Aerobic exercise reduces health risks to body, brain
Regular aerobic exercise has the potential to reduce several health risks ranging from heart disease to dementia, as it is particularly effective in causing...
Board games reduce cognitive decline
A slew of studies among the elderly points to the cognitive benefits of games, including warding-off cognitive decline as age progresses. Apparently, games are...
Reduce screen time in infancy
A new study into time spent by infants in front of a digital devices show that that the time they spent watching television or...
Increasing temperature impacts mental health, suicides
Psychologist and therapists agree that there could be any number of reasons behind suicides and usually, the causal factors are convoluted and sometimes interlinked,...
Eating later compromises heart health
New research finds that eating more calories in the evening is associated with poorer cardiovascular health.
An earlier study has shown that eating meals earlier...
Brains adapt to loss of one half
As you may have learned in school, brains have two halves, known as hemispheres. Each has various regions that regulate different aspects of our...
Children not getting enough exercise
Children worldwide are not getting enough physical activity, says the World Health Organization (WHO) in a new report.
The report, the first global estimates of...
Kuwait conducts first successful heart transplant
The first heart transplant surgery in Kuwait has been completed successfully on a 20-year old patient, the country's Health Minister Sheikh Dr. Basel Al-Sabah...
Music while driving helps reduce stress in drivers
As any driver will attest, driving in bumper-to-bumper heavy traffic as it edges its way forward at the pace of a snail is a...
Bandages that can be sprayed on wounds
Patients with a mild or serious wound often require the use of antibiotics and a series of painful bandage changes during the course of...
