Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi; the magical alchemist of all eras
The golden age of Islamic medicine is mostly marked by name of Ibn Sina (Avicenna), and his book, ‘Canon of Medicine’. However, many historians believe that Muhammad ibn [...]
Laleh Lohrasbi
Magnesium; Invisible deficiency
Magnesium is the second most important essential minerals for humans. Magnesium is needed for more than 300 biochemical reactions in the body. Without magnesium we could [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Children Corner
Ali Abbas is only ten. As a Muslim boy he has decided to start praying as Muslims do, to get into the habit of performing his Islamic rituals from an early age. But there is [...]
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 [...]
Treating Prostate Cancer
When for the first time on 27th April 2015 the news of developing innovative 3D-printed shields for prostate cancer radiotherapy was published on the internet, the importance [...]
