M. Venkaiah Naidu urged that yoga should be made part of school curriculum as many people are suffering from adverse health due to lifestyle diseases now a days. Speaking after releasing a book, “Yoga and Mindfulness: The Basics” by yoga exponent Mansi Gulati (Konark Publishers), Naidu said that while life had become easier with modern… Read More »
Lucy Powell’s IBS had her running to the loo 15 times a day, avoiding intimacy and holding herself back at work. Then an over-the-counter powder changed everything – Anna Magee reports 21 years ago, just after the birth of her first child Lucy Powell got a nasty bout of gastroenteritis, which included severe fever, vomiting,… Read More »
MEN are less likely than women to survive several different types of cancer, Australian research shows. Men were found to have lower five-year survival rates than women for cancers of the head and neck, oesophagus, colon/rectum, pancreas, lung, bone, melanoma, mesothelioma, kidney, thyroid and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. For women, survival rates were lower than men for… Read More »
It’s unhelpful to frame the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in terms of ‘risky behaviour’, Sarit Golub, professor of psychology at the City University of New York told the HIV Research for Prevention conference (HIVR4P 2018) in Madrid last week. Healthcare providers and those developing materials to educate on PrEP should focus on reasons why… Read More »
“Human Spider” Alain Robert has been banned from climbing any building in the UK after illegally scaling one of London’s tallest towers with no safety gear. The 56-year-old grandfather was arrested after ascending the 662ft (202m) Heron Tower, also known as the Salesforce Tower, in a stunt which saw police close the surrounding roads as… Read More »