Category: Health

Female sexual desire is frequently misunderstood. Despite desire (also known as libido or sex drive) being the most common sexual health concern for women, most women aren’t really taught about it growing up. And if they are, the information is often inaccurate. This lack of education not only perpetuates misinformation, stigma and shame about female […]

Flying with babies and toddlers can be a daunting prospect for many parents. The apprehension is entirely relatable: children might fear the unfamiliar environment, become restless, experience ear discomfort, and, unfortunately, unleash cries and tantrums that can test even the most patient caregivers. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Some children relish the […]

The weight-loss jab Wegovy has been hailed as an “absolute game-changer” after a new study showed that it relieved symptoms and improved the quality of life in people with a common form of heart failure. The participants in the trial had “heart failure with preserved ejection fraction”, a very common condition in which the heart […]

 A kosher ice cream chain in Brooklyn is voluntarily recalling all of its ice cream and pareve frozen desserts after it was linked to a recent listeria outbreak from another kosher ice cream manufacturer. The recall was announced by the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday and lists more than 90 frozen treats sold by […]

Despite cannabis by-products being used to treat a number of health conditions, smoking cannabis may not be as healthy as some people think, according to a new study published on August 30. The peer-reviewed study, published in the academic journal Environmental Health Perspectives, found that the third most used drug in the world may actually […]

You pour a chilled glass of your favourite sauvignon blanc and are about to take a sip when a fruit fly lands in it. The fly is clearly dead. But given what you know about where flies hang out, you wonder if it’s safe to drink. Despite their salubrious sounding name, fruit flies (Drosophila species), […]

Despite the idea that opposites attract when it comes to pursuing romance permeating since psychologist Robert Francis Winch suggested the idea in the 1950s, a new study published on August 31 found that might not actually be the case. The peer-reviewed study, published in the academic journal Nature, analyzed over 130 traits across millions of […]

Things don’t always go to plan when it comes to sex. Sometimes condoms break (or are even forgotten altogether) and daily contraceptive pills can be missed. Whatever the reason, if you need to prevent an unplanned pregnancy you might decide to use emergency contraception. There are three main options for emergency contraception: levonorgestrel tablets (known […]

Israel has agreed on a deal to officially recognize caregivers of people with disabilities as a profession holding a “special status,” which includes a wage hike, bonuses and training courses totaling up to NIS 330 million. The deal, agreed between the Finance and Welfare and Social Affairs ministries with relevant Israeli organizations, will affect tens […]

A prominent childhood memory is of my grandparents living with and then dying from dementia. As is universal with dementia, there was a double blow: watching my grandparents lose their identity and seeing the suffering of those closest to them. As a junior doctor on a specialist dementia ward when I was in my 20s, […]