Healthy articles

The most stubborn place to shift excess fat from is the belly region and most people who want to lose weight or tone up find it hard to get rid. But most of the time its down to nutrition and these foods are great at lowering that waist line.

Counting calories can work for some people - but it's ineffective for most of us, for a variety of reasons, not least that we have no real idea what's in our food at a really fine level, and we're not great at counting up what we do know about.

Therapeutic hypothermia, the lowering of body temperature for prevention of brain damage, has been in use to treat patients who survive cardiac arrest. It helps to save lives by minimizing brain damage.

The phrase "Not everything that shines is gold" also applies to scientific research, unfortunately. People believe that all scientific knowledge is true, but scientific fraud exists and it is more common than you would imagine.

A study of 50,000 HIV-positive people shows that death rates in this population have halved since 1999, something that can be attributed to improved treatment of the virus.

This article looks at some of the top vegan protein sources and why they are ideal and also gives some vegan high protein recipes.

Do you think a real-life zombie outbreak could never happen? Meet Nodding Syndrome, freaky mind-controlling parasites, and rabies.

Although exercise has been associated with a reduced risk of developing type 2 diabetes, the same cannot be said about gestational diabetes. The risk of developing it remains unaltered in women who take up exercising in the second trimester of pregnancy.

We all know how common diabetes mellitus, and how it affects both men and women of all ages. However, when it comes to the pregnant woman, diabetes can have many more complications as it affects both the mother and the fetus alike.

Deep squats are a great exercise. But if you have trouble with form or an injury that prevents you from doing them, being told you should 'just do' something you just can't doesn't help much. Does everyone need them and what else is out there?