One of the often asked questions by my patients across all age groups is with related to whether calcium supplements and vitamin D supplements actually protect the bones? People aged 50 and older who take calcium supplements are 12 per cent less likely to fracture a bone than their...

Last week I got a frantic call from a friend who had just delivered a "healthy baby". Over the past couple of days she had noticed that the tips of the fingers and toes had a bluish discoloration. I asked her to see her pediatrician the next morning and if...

The news networks were all ablaze last week as how Chinese made toys were recalled because of high lead content. It made me realize that while lead poisoning is a huge issue in the US, we in India are relatively umaware of the effects! Lead poisoning -- at levels...