Nutraceuticals: Should patients not be told or an unnecessary financial burden? With the expansion of the market for nutraceuticals and dietary supplements in Nepal , debates have increased about their registration, quality, price, recommendation, and sales and distribution. A patient goes to the hospital with general weakness, fatigue, or body aches. After an examination, the doctor recommends vitamins, minerals, omega-3, probiotics, or other supplements along with medicine. When it comes time to pay the bill for the medicine at the pharmacy, patients are shocked. Supplements are actually very expensive. And the question arises in their minds – are all these medicines not to be taken? The market for nutraceuticals and dietary supplements is expanding in Nepal. There is a constant debate about their use, registration, quality, price, medical recommendation, and sales and distribution. This raises the main question – are nutraceuticals a real need of patients or not? What are nutra...
When followers overshadow morality Recently, a man known on social media as ‘Nepali Bro’ murdered his wife. This incident shocked everyone. Not thousands, but millions of people used to watch his content, react to his videos, and many saw him as an influential figure . But this incident has once again raised a serious question, ‘Are we making the mistake of considering the image we see on social media as the real person? What is the basis for us to know someone? His character, behavior and values or the popularity of his social media?’ He was a familiar face on social media. His videos used to go viral, people followed him, and his statements were quoted. But there is not always a correlation between a person’s popularity and his moral character . Social media shows us the edited, decorated and publicly displayed appearance of a person, but not his private life, behavior towards relationships, ability to control anger or human sensitivity. What is even more interesting is that...