Health

An interview with a Bengaluru-based Naturopath tells us how the human body can be healed if it is aligned in harmony with nature.

This was written on 30th November 2006. And it’s two years since my mother said her last goodbyes, from a place that became her second home. Ours too, because we shared every moment of the peace, calm and tranquility that she experienced at Karunashraya.

Safety regulations being violated all around isn’t new, especially on hazardous waste. But how do things look when there is compliance? Come up to speed with this Citizen Matters inquiry.

On 30th November, in a run-up to World AIDS Day (1st December), city-based MBA students engaged the public in an awareness event on this dreaded syndrome.

Walk 15 minutes a day without footwear and you will let the earth seep into your being. In a month, you will start feeling a new strength, says Manjushree Abhinav.

A play about suicidal tendencies in individuals seeks to raise funds for SAHAI – a Bangalore helpline for people in similar distress. Read on and chip in.

How must sex education be taught? With World AIDS day coming up on December 1st, a recent workshop held at Ulsoor explored points of view of Bengaluru’s parents, teachers and students.

An unusual initiative takes art into the portal of a Bengaluru cancer hospital and leverages its therapeutic value to foster a sense of well being among its inmates.

The project initiated against honking and other noise pollution on the roads picks up steam.

The Baduku Project for sex workers with HIV spreads its message of compassion and awareness in a month-long campaign.

The waste has been traced to Apollo Hospitals. Both Apollo and its waste contractor denied the dumping.

Misuse and overuse of antibiotics has resulted in the spread of drug-resistant bacteria that lurk in the wards of Bangalore’s hospitals, placing patients at higher risk.