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Depression: Silence can kill, Seeking help can save!

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“I woke up like feeling directionless, I didn't know where to go, I didn't know what to do and I had these bouts of feeling so low that I would just start crying at the drop of the hat .” This was Deepika Padukone in an interview in the year 2015. Here is what Shaheen Bhatt recently said, “I have been living with depression since I was 12 years old and now it's been 20 years with depression. Just like you go to a doctor to treat diabetes, similarly, you must go to a doctor to treat mental illness. There is a cure for it. It does not mean you are crazy." The World Health Organisation has recently revealed that more than 264 million people of all ages suffer from depression around the globe. Mental illness is taking a toll on the health of people. More women suffer from depression than men. The sad part is many people do not seek help! Depression is a type of mental health disease characterized by persistent low mood most of the time. It is not supposed to...

Common illnesses in winters: Give them a fight!

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One loves the warm tea, the hot snacks, and this is winter! The new relationship with the quilt, the bed is unbreakable. The cold water is dreaded. As you are trying to adapt to the cold winds, so is your immune system. As the winter brings with it the relief from the scorching sun, it also brings the chances of you getting new infections. It is also the time of the year that worsens the existing diseases in your body. Let us look at the common winter illnesses and the way homeopathy can help you in this winter: ·          Asthma: Are winters making you use more inhalers? Yes, respiratory diseases, especially asthma aggravate in winter. During winter symptoms of asthma such as shortness of breath and wheezing increase in intensity and frequency. There is increased inflammation in airways which in turn gets narrowed due to increased secretion of mucus. Help yourself by staying indoors especially on very cold and windy day...