Health & Wellbeing
New hope for treating ovarian cancer : Oxford university announced Friday that its researchers had found a way to ovarian cancer diagnosis early and treating ovarian cancer by identifying an enzyme related to the deadliness of ovarian cancer.
The Pros and Cons of the Most Common Sleep Positions. There is a lot written about sleep positions – which is probably second only to what has been written about sex positions. Actually, neither of these turns out to be the only factor determining the quality of your sleep so you might feel better about variety and experiments than restricting […]
Matcha green tea is one of the healthiest tea varieties you can have on a daily basis. Drinking a cup of a traditional Japanese beverage in the morning is a simple way to start your day on a healthy note and power you through the rest of the day. Matcha green tea is packed with powerful antioxidants – it boasts […]
Believe it or not, some girls know nothing about stress. They live their lives to the fullest and rarely face regret. It’s not a gift. It’s a lifestyle. Many of us add stress and anxiety to our daily routines. We put ourselves in stressful situations and think this is normal. We look around and see everybody looking as stressed, exhausted, […]
There are times when we feel unsure of ourselves and don’t know how to overcome this feeling. Even confident people often feel this way. Maybe someone says something negative about you, or show their anger against you, or they prove their power and try to bring you down. We’ve all been there, so you’re definitely not alone. There’s always someone […]
As we get older, we start realizing the things that we tend to ignore in our early 20s. Yesterday, I visited my grandma who I have not seen for almost a year. Sure we stay in touch via phone, but I have always had an excuse to see her. Yesterday, we had a great time. We talked about her parents […]
Are you afraid of aging? Is Hormone Replacement Therapy a good option to stop yourself from looking old? A heavily botoxed woman, sitting in the chair in front of me, has a question that is difficult to answer. She is menopausal and wants to know if undergoing a Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) would help her look younger. The pendulum of […]
How much do you know your heart – Here is a little list of heart-related factoids that you must be aware of… Our heart is one of the most important organs in our body and most of us only have a vague knowledge about it and do not know more about it than the fact that our heart pumps blood. […]
Women who give birth to babies using in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) are at increased risk of a chronic digestive disease, says a new study. The researchers from Turkey compared two groups of women who had given birth to their first child at least one year earlier and found that those who had had IVF were three-times more likely to be diagnosed […]
Millions across the world vouch for ‘Yoga’ as a way of life but not many understand how the Asanas, Pranayam and meditation actually affect our body’s ‘Chakras’. Chakras? That’s right.They are the ‘Energy Wheels’ located in specific parts of our body. These constantly spinning Chakras are associated to particular organs which, when worked upon, provide the organs the required energy […]
Women aged 50-plus urged to do at least five hours of exercise a week. They are reaching an age at which it is tempting to slow down a bit – but post-menopausal women may have to do more exercise than others to stay healthy. Scientists recommend that women aged 50-plus do five hours of exercise a week to keep breast […]
Spending too much leisure time sitting down increases a woman’s risk of cancer – even among those who do plenty of exercise. Those who are seated for more than six hours a day are more likely to suffer cancers, particularly of the breast, ovaries and bone marrow, researchers have found. Even those women who are physically active and of normal […]
Curvy women more prone to pain: Curvaceous women are more sensitive to pain than others, scientists believe. They said this vulnerability makes them even more attractive to men.
Control your diabetes and obesity with capsicum : Nowadays many people are easily prone to lifestyle diseases like diabetes, obesity and hypertension. Our eating habits and lifestyle could be the main reasons for it. To control or reverse it there are many natural remedies and recently capsicum has been added to that list. The scientists at the CSIR- Indian Institute […]
Things Pets Teach You about a Happier, Healthier Life : If we didn’t have pets, our lives wouldn’t be so happy. I will never understand people who hate animals. Anatole France once siad, “Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” Pets make us smile, laugh and help overcome troubles and survive the hardest days. […]
