10 Things you didn’t know about sleep
We all need to sleep, and lack of sleep is linked to depression, behavioural disorders and some of our leading preventable diseases including obesity, heart...
Lifestyle
The Lifestyle section explores the everyday choices and habits that shape our physical and mental wellbeing. From balanced nutrition and effective exercise to mental health awareness and restorative routines, it brings together expert-led insight and practical advice designed to support healthier living. Whether encouraging sustainable behaviour change, nurturing resilience, or examining how modern trends influence our wellbeing, this category offers thoughtful, accessible content to help readers live more consciously and confidently.
Medicine for the Mind
For the past 14 years I've combined science with art to engage people of all ages with the beauty and wonder behind medical research, and...
Vital signs
Vital signs have long been used by doctors to decide if we are fit and well, or if our bodies are struggling with underlying ill...
How to boost your energy levels
If you feel exhausted when you come off shift or even facing the prospect of hauling yourself out of bed, you are not alone. According...
Making Nature
Rebecca Wallersteiner reviews Making Nature a new exhibition which explores how humans relate to other animals, opening at the Wellcome Collection, London on 1st December...
Why we drool over tasty snacks
Saliva is a remarkable substance. It might be 99 per cent water, but it is far more than that. Without it, you would find it...
Fifty years of holistic health
I grew up in a household where holistic health was a way of life. Eileen Stevens my mother was part of a Food Reform Group,...
Paintings in Hospitals
This is not going to discuss Art Therapy – the medicine of the creative process in art – one of several medicines to create peace...
Flora: An Artistic Voyage through the World of Plants
Rebecca Wallersteiner Reviews Flora, Botanist Dr Sandra Knapp’s exquisitely illustrated new book explores the history and health-giving properties of plants and the intrepid explorers who...
Bharti Kher – This Breathing House
Rebecca Wallersteiner visits a new art exhibition at the Sigmund Freud Museum, London which celebrates 160 years since the birth of the father of psychoanalysis...
