Health & Beauty

A dentist and former football manager whose life has changed dramatically since his ALS diagnosis has appealed with others who have the disease to join him in a new brain imaging study to help the race to find new treatments.

The University of Exeter’s world-leading Neurodegeneration Imaging Group, led by Professor Marios Politis, is appealing for people who have ALS (also known as motor neurone disease) to get in touch, and take part in a year-long study.

ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the...

You must have watched movies where the eccentric criminal has an underlying mental disorder and commits mysterious crimes. They look so bizarre, but does mental illness affect the masses?

Psychological disorders, behavioral illnesses, and mental diseases change your way of thinking, emotions, and your brain’s chemical balance. A psychological disorder is an unusual change in a person's thinking, behavior, or emotions (or all three) which affects one's functions and habits.

The long list of psychological disorders includes behavior sickness, eating disorders, sleeping...

New research has found that while nearly a third of Brits say cheese is one of their favourite foods, almost a quarter of Brits have avoided eating cheese for fear it’ll give them nightmares or vivid dreams. Out of people who reported they’ve had vivid dreams or nightmares after eating cheese, 70% said it was cheddar they’d been eating, 40% said Mozzarella and 35% said Brie.

To test whether this old wives’ tale is true, sleep company, Emma , is inviting Brits to join a new sleep-science experiment in which they’ll get the chance to eat their favourite cheeses for 15 days, to test...

Women’s health exams are an essential part of every woman’s life once puberty hits. Timely women’s health tests and checkups add to maintaining your total body health. These tests and checkups accommodate the prevention of diseases that may cause trouble in the future, like breast cancer or cervical cancer.

Here are a few things to keep in mind before going in for your health appointment:

Getting yourself tested during your period may affect your results for specific exams like the pap smear test, and you may have to get it done again. If...