COVID-19
Here’s How to Work on Your Wellness While Stuck at Home
Being cooped up indoors all day can be challenging. While more people across the globe are practising social isolation, some are finding it more difficult than others.
Mental Health
Keeping your brain young and healthy
Although getting older is the biggest risk factor for dementia, evidence shows there are many ways you can keep your brain healthy and reduce your own risk.
Mental Health
Essential mental health first aid tips
Mental health problems are very common, if not more common than a lot of the physical health problems people learn how to give help to.
Medical
Gardening for good health and wellbeing
Determine the physical, mental, and emotional health benefits of gardening. Learn how nurturing a garden can improve fitness, reduce stress, and enhance well-being.
Mental Health
Bullying and your child
For most children the beginning of a new school year is filled with expectation and excitement, but for some, going back to school is stressful and humiliating.
Health Conditions
Baby brain
Mayo Clinic defines baby brain as the cognitive changes, particularly forgetfulness, during pregnancy or shortly after becoming a mother.
Medical
More than baby blues: Depression during and after pregnancy
Studies show that women are not necessarily protected from mood disorders during pregnancy.
Medical
ADHD: Separating fact from fiction
Did you know that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects approximately 1 in 20 children globally? Yet despite its prevalence, few medical conditions generate as much debate and discussion as ADHD. From playground conversations to professional settings, everyone seems to have their own theory about what ADHD is – and isn’t.
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Childhood obesity: A growing problem
Childhood obesity has become a serious epidemic that has gripped South Africa and the world. In the last decade, the obesity rate in children in South Africa has increased from one in 20 to one in eight children. Some forecasts suggest that South Africa will have the 10th highest level of childhood obesity in the world by 2031, affecting over 4 million children aged 5 to 19 years.
Multiple Sclerosis – Get the facts.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory, autoimmune disease where the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks the central nervous system
