Five things you need to know about fitness trackers
Dec 23, 2016 02:47 am UTC| Health
Most modern fitness trackers are electronic devices you wear on your wrist to track steps, overall physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep. They typically work with a smartphone app or website that allow you to...
Heart attack deaths more likely at Christmas
Dec 23, 2016 02:16 am UTC| Health
Christmas holidays can be a risky time for both your bank balance and your state of mind, but there is also some research indicating it is a time when you are at higher risk of dying from a heart attack. To date most of...
What you need to know to keep tabs on your sugar intake over the holidays
Dec 21, 2016 15:10 pm UTC| Health
The consumption of sugar and its effects on health has been in the headlines in many countries around the world again as countries from the UK to South Africa debate a sugar tax. The Conversation Africas health editor...
Why we become more forgetful with age – and what you can do about it
Dec 21, 2016 14:39 pm UTC| Health
How is it that we are able to remember some events in great detail whereas other memories seem to fade away over time? Our memory changes with age, so that we may have a memory slip on a trip to fetch something from the...
Five ways Christmas affects your brain
Dec 21, 2016 10:56 am UTC| Health
Christmas is a time of year like no other; gifts are exchanged, little-spoken-to relatives are contacted, and appetising treats are consumed with great gusto. Christmas can be both a time of stress and a time of...
Another reason to exercise every day during the holidays
Dec 21, 2016 05:37 am UTC| Health
Yes, of course we all know we should exercise every day during the holiday season to help counter the onslaught of excess calories that started on Thanksgiving and will mercifully end with a New Years toast. We may even...
Will I damage my eyes if I don't wear sunglasses?
Dec 21, 2016 05:30 am UTC| Health
The iconic Slip Slop Slap campaign was launched in Australia in 1981. Sid the Seagull encouraged people to slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen and slap on a hat to minimise ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure and reduce the...
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