Health

By Anna Wang Real tans come from UV-triggered pigment production in living skin; that same UV exposure increases the risk of skin cancer. Bronzers are simply coloured coatings that sit ...

When Sarah finally trusted herself she had spent so long questioning her feelings she had forgotten what it felt like. Sarah was sitting beside her partner in a crowded restaurant. ...

By Chloe Casey Forget jade rollers, LED masks and salmon sperm facials. The latest skincare trend taking over TikTok is a blood test. ‘Ferritin face’ is the social media term ...

Sometimes the past does not announce its return. It appears quietly – in the fear you feel when someone raises their voice, the apology you offer when you have done nothing ...

By Vassiliki Sinopoulou Picture a cosy Danish living room. Candles flicker, soft music plays and friends and family gather around a table laden with pastries – flaky, buttery and gloriously calorific. ...

By Vasilios Silivistris Humans have always developed ways to protect themselves from emotional discomfort. Some of these responses arise automatically and outside awareness, while others are deliberate attempts to manage ...

By Dina Gavarieva Not long ago, the idea of asking a computer programme about a strange symptom, a worrying lab result or the best way to lose five kilos before ...

Every day we like to believe we make rational, independent decisions. We think we choose what to believe, who to trust, what to buy, and how to respond based purely ...

For now, gastric cancer is a group of diseases and thus is being treated as such. Thus, for some patients with gastric cancer, information about biomarkers is taken into account ...

Most people don’t decide to scroll in bed. It just happens, because the phone is already there, charging six inches from the pillow, and picking it up takes less ...

Preventive health used to mean an annual checkup and hoping for the best. That is changing fast. Over the next decade, staying well will depend on combining daily data from ...

By Vasilios Silivistris Many people have heard of hypnosis, but not everyone understands what hypnotherapy really is. Thanks to stage shows and television, there are still plenty of myths about ...

By Dina Gavarieva We all have moments when life feels too much, perhaps following a difficult conversation, a painful memory, a sense of failure, loneliness, shame, guilt or regret. Many ...

One of the most encouraging discoveries in modern neuroscience is that every day the human brain changes, adapts and rewires itself. This remarkable ability, known as neuroplasticity, means that thoughts, ...

By Maria Izquierdo-Pulido, Isabella Parilli Moser and Maria Fernanda Zeron Rugerio Magnesium has become one of the most popular supplements on the market. People take it for a whole host ...

By Marilena Tapaki*, Genetic Counsellor, Medicover Genetics, Cyprus With personalised medicine reshaping modern healthcare, genetic counselling has become a vital service. Advances in genetics furnish better diagnosis, prevention and treatment ...

By Vasilios Silivistris Breathing is one of the most ordinary actions we perform, yet it has a remarkable influence on our physical and emotional state. Every breath carries information to ...

Noise affects how people work, rest, communicate, and feel. Open offices can make private conversations difficult. Restaurants can become so loud that guests struggle to hear each other. Large living ...

By Dina Gavarieva When people decide they want to become healthier, they often pick strict diets, intense exercise regimes and abstinence from the things they love. But the truth is, ...

When most people think of authority, they picture a person with a high-ranking job, a university degree, wealth or social status. While these things may give someone power, they do ...

By Beatriz Carpallo Porcar, Andrés Ráfales Perucha, Daniel Sanjuán Sánchez, José Lesmes Poveda López and Paula Cordova Alegre It is tempting to understand muscle’s ...

By Angela Rodrigues For many of us, the instinctive response to good weather is to get to the beach. But the start of the season is also a reminder that ...

By Dr Vasilios Silivistris We all face stress, conflict and emotional strain at different points in our lives. How we respond to these pressures can have a significant impact on ...

There comes a moment for many women – usually in or around their 40s – when the rules suddenly seem to change. The diet that worked for years no longer does. Sleep ...