Tracking your heart rate? 5 questions answered about what that number really means
Dec 20, 2019 03:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
The rise of wearable fitness trackers has increased the number of people monitoring their heart rate, both throughout the day and during exercise. Whether youre an athlete trying to gain the competitive edge, a weekend...
Dec 20, 2019 03:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
If you have to force yourself up off your couch to try to get in some physical activity, rest assured, you are not the only one in this situation. For decades, communication campaigns have encouraged us to exercise, yet an...
MDMA-assisted couples therapy: How a psychedelic is enhancing intimacy and healing PTSD
Dec 20, 2019 03:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition, triggered by experiencing or witnessing a terrifying or threatening event. Symptoms can include re-experiencing the trauma, avoidance, nightmares and...
How not to overeat this Christmas – according to science
Dec 19, 2019 01:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Christmas is notoriously a time of indulgence: there are all of the chocolates, cheese boards, mince pies, nuts, crisps and thats after youve already eaten your own body weight in Christmas dinner. So its maybe not...
Melania Trump mocked on social media for not making Most Powerful Women list
Dec 17, 2019 08:08 am UTC| Health
United States First Lady Melania Trump is also the subject of controversy alongside her husband Donald Trump. Her recent snub from the Forbes Most Powerful Women list added to the controversy. Express reports that a...
The Japanese diet may help improve life expectancy
Dec 17, 2019 06:35 am UTC| Health
There is no clear answer on how to improve a persons life expectancy, but lifestyle changes may partly attribute to living a long and healthy life. Diet is one of those choices that factor into longevity. Express...
Dementia: Doing yoga can help prevent and improve symptoms of the condition
Dec 17, 2019 06:35 am UTC| Health
Dementia is a neurological disease that mainly affects the elderly, but it is not too late to start making lifestyle decisions that could prevent the onset of the condition or improve the symptoms. A new report reveals...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects