Category: Health

Afghanistan, one of the world’s largest producers of heroin and methamphetamine – most of it smuggled abroad – is home to nearly 4 million drugs users, or close to 10 per cent of the total population according to the UN. The worsening crisis has left most of the country’s drug treatment and rehabilitation centers struggling […]

Chocolate is a delightful treat enjoyed by many people from different cultures around the world. Its rich taste and melt-in-your-mouth texture can even make it a real sensory experience. There are many reasons behind our love affair with this delightful treat, but is there a health reason too? The research regarding the health benefits of […]

If it’s true that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, preventive healthcare might really save the embattled NHS – now celebrating its 75th anniversary. By promoting healthy lifestyles, early disease detection and timely treatment, the NHS could reduce chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer. And reducing […]

“I first started taking drugs when I was 15,” says 49-year-old Prapat Sukkeaw. “I smoked marijuana, but it was laced with heroin. I felt like I was floating, and it meant that I could forget about all the problems that I faced as a teenager. It was a beautiful feeling.” Prapat Sukkeaw is one of […]

Oh, Israel’s glorious summer! Children’s thoughts turn to having fun, casting away their workbooks and being liberated from tests and homework, while their parents contemplate how to keep them busy when they themselves have to work or are going on vacation (if they can afford it). Yet summer also brings with it physical dangers and […]

The NHS has just turned 75, and the British public find themselves surrounded by jollity. There is a new logo, a 75th-anniversary badge, tea parties with cakes iced in blue, talks in schools, a photography competition, endless articles by people like me, and even some specially made bunting. Is this 75th anniversary a cause for […]

This summer will be “the first in more than three years that many of us will enjoy without the looming threat of COVID-19”, but the life-threatening virus has not gone away completely, WHO’s regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge, told reporters at a virtual press conference from Copenhagen. Each week, the coronavirus still causes at least […]

There are four common behaviors attached to gaslighting in relationships, a new qualitative analysis of a survey published last month revealed. The peer-reviewed article, published in the journal Personal Relationships, recruited respondents from social media forums like Reddit and Facebook. The 65 respondents, all aged 18 years or older had been in a relationship lasting […]

The world changed for all of us when we were suddenly plunged into a pandemic in 2020. COVID sent us into a series of lockdowns in a bid to control the spread of the virus until a vaccine could be developed. Most of us knew that a vaccine would be the key to our post-pandemic […]

The report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Children’s Fund UNICEF find that the first years of a child’s life provide “irreplicable opportunities to improve lifelong health, nutrition and well-being” according to a press release. It tracks progress against the global Nurturing care framework, which provides guidance on supporting the healthy physical, intellectual, and emotional […]