235 publications for 12 last months.
May 2012
Does your baby suffer from a blocked nose? If so, it’s very important to “free it up” so as to avoid the stagnation of nasal secretions.
To do this, you must clean your baby’s nose several times a day, especially before meals and before going to (...)
There are very few reasons for not going swimming. Swimming is a non-weight-bearing form of exercise that has the advantage of maintaining healthy joints. It is also beneficial to our cardiovascular and respiratory systems.
An Australian study (...)
Anyone who enjoys sports dreads it when these bubbles of serous fluid appear … no matter how small they are, blisters can be really annoying. So it’s better to prevent them occurring at all.
Blisters are always the result of repeated rubbing, (...)
Contrary to what you might think, the white marks we sometimes find on our nails are not a sign of calcium deficiency.
In fact, our nails are composed of keratin. And unlike our bones, which contain a great deal of calcium, our nails contain (...)
It is now agreed that circumcision offers some protection against certain sexually transmissible infections.
This is because the lack of a foreskin means fewer skin folds where agents of infection can congregate and survive. It’s also true that (...)
Saffron is known all over the world as a wonderful spice, but it has many other uses too. For example, saffron can help alleviate toothache.
In Chinese medicine, saffron is prescribed for its sedative effect, notably in the treatment of (...)
Today, with already more than 35 million people suffering from this condition, the WHO considers dementia to be a public health priority. It is expected that there will be more than 115 million cases by 2050 – a real health scourge in the (...)
Since the start of the year, Nigeria has been experiencing an outbreak of the acute viral haemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus. This disease appears to be present in 19 of the federally-structured country’s 36 states.
To ensure early (...)
Fine particles don’t only attack during pollution peaks. American researchers have succeeded in quantifying the consequences of long-term exposure among people aged over 65. And they have discovered a significant increase in the number of (...)
Do you find yourself getting tired quickly when you have to look at things close to? Do you find it difficult to work for long periods without resting your eyes? This could be a sign of hypermetropia (long-sightedness).
But be careful: (...)