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Tuberculosis, commonly known as TB, is one of the oldest and most common infectious diseases in the world. In India, it still affects lakhs of people every year. The good news? TB is curable — if detected early and treated properly.

If you’ve ever felt a sharp shooting pain that starts in your lower back and travels down your leg, there’s a good chance it was sciatica. This type of pain is linked to irritation or compression of the sciatic nerve — the largest nerve in your body.

Have you ever wondered why some people gain weight quickly while others stay the same even after eating more? Or why some people feel tired easily while others stay energetic throughout the day? A big part of the answer lies in a single process—metabolism.

Dysentery is a serious intestinal condition that leads to inflammatory diarrhoea, where a person passes frequent loose motions containing blood, mucus, or both. It can affect people of all ages but is more common in children, older adults, and individuals living in areas with unsafe drinking water, poor sanitation, and unhygienic food handling.

A dry cough may sound simple, but anyone who has experienced it knows how irritating and exhausting it can be. Unlike a wet cough that brings up mucus, a dry cough is a tickly, scratchy, non-productive cough, where nothing comes out — only constant irritation.

Your heart beats about 100,000 times a day — pumping life, energy, and oxygen throughout your body. But did you know that your heart rate changes all day long depending on what you’re doing — whether you’re working out, sleeping peacefully, or feeling stressed?