How employers can help cancer survivors return to work – based on my own experience

Jan 07, 2020 15:48 pm UTC| Health

When I lost a relative to cancer in the late 1970s, people usually viewed a cancer diagnosis with horror. At the time, many treatments were both brutal and unsuccessful. Only 24% of patients survived ten years after...

Is sparkling water bad for you?

Jan 07, 2020 15:48 pm UTC| Health

For many people, the start of a year is a time for new health resolutions be it eat more vegetables, consume less sugar or drink more water. Keeping hydrated is essential for body functions such as temperature...

How psychologists can help people coping with life threatening food allergies

Jan 07, 2020 15:42 pm UTC| Health

Food allergies have a big impact on peoples quality of life. The stress and worry of having a potentially life-threatening reaction can result in the need for some families to seek help from a psychologist. Unfortunately,...

Short-sightedness in kids was rising long before they took to the screens

Jan 07, 2020 15:39 pm UTC| Health

The number of people with myopia, aka short-sightedness (difficulty seeing objects in the distance), has increased dramatically in recent years in various regions of the world. For example, in many cities in China more...

The best way to ditch bad habits: what science can teach us

Jan 06, 2020 16:57 pm UTC| Health

Its a new year and many people are in the mood for making a fresh start. And that often means giving something up (cigarettes, alcohol, junk food). Unfortunately, the odds of sticking with new year resolutions are not...

Why bipolar disorder is becoming more ‘desirable’ than other mental illnesse

Jan 06, 2020 16:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Bipolar disorder is a severe mental health condition. But in recent years it has become the one mental health diagnosis that patients are willing to accept. Research shows that to some people it has actually become...

5 things you can do to make your microbiome healthier

Jan 06, 2020 16:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Its common for people to focus on their health at the start of the year. But few consider the well being of the microbes that live inside the human gut the microbiome which are vital to an individuals good health. How...