Clinic has joined hands with MapmyGenome to...

Hyderabad, June 27, 2020: Apollo Clinic joins hands with MapmyGenome® to launch genomics-based healthcare at its centres in India. For the first time in India, patients have direct access to DNA-based tests....

We Indians love our bread – rotis, parathas, luchis, khakras, theplas and whatever you’d like to call the mind-boggling varieties of flatbreads that we make across the land. A staple...

Overall, the 10 government laboratories in Telangana have a combined capacity to conduct 4,000 coronavirus tests per day, which will be increased to 8,000 in the coming weeks. Hyderabad: The Indian...

I’m a woman, and a feminist. So why am I talking about men’s health during these times of patriarchy? Shouldn’t I be fighting it? I am. With this blog post....

Lockdown 5.0 – a partial lockdown? Workspaces are open while the metro rail is not. The shops are open but gyms are not. Wait…no gyms…that means I still can’t get...

The prevalence of lifestyle disorders has rapidly risen in the population (young and old), especially in the last few decades. As the name suggests, a lifestyle disorder stems from unhealthy...