October 12, 2026
Why diabetes sends you to the washroom: sugar is a water magnet
Diabetes and frequent urination: sugar in the urine pulls water with it. The same pull fills a gym muscle. Exercise moves sugar from urine to muscle.
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Plain answers about the heart, exercise and recovery, from Dr. Muralidar Babi.
October 12, 2026
Weight loss injections or aerobic endurance: which one lasts?
Weight loss injections and aerobic endurance both lower appetite in the same part of the brain. One wears off. See what stays after you stop.
October 8, 2026
Heart failure after breast cancer: can cardiac rehab help?
Heart failure after breast cancer is common and often silent. Physician supervised cardiac rehab, an exercise intervention, can rebuild heart strength.
October 7, 2026
Cardiac rehab and health insurance in India: where we stand
Does health insurance in India pay for cardiac rehab? No policy we read names it, but all pay costs after a hospital stay, for 60 to 180 days.
October 7, 2026
A proven method to reduce your HbA1c: supervised cardiac rehab
To reduce HbA1c, open the way out for glucose. Working muscle pulls glucose in even without insulin, and the effect lasts about 48 hours.
October 5, 2026
EECP or cardiac rehab? Passive cuffs, or active muscles
In EECP, cuffs passively squeeze blood up while you lie still. In cardiac rehab, your muscles actively squeeze it up while you walk or jog. How they differ.
October 3, 2026
Panic attacks feel like a heart attack. Cardiac rehab calms the heart
A panic attack feels like a heart attack. Learn how the vagus nerve calms the heart and how physician supervised cardiac rehab helps with palpitations.
October 2, 2026
Leg pain when you walk? How cardiac rehab helps blocked leg arteries
Leg artery disease causes calf pain when you walk. Supervised exercise in cardiac rehab helps you walk further, with symptoms and after a stent.
October 1, 2026
You have never walked in a straight line: the wave that saves energy
Your centre of gravity moves in a wave when you walk, up and down and side to side. This wave reuses energy, so walking costs your heart less.
September 30, 2026
Diabetes and your muscles: how cardiac rehab opens the sugar doors
Exercise and blood sugar: muscles take up about 80% of the sugar cleared under insulin, and exercise opens their sugar doors, even in diabetes.