Healthcare
Work Stress + Impaired Sleep = Danger?
Pressure-filled workdays and sleep deprivation seem to come part and parcel with modern work-life. While it's commonly accepted that a life of all work and no rest isn't great for us, just how much of a toll is it taking on our health? A study recently published in the European [...]
What Does Your Stomach Feel Like in Early Pregnancy?
Pregnancy is an experience to be cherished by a mother. It indeed is a roller coaster ride with all its ups and down. Especially, for mothers who get pregnant for the first time, it is an unfamiliar time where they have a lot of plausible questions and doubts related to [...]
Study: Inhaler Mistakes Common with Kids & Teens
A US study that's the first of its kind to look at inhaler technique in children and adolescents – the group considered the most at risk for complications and death from asthma – found that almost half the participants made mistakes when using their inhalers, which means that they didn't [...]
Be Kind to Yourself… It’s Good for Your Mind and Body
It's 2019 and the term “self-love” is likely a part of your vocabulary by now. You've probably seen it in plastered all over social media in hashtag form on photo captions of a bunch of things, from double-tap-worthy dinners to spa days out and lazy nights in. Because of the [...]
Study: Inability to Spot Scams in Old Age Linked to Dementia
If you've been anywhere on the internet lately, you're probably familiar with the jokes about gullible, elderly users who download computer viruses after clicking on malicious links telling them that they “WON A MILLION DOLLARS!!”. While they might give us a good chuckle, a recent study by researchers from Rush [...]
Study: Lying on back almost triples risk of stillbirth
Research initiated by The University of Huddersfield's Dr Tomasina Stacey into the modifiable risks of stillbirth in New Zealand spurred a bigger, multi-national study that suggests that sleeping on the back in the last trimester of pregnancy can increase the risk of stillbirth. The findings of this research now form [...]