Health

Breast cancer awareness month 2017: Top 10 risk factors you should know about

As medical professionals, campaigners, patients and survivors observe the Breast Cancer Awareness month; IBTimes Singapore has listed the top 10 risk factors regarding the ailment.

Oct 11, 2017

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Mental health in the workplace - by the numbers

According to the World Federation For Mental Health, major mental health problems cost the US $193bn a year in lost earnings. The estimated global cost of mental health issues is $2.5 trillion.

Oct 10, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Worried about hair loss? Check out these 6 tips for luscious hair to flaunt this Christmas

There are natural home therapies, which one can try along with other hair products to attain smooth manageable hair.

Oct 8, 2017

By Sanchalita Mullick

Regular sauna visits may cure hypertension, says study

A new study, published in the American Journal of Hypertension, says that sauna visits can reduce the risk of high blood pressure.

Oct 8, 2017

By Adrita Biswas

Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2017: 5 best lifestyle tips to prevent disease

The month of October is set aside to ramp up awareness of Breast Cancer and aims to increase knowledge of how we can help beat one of the most common cancers in women.

Oct 8, 2017

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Wounded children treated after air strikes defy ceasefire in Syria

No more stitches, surgical glue is here to seal wounds in 60 seconds

MeTro, biomedical glue, has potential to seal any surgical wounds both internal and external within 60 seconds after applying on wounds.

Oct 8, 2017

By Bikash Rai

Winter is coming: Make your skin glow with these top 6 healthy vegetables

Here is a list of the top six vegetables that will keep your skin and hair healthy this winter.

Oct 7, 2017

By Adrita Biswas

White House welcomes efforts to study gun bump stock devices

The White House said on 5 October it welcomed efforts by both political parties to address the use of bump stock gun accessories, which enable rifles to be turned into rapid-fire weapons, following the Las Vegas mass shooting.

Oct 6, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Alcosynth: Hangover-free booze coming to a bar near you by 2020?

Alcohol-free pints that give you a buzz but avoid a crushing morning-after hangover may be just a few years away, according to scientists.

Oct 6, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Higher fluoride levels result in low intelligence among children: Study

Excessive exposure to fluoride in tap water and other dental products could hamper child's intelligence, shows new study.

Oct 5, 2017

By Bikash Rai

Lynn Habbouche, 6, suffering from leukaemia, poses for a photograph at her home in Beirut, Lebanon November 26, 2016. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi

Study shows Vitamin C might help to prevent blood cancer

Besides, multiple benefits of vitamin C, it plays a key role in preventing leukaemia, the condition which causes blood cancer.

Oct 4, 2017

By Bikash Rai

skipping breakfast leads to a major destroy in a artery

Heart byte: Skipping breakfast leads to hardening in arteries

Skipping breakfast is more likely to develop atherosclerosis, condition which destroys the major artery.

Oct 4, 2017

By Bikash Rai

Super plant Moringa: Check out its health benefits and medicinal qualities

The Moringa tree can also be treated as a food item, medicine, purifying agent and component in herbal products.

Oct 3, 2017

By Adrita Biswas

Christian, 28, a former U.S soldier who volunteered for the Syrian Democratic Forces to fight against Islamic state in Raqqa as a sniper shows his tattoos in Harqala, west of Raqqa, Syria August 8, 2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Not smartwatches but smart tattoos to monitor health

Researchers from Harvard University and MIT have invented an ink that helps smart tattoos to let users easily check their health.

Oct 3, 2017

By Jagmeet Singh

Bizarre eyeball tattoo leaves Canadian model partially blind

An eye tattoo has left 24-year-old Catt Gallinger partially blinded and oozing purple tears. The tattoo was meant to have tinted her sclera, the white part of her eye, but has caused possible permanent impairment.

Sep 29, 2017

By Staff Reporter