8 Amazing Health Benefits of Wheatgrass

Wheatgrass can perform miracles to our body and health in so many ways and so quickly. If you haven’t considered it in your diet, the only explanation is that you are not fully aware of how powerful this plant is. It seemingly takes forever to list all the benefits you can get from wheatgrass.

Wheatgrass is simply the young grass from the common wheat plant called Triticum aestivum  (Wikipedia).  It can be consumed in the form of juice, fine green powder or tablets. Either ways, wheatgrass has been renowned as a superfood or the favorite food of nutritionists.

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Home Healthcare Services: The next big thing in Indian healthcare industry

A resident of Bengaluru, India who has spent all her lifetime building the future of her kids is suffering from extreme pain in her knees joints for which she requires regular physiotherapy sessions. Due to her aggravating condition and excess weight she is unable to travel to a physiotherapist clinic. This is where home healthcare provider, Medwell Ventures, has proved to be a boon for her and for many others who are in a similar situation. This Bengaluru based healthcare start-up provides home healthcare services to many customers in major cities across India.

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Playing tennis can help you live longer

Finally some validation for us Tennis players. Playing tennis can help you live longer according to a study by Oxford and some researchers in Finland and Australia. The study was conducted over a period of 9 years over a pool of 80,000 people mostly of Scottish and English descent.

These people consisted of 52% women and 48 % men. The mean age was 52 +- 14 years. The study covered key sports and recreation activities like Running, Football (Soccer for my American friends), Swimming, Running, Tennis, Cycling, Aerobics and Racquet Sports. The study looked for correlation in all cause mortality and Cardio Vascular Related Mortality.

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Tele-ICU key to providing critical care to millions in India

Healthcare in India is at an exciting phase in its evolution. On one side we have government policy that has ensured that standards have been set for EMR, medical Records and Standards, while on the other hand we see very large hospitals adopting digital in order to increase access and improve care outcomes.  But the key to innovation in healthcare are startups and new ventures coming up with innovative care models that are changing the course of the healthcare industry in India.

At the Philips Digital Health Conclave, I had the opportunity to discuss and exchange ideas with many thought leaders in the healthcare space. I spoke to Dr Pinak Shrikhande, Principal at Healthquad and  Director at Critinext, a India’s largest Tele-ICU service provider. Below are some of the excerpts from the discussion.

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