Getting older can seem daunting­: graying hair, wrinkles, forgetting where you parked the car. All jokes aside, aging can bring about unique health issues. At the biological level, ageing follows the impact of the accumulation of a multiplicity of molecular and cellular damage at a snail’s pace. This evokes a gradua

Silent yet true, the most dirt on our hands remains beyond eye gaze. Hand hygiene just like any other kind may lead to serious consequences if not maintained.  Most germs that cause serious infections in healthcare are spread by people’s actions like hugs, handshakes, and commonly touches. During the course of a

“Hand hygiene is the cornerstone of any infection control programme and plays an integral role in reducing the transmission and occurrences of infections, all hospitals must have comprehensive hand hygiene programs in place.” Said the APIC organization. Hand hygiene is not only for hospital settings. Time immemo

Even with undisputable scientific findings linking hand hygiene to low disease patterns, hand hygiene practices remain suboptimal. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) number three and six reflect how pivotal hand hygiene practices are to attaining general health outcomes. Organizations and govern

In 1846, a Hungarian doctor working in Vienna general hospital, Ignaz Semmelweis noticed that women giving birth in the medical student/doctor-run maternity ward in his hospital were much likely to develop a fever and die compared to the women giving birth in the adjacent midwife-run maternity ward. On investigation, h

The financial crisis of 2008 was the most serious crisis since the great depression of 1929. Financial institutions worldwide suffered severe damages, reaching a climax with the bankruptcy of the Lehman brothers on September 15, 2008. Money market mutual funds, a key source of credit, saw mass withdrawal demands to avo

Striving to live well in a nation with slow growth! That melancholy... All the necessities like nutrition, supplementing and oops bills in line may leave us without some personal daily cares like a hair care, a skin care, a scent, and a bit of a drag on the oral care because these are mostly termed as luxuries. I

The hallmark of tough economic times is scarcity, not only for money but for food items too. High inflation rates translate into high commodity prices, low incomes and ultimately high cost of living. Governments, communities and families have a lot of cost cutting to do in order to be as frugal as possible. The outcome

In hard economic times, the prevalence of potentially catastrophic financial events such as: job loss or foreclosure exacerbates preexisting mental health challenges and gives rise to new ones. Such challenges worsen further if a financial downturn persists over many months or years. It is well known that mental health

The liver is the largest solid organ in the human body that carries out over 500 essential tasks and is the only organ that can regenerate. It is located in the upper right-hand portion of the abdominal cavity, beneath the diaphragm, and on top of the stomach, right kidney, and intestines. A healthy liver is reddish

Your liver is the largest vital organ in your body doing for you essential tasks like filtering out poisons and turning food into energy every single day. Failure of the liver to function can lead to poor health and death. The causes of liver issues can be trivial daily doings in one’s life such as over drinking a

The best way to fight liver disease is to avoid it, if at all possible or; Maintain a healthy weight. Fad diets that make your weight yo-yo can put excessive stress on your liver. Avoid any products that promise large amounts of weight loss in an unrealistically short period of time. Liver cleansing and detox diets