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A health education initiative under 'The Health Literacy Project'. Expert clinical conversations across key health topics. Weekly Podcasts.
Available in multiple languages. Health Commune is a health education platform founded by Dr. Smita Karpate to make medical knowledge clear, accessible, and useful for everyone. It bridges the gap between complex medical information and everyday understanding through expert-led conversations that focus on clarity, context, and real-world guidance. As part of the Global Health Literacy Project, we provide practical conversations across a wide range of medical topics, including diabetes, women’s health, antimicrobial resistance, and maternal care. Our goal is simple: make India and beyond health literate by making health information easy to understand, trustworthy, and useful.
You count your rice. You measure your carbs. But then you drink two glasses of sugary beverages and wonder why your blood sugar is high.
Hear from Dr. Srihari G. Kulkarni, Physician & Diabetologist, on the hidden diabetes risk nobody talks about: liquid calories.
Language: English
Host: Dr. Kavyashree Dasari, Pharm.D
Guest: Dr. Srihari G. Kulkarni, MD
Full episode coming soon
You can be thin everywhere and still be diabetic.
Hear from Dr. Srihari G. Kulkarni, MD, Physician and Diabetologist, on how central obesity (belly fat) causes insulin resistance and the reason why diabetes develops much earlier for Indians compared to Western populations.
Language: English
Host: Dr. Kavyashree Dasari, Pharm.D
Guest: Dr. Srihari G. Kulkarni, MD
Full episode coming soon
Dental implants aren’t as simple or permanent as they seem.
Hear from Prof. (Dr.) Manu Rathee, Maxillofacial Prosthodontist, explains why dental implants actually require more care than natural teeth and how neglecting maintenance can lead to failure.
Language – English
Host: Dr. Smita Karpate, MD
Guest: Prof. (Dr.) Manu Rathee, DNB
Full episode coming soon!
Your 30s aren’t “safe” anymore for your heart.
Hear from Dr. Sagar Shah, DM, Interventional Cardiologist, as he explains the reasons and risk factors for why younger patients are getting diagnosed with heart attacks.
Language - Gujarati
Host: Mr. Maulik Panchal
Guest: Dr. Sagar Shah, DM
Full episode on YouTube
No chest pain doesn’t mean no heart problem. Women often have silent, atypical symptoms.
Hear from Dr. Sagar Shah, DM, explaining the signs women should not ignore at any age and the importance of getting your heart checked.
Language - Gujarati
Host: Mr. Maulik Panchal
Guest: Dr. Sagar Shah, DM
Full episode now on YouTube
Is pregnancy safe with valvular heart disease?
Hear from Dr. Saurabh Chopra, DM, as he explains why blood flow doubles during pregnancy and how this can worsen symptoms in women with mitral valve stenosis.
Language - Hindi
Host: Dr. Semira Hussaini (PT)
Guest: Dr. Saurabh Chopra, DM
Full episode releasing soon!
When are heart patients actually recommended for a stent?
Hear from Dr. Sneha Garg, DM, Interventional Cardiologist, explaining how treatment decisions are actually made and why, in many cases, the focus is on controlling the disease early with the right medicines before moving to a procedure.
Language - Hindi
Host: Dr. Smita Karpate, MD
Guest: Dr. Sneha Garg, DM
Full episode on YouTube
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Is 80 'too old' for heart surgery?
Many families believe that age limits medical options.
Hear from Dr. Sneha Garg, DM (Interventional Cardiologist), explaining why advanced valve therapies are actually designed specifically for elderly and high-risk patients who cannot undergo open-heart surgery.
Language - Hindi
Host: Dr. Smita Karpate, MD
Guest: Dr. Sneha Garg, DM
They laughed when the report said Parkinson's.
For 20 years, doctors called it central pain syndrome, then complex regional pain syndrome, then autonomic dysfunction. In 2019, a DAT scan finally showed Parkinson's.
Hear Dr. Meenakshi share the moment she got her diagnosis.
Language - English
Host: Dr. Smita Karpate, MD
Guest: Dr. Meenakshi “Mina” Venkataraman, Ph.D
Full episode on YouTube
Your heart blockage is under 60%. No stent needed. But medicines alone won't fix it.
Dr. Sneha Garg shares the exact numbers you need to hit and why the "normal" on your lab report may not be normal for you.
Language - Hindi
Host: Dr. Smita Karpate, MD
Guest: Dr. Sneha Garg, DM
Full episode releasing soon!
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