Category: Health

Numerous people, especially actresses and other female celebrities, have been recognized as having “iconic eyebrows.” These include Marlene Dietrich, Frido Kahlo, Lauren Bacall, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor,Audrey Hepburn, Brooke Shields and Madonna. Cosmetics including eye pencils, shadow or powder can help you create your look, but according to a new study conducted by the International […]

In 2020, 19 million people around the world received a cancer diagnosis. By 2040, that number is expected to reach 28 million. Poorer countries will be especially hard hit, with an increasing number of cases and more deaths, compared with richer countries. Cancer research is vital to helping ease this global burden, but where and […]

Even people who have a major genetic or other risk of developing type-2 diabetes can significantly lower it by adopting moderate-to-vigorousphysical activity as a way of life, according to a new Australian study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Diabetes is a global public health concern, as there are 540 million adults living […]

Magnets to treat depression? It may sound bizarre, but this treatment is now available on the NHS. It’s called transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS. People who have tried antidepressants but they haven’t worked, may be offered TMS. It involves zapping areas of the brain associated with depression with pulsing magnetic fields. Treatment usually involves daily […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are highlighting the issue ahead of World Food Safety Day, observed annually on 7 June.  This year, focus is on the role of established food safety practices and standards which ensure that what we eat, is safe to consume.  Ending ‘preventable deaths’  Food […]

Researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed a method of deep-brain stimulation (DBS) during sleep that enhances memories, by making them less susceptible to interference and disruption as time passes. Calling it a “breakthrough,” the team study showed for the first time that long-lasting memories […]

Weighted vests have long been popular with athletes and celebrities such as David Beckham and former Hollyoaks star Gemma Atkinson. But interest in their use may have been piqued recently after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg shared a sweaty selfie of himself wearing one on Instagram. Weighted vests usually weigh 5-20kg. They’re typically worn to increase […]

When exercising, there’s a common belief that we’re doing something good for our bodies yet in practice, many beliefs about training routines actually turn healthy activities into harmful and even dangerous ones. Here’s a list of the mistakes we see repeated over and over among trainees which can dramatically increase the risk of injuries, chronic […]

Like other countries, the UK implemented a number of initiatives to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on people’s economic circumstances. While we know these schemes supported household finances, now we’re beginning to understand how they affected mental health. For instance, a 2022 study showed the COVID job-retention scheme (furlough) protected workers from mental […]

Clalit Health Services – the largest of Israel’s four nonprofit public health maintenance organizations (HMOs), which was founded as a mutual aid society in 1911 – is striving once and for all to discard its rather outmoded image that existed until it parted from the Histadrut in 1995. Then, the National Health Insurance Law separated […]