High fat dairy and reduction of obesity and diabetics
People are tired of hearing what is good and what is bad for their health. One day you hear that egg yolk is very bad with high cholesterol levels, and then you get bombarded [...]
Health
Navigating the world in the dark
Tlind people face lots of challenges coping with daily life. However, despite the challenges, now blind people can read, get educated, browse the internet and have access to [...]
‘ZIKA’- THE GLOBETROTTER VIRUS
Tens of thousands of pregnant women across South America have been infected with the Zika virus as the outbreak continues to sweep across the Americas. For only the fourth [...]
Global Warming and human health
Global warming is a relatively new phenomenon and often in the headlines. It is regarded as one of the most serious environmental problems of our time and has attracted the [...]
The menace of plastic
We have heard a lot about the harm of using plastic containers and that they can contaminate our food by releasing toxic materials, but most of us do not know why these [...]
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Many years ago in London, I came across an Egyptian medical student. While I was dreading the coming of the British winter, for Mariam who came from a country with [...]
Dieting pills; ‘helpers’ or ‘killers’
Interpol launched a global alert over a potentially lethal dieting pill which was linked to the death of a British student. This prompted decisive action from the [...]
The prison within our own mind
Many people at some point in their lifetime experience a disturbing thought. Winston Churchill was famous for his disturbing urges to leap from balconies as well as his urge [...]
In love with flavoured tobacco?
In an effort to find a pastime that does not conflict with their religious beliefs, Muslim youth are lured into the seemingly innocuous hobby of smoking hookah. Laleh [...]
