India

You might not know that in the period of the 10th and 11th centuries, there was an impressive series of so-called ‘sex temples’ built in the small Indian town of Khajuraho. These temples contained highly explicit and perhaps shocking images…

There has been a decade of rapid economic growth for India, but unfortunately, the country’s environmental problem is still abound. This affects the wellness and wellbeing of Indian residents in a number of ways as they are frequently…

The stigma around mental and emotional health still runs very deep in India. Due to a very serious lack of support and health care, mental wellness and wellbeing can very quickly deteriorate, leading to soaring suicide risks amongst those…

When it comes to personal hygiene, you can’t get more personal than a sanitary pad. However, while they may be a Godsend to female wellness, environmental wellness is taking a hit and Indian officials are starting to do something about it.…

Deepak Chopra, one of the most famous Ayurvedic healers in history, claims that the body contains immense levels of knowledge, about which we are not yet aware. Ayurveda is a 5,000 year old, ancient healing system that has originated in…

If you live in a secular family, masturbation is seen as a natural part of sexual health; albeit with a tendency to be associated with hormonal teenage boys. But what about those who live in a different culture or have religious beliefs;…

If you’re treated in India using complementary wellness methods, your health insurance should cover it. This is according to the IRDA (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority), which has recently issued a notification to insurance…

When your wellness is affected by diabetes, you need to take several daily decisions to manage your blood glucose levels the best you can. However, as you can’t have a doctor watching out for your wellbeing every day, you need to learn…

In the mid-1990s in sub-Saharan Africa, HIV and AIDS were decimating the populace. Families, communities and workplaces were torn apart by these crippling and debilitating conditions and there didn’t seem to be any end in sight. At…

The Indian parliament has introduced tougher laws, designed to protect the sexual health of young women. This has been introduced in the wake of the outrage surrounding the case of a young woman who was gang raped on an Indian bus, and…

A pioneering sexual health programme has branched out to include those in urban areas. The programme was initially aimed at 50,000 young people in primarily rural areas, but has now extended to encompass many more in urban areas. Looking…

When it comes to health, you are likely to have never considered the effects of poliomyelitis (polio for short) as the disease has largely been eradicated in the western world. Unfortunately, the disease has proliferated in other countries,…

Arthritis is something which can be misconstrued as a fact of life. It’s not; it’s an inflammatory medical condition which only affects some of the population. This part of the population is on the rise and arthritis seems to be migrating…