Meet Mr. Merwan Zend, first patient member of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder's Society of India to run the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon. His motto is "I may have Parkinson's but Parkinson's will not have me"
On a pleasant…
Talk to your loved one with dementia; talk to others in your shoes, says Melissa Chan, founder of Project We Forgot, which supports caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia.
Please share your encounter with Alzheimer’s Disease…
Maya Ramachandran shares her experience as a caregiver to her parents and the learnings she drew from this.
Caregiving is soul-satisfying, meaningful, draining and frustrating all at the same time. I had been a caregiver for my father for almost 16…
Says Cindy Payne, who fought against the nerve-damaging autoimmune condition with yoga.
I took my first yoga lesson in 1997 more out of curiosity than anything else, since yoga was not yet popular in Singapore. In 2001, I began to study…
Says Hans Dalal, who has not let cerebal palsy get in the way of his independence and dreams. The tiger conservationist and founder of PROWL (Preservation of Wild Landscapes) talks about social attitudes, self-reliance and what it takes to bring up…
In India, child therapy takes place behind closed doors without any parental supervision or social regulation. Are we wating for something untoward to happen to these vulnerable kids, asks outraged mother Preetha Anoop and …
A poem by Rita Banik, Founder, RACE to rein-in-cancer
The never uttered word CANCER
The word that fills our heart with grief
Turns our feet cold with fear
The word that haunts and shatters …
How long shall we go on fearing?
How long…
Ovarian cancer survivor, Meghna, 30, tells you why. Here, she shares her experience – symptoms and treatment – and her learnings.
Please tell us a bit about your condition.
I have a rare form of ovarian cancer called Granulosa Cell Tumour…
Rajita, now 42, looks back on her ‘shock’ diagnosis and treatment, and how she kept going through rough chemo sessions.
Please tell us a bit about your condition and your history.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 31…
