While smoking seen as a relaxing habit for many & something donned by cultural icons through film & song, smoking does more harm to the body than good. With COVID-19 dominating the news & many of its ill effects associated directly to poor respiratory health, it becomes even more important to quit smoking. Read what […]
Wellness
Influenza Vaccines
The WHO & US centre for disease control recommends influenza vaccination annually for all persons from 6 months of age and older with some rare exceptions. Influenza vaccination reduces sickness, medical visits, hospitalisation, deaths, and additional health care burdens on the governments. Influenza vaccine is particularly important for high-risk individuals with asthma, diabetes, heart diseases, […]
Healthy Diet Tips To Eat Right When Staying At Home
Covid-19 is gripping the world and many governments around the world have placed or enacted tough regulations to counter and contain the spread of the virus. While professionals and personnel from the healthcare industry are on the front line battling this pandemic, most of us are helping them in the fight against the virus by […]
Thyroid – Small Gland, Big Responsibilities
According to statistics, around five per cent of the population in the UAE have been diagnosed with thyroid disease. However, this number is debatable as thyroid symptoms go mostly unnoticed and mistaken for other conditions. This January, which is also Thyroid Awareness Month around the world, we hope to encourage people to get themselves tested […]
Hirsutism in teens: A hairy situation
Hirsutism is a condition of unwanted, male-pattern hair growth in women. Hirsutism results in excessive amounts of dark, coarse hair on body areas where men typically grow hair — face, chest, and back. However, hirsutism is a medical condition that can arise from excess male hormones called androgens, primarily testosterone. It can also be due […]