Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy Walk into any supplement shop and you will find both ashwagandha and creatine on the shelves – often marketed for completely different purposes. Ashwagandha is positioned as a stress and anxiety supplement. Creatine is positioned as […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy Sleep apnea affects an estimated 100 million people worldwide, and India carries a disproportionate burden – with obesity, anatomical factors, and underdiagnosis creating a perfect storm. The standard treatment, CPAP therapy, is effective but poorly tolerated: […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy In August 2023, the New England Journal of Medicine published results that changed cardiovascular medicine. The SELECT trial — the largest randomised trial of a GLP-1 drug in cardiovascular patients, 17,604 people followed for over 3 […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy Magnesium is involved in over 300 enzymatic reactions in the body – from energy production to nerve function to DNA repair. Yet studies consistently show that 40-60% of Indians have inadequate magnesium intake, and many more […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy For the first time in obesity medicine, doctors have two genuinely different classes of injectable weight loss drugs to choose from. Semaglutide (Ozempic/Wegovy) targets one hormone receptor; tirzepatide (Mounjaro/Zepbound) targets two, and produces meaningfully greater average […]
🦺Medically Written & ReviewedBy Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD Medicine — Healthcare Consultant and Health Educator, Founder of Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy India is facing a protein crisis that most people do not know they are part of. A nationwide survey of 1,800 Indian households found that 93% of respondents consumed less protein […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy Most people swallow their fish oil capsule at whatever time is convenient and think little of it. But emerging research on omega-3 absorption shows that when and with what you take your supplement can change how […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy Creatine has been sitting in gym bags for decades. Now it is appearing in psychiatry research – and the findings are surprising enough that several academic medical centres have begun clinical trials specifically testing creatine as […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy Millions of people have started semaglutide injections and experienced dramatic weight loss. But what happens when they stop? The answer, backed by rigorous clinical data, is uncomfortable – and it has fundamentally changed how doctors think […]
Medically Written & Reviewed By Dr. Ajit Kumar, MD (Medicine) — Founder, Medimadad. About the Author | Editorial Policy Most patients with kidney disease are told to be cautious with new medications. Yet one of the largest kidney trials ever conducted has just delivered a striking verdict on semaglutide — the drug sold as Ozempic […]
