How to live longer: Doing this exercise just once a week can increase your life expectancy
Exercise provides innumerable health benefits, all of which coalesce to increase your life expectancy by protecting against chronic health complications. According to Mayo Clinic, regular exercise can offer defence against a number of potentially life-threatening mechanisms, such as high blood…
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What does detox tea actually do?
It’s after the holidays and you’ve just spent your break indulging in a bit more than you would like, so you probably feel a detox is in order. Chances are, you’ll be heading to the closest brick-and-mortar or online shop…
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Community-based counselors help mitigate grief among children orphaned in East Africa
A first-of-its-kind clinical trial involving more than 600 children in Kenya and Tanzania, in which community members were trained to deliver mental health treatment, showed improvement in participants’ trauma-related symptoms up to a year after receiving therapy, new research shows….
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Mums put off caring for themselves, and tough-it-out culture doesn’t help
"So, how long have you been sick?" I had been coughing for weeks, battling fevers as high as 40 degrees, and struggling to find enough energy to sufficiently care for two children, ages 5 and 1. It wasn't until I…
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Can a second opinion make a difference?
Your doctor may be the smartest, most compassionate, thoughtful person in the world—a leading specialist or someone you’ve trusted for years. But you shouldn’t let that stop you from getting a second opinion. “Second opinions are commonplace these days,” says…
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How to Unapologetically Love Your Body During Diet Season
Depending on who you ask, something either really scary or really amazing happened on New Years Day. I started bracing myself back in October. It happens every year like clockwork, so I know the timeline and the signs. I have…
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WHO says coronavirus outbreak is NOT an international emergency
WHO says coronavirus outbreak is NOT an international emergency – despite over 600 reported in China and 10 other countries The World Health Organization said Thursday that the coronavirus outbreak is not a public health emergency of international concern Officials…
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Research-based tips for sticking with your New Year’s resolutions
Humans have a long history of making New Year’s resolutions. The Babylonians are believed to be among the first to have set them more than 4,000 years ago. When Julius Caesar was emperor circa 46 B.C., the Romans had their…
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Teprotumumab bests placebo for active thyroid eye disease
(HealthDay)—Teprotumumab is associated with better outcomes than placebo among patients with active thyroid eye disease, according to a study published in the Jan. 23 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Raymond S. Douglas, M.D., Ph.D., from the Cedars-Sinai…
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Why women's agonising UTIs are STILL being misdiagnosed
Why women’s agonising UTIs are STILL being misdiagnosed: Bacteria in urine samples often vanish by the time test tube gets to lab for analysis Carolyn Andrew, 68, joined the Chronic Urinary Tract Infection Campaign Mother-of-two, from Hertfordshire, developing a urinary tract…
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