Gaurav Rayamajhi l Medical writer l Medical/Pharma Copywriter l Emcee l Presenter

Nutrition is taking up its space in therapeutics and I find it highly futuristic. In the South Asian scenario, nutrition is one of the overlooked modalities in treating health conditions. When food, which is often taken as just a source of energy, has now advanced to grander forms like nutritional medicine or disease-modifying nutrition, pharmacists lacking the nutritional knowledge brings a huge gap between pharmaceutical care and optimal therapeutic outcome. Today, the food you eat not only determines your physical health but also your mental well-being. Despite being a drug expert, it is undeniable that reducing the medication burden is one of the primary objectives of a pharmacist, which is possible when we bring nutritional medicine to life with active practice. That is why, pharmacists being equipped with nutrition education seems crucial. For the prevention of any disease from being caught, keeping present health conditions under control, and managing the progression of the di

I signed up for an online meditation session recently. The restlessness, chaos and frustrations that we all feel out of different aspects of life are so common. The session master have been stressing the significance of mindfulness and meditation, not just confined to mental health, but also physical. This got me thinking, if the saying is really backed up with science. As I tried getting into different scientific research on meditation, it has shown remarkable results in so many aspects. It is advantageous in managing stress, sleep disorder, anxiety and depression to physical conditions like pain, weight management, diabetes, and hypertension. This supported by positive brain changes in functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, these studies also state magnitude of these effects remains unknown. That is why, more diverse and robust trials are expected to calculate tangible results as they also lack the proper understanding of molecular and neural changes. Mea

Using medicines after expiry has often evoked a genuine controversy. Patients creating noisy chaos in a hospital pharmacy after being dispensed expired medicines (which often happens unintentionally) to the incident making a BIG national news headline, most of us as professionals, have seen it all. But, is it fatal or debilitating to intake outdated medicines? Well, not really. The date of expiry stamped on your medication packaging assures the full functioning of the medicine as it is supposed to do, till the mentioned date. While the working capability might get compromised post the date. However, with several studies done, the medicines are likely to retain their functionality even after 5-10 years of expiry or even longer, IF, the medicine is stored in ideal conditions. More than an expiry date, storage condition is what determines the actual activity of medicinal components. These are just a few of the facts that pharmacists and other front-line healthcare workers should b