Health

By Paul Hough While some people can spring out of bed at six in the morning and go straight into their day, others prefer to wake up later as they’...

Several European countries have experimented with practical ways to increase movement among children and teenagers through school programmes, local sports initiatives and making exercise more accessible outside organised clubs. The ...

By Vasilios Silivistris Sports psychology is all about the mind behind the movement. It looks at how our thoughts, emotions and habits affect the way we train, compete and enjoy ...

For the 60,000-plus British expats living in Cyprus, getting a new pair of prescription glasses used to mean one of two things: wait for the next trip back to the ...

By Dina Gavarieva For the past few years, longevity goals have been associated with billionaires and tales of plasma transfusions and stem-cell therapies that sound more like science fiction than ...

For most of the twentieth century, a facelift meant pulled skin, unnatural tension, and a face that moved like a mask. Patients knew the look, surgeons knew the look, and ...

Many people have walked away from a conversation feeling unsettled, guilty, pressured or strangely responsible for someone else’s emotions, without fully understanding why. Human behaviour analyst Chase Hughes explains ...

By Adam Collins The only thing harder than losing weight is keeping it off. Many people who lose weight find themselves stuck in the cycle of ‘yo-yo dieting’ – losing weight ...

By Dr Vasilios Silivistris Psychology, the scientific study of the mind and behaviour, helps us understand why people think, feel and act the way they do. Because human behaviour is ...

Children in Britain who are 17 or younger, and anyone born in the future, will never be able to legally buy cigarettes after lawmakers approved new stricter restrictions on smoking. The ...

By Dina Gavarieva The recent report highlighting Cyprus as one of the worst-performing countries in Europe for childhood obesity should serve as a wake-up call, not just for policymakers, but ...

By Charlotte Gupta But if you’ve been finding it harder to sleep recently, late-night Easter eggs could be part of the problem. That’s because some chocolate ingredients, including ...

At the beginning, Tom believed he had finally found the kind of love people spend years searching for. Jane came into his life with intensity, charm and certainty. She was ...

An IVF clinic in the north is facing accusations of negligence as patients claim their children were conceived after they were given the wrong sperm, the BBC reported on Tuesday. ...

Most people notice it slowly. A little more hair on the pillow. A wider part. A hairline that seems to be quietly moving back. For many, this isn’t stress ...

By Dipa Kamdar If you spend any time on social media, you may have noticed a curious trend: wellness influencers singing the praises of nicotine. Not smoking or vaping but ...

By Dr Vasilios Silivistris Gaslighting is psychological manipulation in which one person makes another doubt their perception, memory or sanity. The term comes from the film Gaslight, where a husband ...

Experiencing an injury turns daily life upside down. Medical bills pile up quickly while recovery takes center stage. Why do so many individuals accept less than they deserve? Many expect ...

By Dina Gavarieva With spring bringing warmer days and summer just around the corner, many of us are beginning to think about getting ‘beach ready.’ It’s a thought that ...

In a world that constantly pushes us to ‘move on’ we rarely pause long enough to reflect on what is really happening inside us. We are encouraged to close chapters ...

When someone is diagnosed with chronic leukaemia, the first focus is often the cancer itself. What stage is it? How active is it? What are the treatment options? But in ...

By Theresa Larkin When we talk about a biological clock ticking, it usually means the pressure women feel to fall pregnant before a certain age. It’s linked to the ...

By Dr Vasilios Silivistris Work-related stress can be defined as: “The adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed on them at work.” When stress ...

By Dina Gavarieva Dementia is in the headlines more than ever, not only because populations are living longer, but because younger people and well-known figures are being diagnosed. Recently, BBC ...