Mind Over Medicine: How Your Thoughts Transform Treatment Effectiveness?
“The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the person who has the disease,” William Osler wrote over a century ago. This wisdom...
Author : Dr. Brahmanand Nayak
The Rise of Health Anxiety in Modern India: Ayurvedic Doctor’s Perspective
The woman before me had not slept in three days. Her eyes were rimmed red, darting between three open tabs on her iPad – a...
Daily Meditation: A Doctor’s Journey Through 1000+ Patient Transformations in Bangalore
Your brain lights up like Times Square on an MRI scan. Every neuron, every pathway, and every connection is visible in stunning detail. But your...
How Happiness Rewires Your Body’s Healing System?
Of Shakespeare’s 38 plays, his tragedies like “King Lear” and “Macbeth” have often overshadowed his comedies in literary discourse despite their more balanced distribution across...
Milk and Cholesterol: Ayurvedic Doctor’s Guide to How Dairy Affects Your Heart Health
Your morning cup of filter coffee could tell a bigger story about your heart,” I tell my patient, an entrepreneur whose cholesterol numbers rival his...
Jala Neti: Ancient Yogic Practice Meets Modern Medicine | Ayurvedic Doctor’s Guide to Better Breathing
They come with bags full of half-empty allergy medications. They come after sleepless nights of snoring and sleep apnea. They come with sinuses so blocked...
When Patients Trust Google, More Than Their Doctor: Inside India’s IDIOT Syndrome Epidemic
Every day, I meet people who trust strangers on the internet more than the doctor sitting in front of them. They have traded wisdom for...
Yoga Nidra for Anger Management
One Sunday morning in my R T Nagar clinic, I witnessed a transformation that still inspires me. A high-powered tech executive who had been battling...
Anticipatory Anxiety: How Your Mind Creates Tomorrow’s Symptoms Today
Your brain runs the world’s most sophisticated simulation software. It can generate actual ulcers from imaginary deadlines, authentic panic attacks from theoretical meetings, and clinical...
The 7 PM Dinner Myth: What Science Says About Meal Timing and Weight Loss
At 6:59 PM in Bangalore, thousands of spoons clink against plates in a desperate race against time. A young mother in Koramangala gulps down her...