Let’s just be honest here. If you grew up in a Bengali home, the idea that your lovingly made maachher jhol or that Sunday mangsho could be silently working against your heart feels almost insulting. Most of us eat home- cooked food, we do not live on burgers and fries. In our mind, it is … Read more
You cut the rice. You walk after dinner. You say no to the extra doi and the muri mix your colleague offers. And still, the number doesn’t drop. Some mornings it even climbs half a kilo just to spite you. After two decades in clinical practice across this city, I can tell you something most … Read more
It rarely begins as a concern. A bit of sneezing in the morning. A rash that fades by evening. Slight discomfort after certain meals. Nothing strong enough to interrupt the day, yet not entirely ignorable either. Give it time, and these small signs start forming a pattern. The same reaction, under similar conditions, repeats without … Read more
It rarely begins with something obvious. More often, it is a stretch of months that feel slightly off. A cycle that shifts without warning. Skin that does not settle the way it once did. A kind of tiredness that lingers, even on lighter days. None of this seems serious in isolation. So it is easy … Read more
Some health concerns arrive with clear signals. Others take a quieter route. Thyroid imbalance, more often than not, belongs to the second kind. It does not disrupt life all at once. Instead, it alters small things—energy levels, sleep patterns, weight—just enough to be noticed, but not enough to cause alarm. Across Kolkata, clinicians have been … Read more
