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What are the Health Effects of Drought?

Droughts are widely considered the most destructive and economically challenging of all the climate hazards.

11 Oct 2021

Managing and Reducing Stress

A feeling of constant abnormal pressure, stress can originate from different aspects of day-to-day life.

11 Oct 2021

How Can Mindfulness Meditation Improve Sleep?

Researchers have made a ground-breaking discovery on the use of the popular meditation app, Calm, in improving sleep in adults with sleep disturbance.

11 Oct 2021

COVID-19 and Senior Mental Health Post-Lockdown

Previous research has highlighted the effect of pandemic-associated lockdowns on mental health. This article looks at the effect of COVID-19 on senior health.

11 Oct 2021

COVID-19 and Smoking

The coronavirus-transmitted infectious illness COVID-19 has triggered a global pandemic. This article looks at the effects of smoking on this virus.

11 Oct 2021

Empyema Diagnosis

Empyema is considered to be a sub-classification of parapneumonic pleural effusion.

11 Oct 2021

What is the Hippocratic Oath?

In the medical profession, the Hippocratic Oath is one of the most venerated documents.

6 Oct 2021

What are the Health Effects of Loneliness?

Loneliness is a subjective feeling associated with a lack of social interactions in combination with several internal factors relating to personality.

6 Oct 2021

Statistics and Epidemiology

Epidemiology is considered to be the cornerstone of public health, enabling the study of distribution patterns that assist with identifying the causes of disease.

6 Oct 2021

COVID-19 and Health Supplements

Can dietary supplementations and herbal ‘medicines’ help ameliorate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)? This article investigates more.

6 Oct 2021

Furious Rabies vs Dumb Rabies

Rabies is a zoonotic disease, spread from animals to humans. This article aims to distinguish the differences between furious rabies and dumb rabies.

6 Oct 2021

What are the Health Benefits of Green Tea?

Green tea is consumed widely across the world and has is believed to possess several health-promoting qualities.

25 Sep 2021

What are the Health Benefits of Nuts?

Several tree nuts are consumed as part of a balanced diet worldwide due to the health benefits.

25 Sep 2021

What are the Health Benefits of Flaxseed?

Flaxseed, also known as linseed, has been used as a food and industrial fiber source since ancient times.

25 Sep 2021

What Does it Mean to Have an Asymptomatic Disease?

Asymptomatic diseases are where a disease or infection does not lead to any symptoms.

25 Sep 2021

What is an Amebicide?

An amebicide is an agent used to treat patients with amebiasis. Amoebiasis is an infection that is caused by the amoeba of the Entamoeba genus.

25 Sep 2021

Transforming Your Life Through Positive Thinking

This article looks at transforming your life through positive thinking and the benefits that are associated with positive thinking.

27 Sep 2021

How Does Menopause Affect the Brain?

Menopause is a state of reproductive senescence in the female. This article aims to answer the question 'How does menopause affect the brain?'.

27 Sep 2021

Impact of Chocolate on our Climate

Chocolate products are the most widely spread type of dessert and snack that is available around the globe. This article looks at how chocolate impacts our climate.

27 Sep 2021