Action hero Bruce Willis to retire because of illness

Action hero Bruce Willis, star of the "Die Hard" franchise, is to retire from acting after developing a cognitive illness, his family announced Wednesday. A post on Instagram said...

Prepare for Ramadan to be more spiritually elated

Mariecar Jara-Puyod, Senior Reporter It is five days to the Holy Month of Ramadan. While even non-Muslims may opt to fast, four medical specialists are reminding everyone not to...

Healthcare cardiologist explains link between diabetes, heart disease

The number of people worldwide with diabetes is rising and with diabetes comes a higher risk for heart disease. Gosia Wamil, M.D., Ph.D., a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare...

Bring in the old-fashioned gadgets, please

For those old-fashioned music lovers who don’t know how to use an MP3 player there is some good news. The makers of the classic Walkman are considering bringing it back...

Nutrition therapy for adults with diabetes

Diabetes is a complex disease in which there are many risks that affect the patient’s life. Its treatment is multidisciplinary; medical, pharmacological, nutritional and behavioural. What do we eat? Carbohydrates...

Happiness and joy through fitness

Optimists are quite healthy people

Healthier people have a unique approach to life than those who are not. They do things that unhealthy people don’t. Health includes both your physical and mental wellbeing. There are...

Eight hours of sleep may not be necessary, quality matters

Gulf Today Report You must have heard one should sleep for eight hours, but researchers say that it depends on a person's genetics. When it comes to sleep, quality...

Fitness first

The Ministry stressed in a statement on Friday that its aim is to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and...

The idea that govt has fixed healthcare crisis is laughable as health department report portrays improving picture

Pat Cullen, The Independent This week the health secretary, Sajid Javid is determined to show us two things: how far he’s come in boosting nurse numbers and his blueprint...