Dr. Vikram .R. Lotwala

© Hemera/Thinkstock 1. Your Reading Comprehension We all know that person , the one who eats burgers and still loses weight while you eat salad and yogurt and can’t shed a pound. Turns out the problem may not be your appetite; it could be your reading skills. According to a study published in the Journal of Consumer Research , healthy-sounding labels are duping dieters. Read: Are Your Reading Skills Making You Fat? © George Doyle/Stockbyte/Thinkstock         2. Your Diet Soda Habit Put down the pop! Studies have shown that subjects who drink two or more diet sodas a day have waist size increases up to six times greater than those of people who don’t drink diet soda. These insidious sodas may be free of calories, but they're not free of consequences! Read: Is Diet Soda Making You Fat? © iStockphoto/Thinkstock             3. Lack of Sleep New research suggests sleepless...

I learnt about your demise from the ticker tape on one of the news channels, last evening. It was a big encounter and a very fierce one at that. A feeling of deep saddness enveloped me as I reflected on your youth which had been sacrificed in Gurez Sector,in the line of duty. What does your death mean? By now your mortal body would be lying embalmed at the Base Hospital and will be flown out of Srinagar later in the day,on its final journey to the cremation ground in your native town or village. You were too young to die,far too young! For whom and for what did you die then? This question haunted me last night and I will attempt to answer you. You were probably from a village or a small town of India . You were perhaps the son of an army officer or JCO, or from an urban or rural civilian background. You could not be from one of the big cities where iron has entered the soul of our youth and where the only driving motivator is quest for money in the surreal env...

As little as 15 minutes of exercise everyday can extend your life by as much as three years, a new research has found. Taiwanese researchers examined more than 400,000 study participants in a 12-year period, where patients self-reported their weekly exercise regimen and were then placed in one of five groups: inactive, low, medium, high or very high exercise activity. The study found that people in the low-exercise group, who spent 15 minutes on fitness per day, reduced their risk of dying from cancer by 10 percent and had a three-year longer life expectancy than the inactive group. “The 30-minute a day for five or more days a week has been the golden rule for the last 15 years, but now we found even half that amount could be very beneficial,” ABC News quoted Dr Chi-Pang Wen, lead author of the study, as saying. With every additional 15 minutes of exercise per day, participants reduced their risk of dying from cancer by another 1 percent, the research found.  Res...

Hello Friends. Our new Venture - Wings Hospital is organising a series of camps, next week onwards. The schedule is as follows - 21st August, Sunday - Breast and cervical Cancer Awareness 23rd August, Tuesday - Laparoscopy 25th August, Thursday - Infertility and Management 27th August, Saturday - Obesity and associated disorders Awareness All the patients will be seen by experts doctors from Mumbai and Surat in their respective fields. The patients will be offered 25% discounts in Treatment ( Medicine as well as Surgery0 and in Investigations. Please pass this on to your Patients and friends. Dr. Vikram R Lotwala 

The data LED of your wireless router is constantly blinking and none of the family members are using the Internet at home. This might indicate that someone outside – probably one of your neighbors - is enjoying the web using your Wireless network. Are neighbors using your Wi-Fi network? If you would like to confirm this, type the router’s IP address in the browser – here’s how to find the router’s IP Address – and open the DHCP Client Table (it is under Status –> Local Network –> DHCP Server for Linksys routers). This shows a list of all devices connected to your wireless network including those of strangers. What can you do prevent Wi-Fi theft? You can’t block the Wi-Fi signals from reaching your neighbor’s house but there are several things you may do to prevent them from piggybacking on your wireless network. Some of the well-known techniques to secure your Wireless network include: 1. Setup a password for your Wi-Fi network - Open your router’s admin d...