Author: Dr. Ayesha Ayub Shaikh

Imagine this: you’re going about your day, feeling just fine, when suddenly your heart skips a beat, or you feel out of breath after climbing the stairs.

Are you aware that smoking could be silently destroying your heart and arteries? It’s not just the obvious risks like lung cancer—smoking can lead to heart attacks, gangrene, stroke, and other deadly cardiovascular conditions.

A sudden chest pain, shortness of breath, or extreme fatigue—could it be a heart attack? Or could it be heart failure? Although both heart attack and heart failure are related to heart health, they are very different conditions.

High blood pressure often shows no warning signs, earning it the name “silent killer.” Learn the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options from lifestyle changes to medication. Book an online consultation with a cardiologist through HealthPil to get your numbers under control.

Have you been told your cholesterol levels are high but shrugged it off? High cholesterol might not show immediate symptoms, but it silently increases your risk of heart disease and stroke.

Have you ever found yourself feeling unusually tired, short of breath, or swelling up for no reason? You may brush it off as stress or tiredness, but these could be the early signs of heart failure.

Recognise the real warning signs of a heart attack, understand its causes, and learn the exact first aid steps that can save a life.

If you’ve been scrolling through social media lately, you might have seen posts claiming that autophagy—the body’s process of cleaning out damaged cells—can be the magic key to curing cancer.

“Could the secret to fighting cancer be sitting in your fruit bowl?” Social media abounds with claims about the “anticancer” properties of fruits like pomegranates, acai, and berries. But what does the science say about these claims?

Intermittent fasting is being promoted as a cancer treatment across social media but the evidence tells a more complicated story. This article separates early research from dangerous myth, covering the real risks of fasting during chemotherapy and what cancer nutrition should actually look like.