Work, work, work, work, work - we often hear this line from a famous pop song. And most of us can pretty much relate well to it. Work has become one of the greatest challenges of adult life. Going to the office every day, spending eight hours (or even more) in tasks you don’t like, and coming home to sleep and prepare for another work day. Indeed, luck
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Your elementary science teacher is right - an apple a day keeps the doctor away. In fact, just eating grams of this fibre-rich fruit can slash mortality rate by 35 per cent. That’s the recent finding of the researchers from University of Western Australia who examined the health habits of 1,456 female participants aged 70-85 for fifteen years. R
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People who always lack sleep often have troubles managing their weight. This relationship has long been linked by past research, suggesting that lack of sleep leads to weight gain. Now, a new study provides interesting findings. According to it, if you are trying to lose weight, you should eat a diet rich in protein because it improves the quality of your sl
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Depression is a serious mental health disorder that can have debilitating effects on one’s life. It can be hard to deal with depression once you already have it and it would need professional intervention. But there are simple things you can do to ease the pain and speed up your recovery. Here are some of them: Talk about it. Depression is somet
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How many diet plans have you tried? Which one worked for you? And for how long? Each day, thousands of people try out a different diet with hopes of getting rid of excess fats fast and becoming healthier. But many get tempted of the lose-weight-quick plans that offer promising results in a matter of days or weeks. Unfortunately, these diets often invo
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Fretting about the results of a job interview, the feedback of your boss, or an upcoming school exam may feel like a bad thing. But stressing over the uncertain can actually be good for your mental health, according to new research. The stress the uncertain brings gives us a distinct performance advantage, according to the researchers from University
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Dementia is one of the major health concerns in the world today. Dementia affects a person’s mental agility, thinking abilities, understanding and language. This mental disorder refers to a group of related symptoms that are associated with an ongoing mental decline which gets worse over time. People who have dementia would forget most things - both pa
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When it comes to being overly emotional, women often take the league. Even so, this doesn’t mean that they are the only ones prone to depression. Even men are. But the symptoms can vary significantly and they may not be noticeable. Depression in Men Clinical depression comes in various types. There are major and minor depression, and dyst
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No one is ever immune to stress. Even the most mentally strong people in this world do have their fair share of stress in life. In the present times - when we pay less attention to mindfulness and more on multi-tasking, stress is often just around the corner, waiting to strike at any moment. But our body has a built-in response mechanism to stress which we s
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Couples who wish to get pregnant should work together to have a successful and healthy conception. It is not just the woman’s health habits that matter but also that of her partner. According to the latest study by the National Institutes of Health, male partners who drink two caffeinated beverages per day is linked to 74 per cent risk of miscar
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