Author: Dr. Anupam Gaur

Are annual health checkups actually preventive, or are they simply early detection systems that nobody follows up on? Vikram asked himself this question only after eight years of sealed envelopes and “no significant abnormality” summaries…. and his answer is one I think every CEO, HR head, and senior leader running a corporate wellness programme should…

This is a story about eleven tablets before breakfast, a son who noticed what the rest of them had stopped seeing, and two parents who write, in their own words, about what it means to live again instead of just managing. I’ll let Ramesh and Sunita take it from here. The Story of Ramesh &…

Being told you are cancer-free is one of the most powerful sentences in medicine. Meera’s story is about everything that sentence doesn’t tell you, and about her mother, whose own story ended differently. She wanted this written for every survivor standing exactly where she once stood. The Story of Meera Iyer Patient Review — Meera…

This review came to me from a daughter, written on behalf of her father. It is, at its heart, a story about how easy it is to watch a number on a lab report for eleven years and still miss what the body has been quietly trying to say. I’m grateful to Priya and her…

One of the questions I hear most often from cardiac patients is some version of: “I had the surgery, I’m on my medications, so why don’t I feel like myself again?” Rajesh’s story answers that question better than I ever could in a consultation room. The Story of Rajesh Verma RV Rajesh Verma Senior Executive,…

Our Understanding of “Healthy” Is Often Misleading What We Think Is Healthy But looking normal outside doesn’t mean metabolically healthy inside. Weight and activity alone don’t tell the full story of cellular health. What Real Health Actually Means A person can appear perfectly fine whilst being metabolically compromised at the cellular level—the damage accumulates silently.…

Why being in the “normal range” doesn’t equal being “healthy” Most people breathe a sigh of relief when their blood test comes back “within the normal range.” But here’s the uncomfortable truth: reference ranges were never designed to measure health. They were designed to detect disease. That means your report is only telling you one…

Have you ever been diagnosed with psoriasis, and later told you had a “mild” dysfunction of another? You think it’s nothing serious, so you move on. Until one day, it isn’t mild anymore. One of my patients lived this reality. He was fine, or so he thought. Psoriasis was his main concern—itchy, scaly, frustrating, but…

You might be 35 on paper—but what if your body is functioning like it’s 50? Chronological age is what your birth certificate shows. But biological age—the true measure of how old your cells feel and function—tells a far more accurate story about your health, energy, and future. In today’s fast-paced, high-stress, ultra-processed world, millions are…

Every year, the world comes together to celebrate World Health Day—a reminder of how precious our well-being is. But let’s be honest: most people only think about health when they lose it. What if we flipped the script? What if health wasn’t just about treating disease but about optimizing our body’s full potential? Why Settle…