Palliative Category

First aid in a terrorist age

Lifestyle
Fully connected
Rebecca Wallersteiner takes a look at ‘Fully Connected’, Professor Julia Hobsbawm’s new book on how to stay sane in an Age of Overload. “Twenty-five years after the arrival of the …
Heart & Lung, Nutrition
Magnesium’s role in the heart
Magnesium is one of the electrolytes that plays a role in the heart’s electrical functioning. Research seems to support this conclusion, since studies show that it can relieve atrial fibrillation. …
Mental Health, Pharmacy/Drugs
Mental health no longer taboo
Mental health is no longer the taboo subject it once was and a good job too, with one in four people suffering from a mental health problem at some point …
Men's Health, Nutrition, Women's Health
Gluten-free trend on the rise
More people than ever are buying into the gluten-free trend – not necessarily because they are suffering from coeliac disease, but because it has achieved a bit of a ‘health …
Video
Epilepsy – by Osmosis health and medicine
What is Epilepsy? Epilepsy is a condition characterized by recurrent and unpredictable seizures. Seizures are characterized by groups of neurons being activated simultaneously, leading to both outward symptoms like muscle …