Should you be taking Vitamins daily?

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  THERE ARE VARYING opinions on if one should take vitamins regularly. Most of the arguments in favour of regular or daily vitamin use, highlig...

Overweight and obesity

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Overweight and obesity are on the rise. We are seeing our people getting big in front of our own eyes, including our children. Obesity is not only aff...

Keep moving – It’s good for your health

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We often hear that inactivity or sedentary lifestyle is bad for your health. In fact, it has been proven that inactivity is a risk factor for a number...

Sugar and pressure not a good combination

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Some people may suffer from high blood pressure (hypertension), while some may suffer from high blood sugar (diabetes). However, there are a significa...

Measles: Get immunized!

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Many of us may not have seen what measles looks like, but would have heard of it. This disease is virtually wiped out, thanks to the high rate of immu...

Cancer: ‘We can. I can’

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Sunday, February 4, was marked as World Cancer Day. It is a day when organizations and individuals around the world unite to raise awareness ab...

Hydration: why is it important?

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The average adult human body is 50-65 per cent water and every cell, tissue and organ in your body require water in order to function at its best. W...

When can a patient be treated against his/her own wishes?

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In medical ethics, there are four basic principles that guide the practice of medicine. These principles are autonomy or self-governance, beneficence,...

Headaches

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The head is one of the most common sites of pain in the body. We have all suffered from some kind of headache. Headaches or head pain sometimes c...

Why are there so many young people with mental illness?

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Every year, we get an ugly reminder of the importance of mental health to the overall health and well-being of individuals. These reminders present th...