Health

• Set a to-do-list – there’s nothing better than the satisfaction of ticking off your achievements. • Focus on eating natural, unprocessed foods. Tune into your hunger and satie...

• Remove underarm and groin hair as they trap both sweat and bacteria. Bacteria cannot breed in dry areas of the body • Bathe twice a day using antibacterial soap. Do not apply the soap dir...

Exercise can change how crucial portions of our brain communicate as we age, improving aspects of thinking and remembering, according to a fascinating new study of ageing brains and aerobic workouts. ...

We do not know exactly what causes the illness Most people who are diagnosed as having schizophrenia experience a detachment from reality. Often — though not always — this is deeply distr...

The Harvard Medical School in its subscribed mailing service speaks of the beneficial effects of Tai Chi on COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease).Tai Chi combines “sequences of slow, flow...

The human body has a nine-metre-long alimentary canal that is open to the environment at both ends. It is populated with millions of microbes: bacteria, viruses and fungi. In addition, there are harmf...

Had I been polled last fall, I would have registered as a Covid vaccine sceptic. I told anyone who asked that I was going to wait at least six months after a vaccine was approved, by which time I hope...

When children gain excess weight, the culprit is more likely to be eating too much than moving too little, according to a new study of children in Ecuador. The study compared the lifestyles, diets and...

Sugar is not as sweet as you think it is! This is probably not news to you, but the higher your sugar intake, the fatter you get! And with increased body fat comes the risks of high cholesterol, type ...

My dad stays so silent of late. He has stopped going to the club, stopped gardening — his favourite activity — and rarely speaks...” “Do not worry, that is just age. It is the...