This article will provide essential information about the effects of stress on our health and how to deal with it. To manage the stress, identify the root cause of stress, know how a body reacts to stress, and know how not dealing with stress can be injurious to health. Most people know the word stress. [...]
It is a well known fact that the current economic depression has caused a lot of stress to many in the world. Although how it affects individuals differs from one country to another. According to the American Psychological Association, almost every American experienced the feeling of stress and anxiety at some stages of their lives. [...]
I want to start out by saying that I love tea. I love all kinds of tea. One of my favorites is organic black tea. Organically grown products must adhere to a higher quality standard than regular products. If you are drinking a beverage for the health benefits then you certainly don’t want unnecessary chemicals [...]
Fish oil and pregnancy are closely interlinked. The human brain consists of 30% DHA, which is one of the essential omega-3 fatty acids. Our bodies cannot produce DHA on its own, which means that we have to gaze from an external source.
You could eat a lot of fish, but that would mean a higher chance [...]
Diabetes is a disorder that is normally caused by the incapability of the body to control the quantity of sugar in the blood. An individual who suffer from diabetes is not capable to use blood glucose due to inadequate amounts of insulin produced by the pancreas in the body. In simple terms, it can be [...]
Divorce has a lingering, detrimental impact on health that even remarriage cannot fully repair, a study suggests.
A Chicago study involving 8,652 people aged 51 to 61 found divorced people have 20% more chronic illnesses such as cancer than those who never marry.
The figure only drops to 12% for those who remarry, researchers write in [...]
GPs have difficulty spotting depression among their patients, a review of research suggests.
The overview of studies involving more than 50,000 patients found substantial numbers were missed or wrongly identified as having depression.
In fact, depression was more commonly misdiagnosed than correctly spotted following an initial consultation.
The University of Leicester study, featured in the Lancet, [...]
Children who eat plenty of dairy foods such as milk and cheese can expect to live longer, a study suggests.
Some 4,374 UK children from a 1930s study were traced 65 years later by researchers in Bristol and Queensland.
They found those who had had high dairy and calcium intakes as children had been protected against [...]
Niall Dickson is the Chief Executive of the King’s Fund, an organisation which seeks to find ways in which the health system in England can be improved. Here he considers what challenges lie ahead for the National Health Service given the current financial climate, ahead of a Newsnight special on the issue later on Monday.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is recovering after collapsing while jogging. So what are the health hazards
Mr Sarkozy collapsed on Sunday after 45 minutes of "intense physical activity" in hot weather in Versailles.
The president, on a strict new diet and exercise regime, did not lose consciousness but needed to lie down, said [...]