https://www.scmp.com/rss/507839/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Cradling my five-month-old son Rohit on my lap, I pat him to sleep. My husband, Ram, is reading the newspaper. I dart him cold looks as the paper rustles. “Can you not turn the pages please?” I whisper. His quizzical look while turning another page annoys me. My eyes point to our son. Without warning, I sneeze. Rohit wakes up crying. Ram and I laugh at the irony. This decades-old memory came to me as I was reading Sleeping Like A Baby, just published by Penguin. Journalist Neha Bhatt and... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3166375/baby-wont-sleep-experts-provide-advice-and-tips-guilt?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3166375/baby-wont-sleep-experts-provide-advice-and-tips-guilt?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Feb 2022 10:15:23 +0000 Can animals teach us life’s lessons? Anyone who has had a companion animal is certainly nodding, “Of course, animals enrich our lives.” Mullu, my 10-year-old cat, walked into my life when I was wrestling with a tragedy. I had lost my husband Ram to cancer. My daughter Roshini brought home this ball of white and brown fur when it was barely a month old. I was not keen on a pet then, with my mother – a chronic asthma patient – living with us. So Roshini promised to find a home for it and pleaded... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3147490/can-pets-provide-path-spirituality-and-world-peace-how?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3147490/can-pets-provide-path-spirituality-and-world-peace-how?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Sep 2021 23:15:15 +0000 Fellow Covid-19 survivors will immediately connect with the opening line in Dr Vishakha Shivdasani’s book, Covid and Post Covid Recovery. “Surviving is not the same as recovery, doctor. I have survived Covid-19, but I am not the same person I was before Covid,” the patient said, after a month’s recovery. “I have not fully healed.” As I grapple with the aftermath of Covid-19, I can relate. A month out of hospital, I don’t have the stamina of my pre-Covid days. My energy levels are low. I get... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3140506/six-diet-and-lifestyle-strategies-post-covid-19-recovery?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3140506/six-diet-and-lifestyle-strategies-post-covid-19-recovery?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Jul 2021 20:15:15 +0000 For Susan Eapen, a diabetic since 2008, managing blood sugar levels was a constant challenge. She tried the low-carb, high-fat keto diet, but gave it up after having dizzy spells. She cut down on her carbohydrate intake – using almond flour instead of wheat flour – and supplemented meals with eggs and vegetables. But preparing a daily meal tailored for her own needs was not easy. “I found it exhausting to put in extra effort to make something for me,” said the retired banker from Trivandrum, in... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3109407/how-green-jackfruit-flour-can-help-type-2-diabetes-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3109407/how-green-jackfruit-flour-can-help-type-2-diabetes-and?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Nov 2020 12:15:07 +0000