
You hear it throughout pregnancy: “Breastfeeding is natural,” “Breastmilk is best,” “Babies just know what to do.” So when you finally start breastfeeding and feel a sharp sting in your nipples every time your baby latches, you’re shocked. It hurts,
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Pregnancy does something fascinating. Your belly begins to grow, and so does everybody’s opinion. A neighbour you barely know will tell you to add ghee to everything. Your aunt will insist you’re now “eating for two”. Your app will ping you
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If you look back, almost every major biological stage in your life has arrived with a hormone shift. First period. Irregular teenage cycles. Pregnancies, or attempts at them. Postpartum highs and crashes. For men, hormones matter too, but their main hormone, te
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You’re in your 40s or 50s, still running a full calendar, and your body quietly changes the script. Sleep goes patchy. You’re overheating in air-conditioning. Words slip away mid-sentence. Joints complain for no decent reason. Sex starts to feel more like fri
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You go for your routine glucose test thinking it’s just another tick on your pregnancy screening checklist. Maybe you’re already planning what to eat after the test because you’ve been fasting. Then the report comes, and the doctor says, “Your sugar
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Most days, your child’s kidneys work so quietly you never think about them. There’s no noise, no “kidney alert”, just bathroom trips and life as usual. But behind the scenes, those two small organs are busy. They’re filtering the blood, balancing water
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You’ve probably heard people say, “Kids have such fast metabolism. They burn everything they eat.” You see it too. They seem to be hungry again not long after a full meal. They grow out of clothes faster than you can buy them. They run, jump, crash,
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Almost everyone has known someone who is, or was, on dialysis. Maybe it’s a relative who spends long hours in a hospital chair, or a neighbour who suddenly became “a kidney patient”. When that happens, you see it up close: kidney health
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Childbirth is a moment that reshapes a woman’s life – filled with excitement, emotion and often the fear of labour pain. For centuries, labour pain was accepted as natural and unavoidable due to traditional beliefs and misconceptions. This perception change
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Most parents think about food in terms of “enough” – enough dal, enough roti, enough fruit, enough milk. Calories, protein, carbs, fats. But under the surface, your child’s body is running a far more detailed operation. Every minute, their cells are t
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Almost every parent has experienced this: Your child wakes up with a red patch on the face, a rash in the folds, or angry bumps on the arms. You rush to the chemist. A tube appears from behind the counter – “This works for ev
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