It seems that a hectic schedule of Dharmendra might have possibly taken a toll on the veteran actor’s health, claim recent reports. The yesteryear superstar, who enjoys a massive fan following, left his social media followers concerned when he shared a post about facing sleep troubles and later deleted it. Post this, media reports are … Read more
The Liberal government is expected to table its pharmacare legislation today — possibly the biggest expansion of publicly funded health care in Canada in decades. Because Canada is the only country in the world with a universal health care system that doesn’t have universal drug coverage, the move would take Canada one step closer to parity … Read more
NEW YORK: Emily Hollenbeck lived with a deep, recurring depression she likened to a black hole, where gravity felt so strong and her limbs so heavy she could barely move. She knew the illness could kill her. Both of her parents had taken their lives. She was willing to try something extreme: Having electrodes implanted … Read more
WestJet chief executive officer Alexis von Hoensbroech apologized Thursday for incidents where the airline failed to accommodate people living with disabilities, saying he hopes to improve travel accessibility. “To our guests who didn’t have a good travel experience with us, we are sincerely sorry, and we are committed in doing better,” von Hoensbroech said during a House of Commons transport committee … Read more
For two decades, Tamara Franz-Odendaal has been studying how space travel affects the human skeleton. Because of the absence of gravity in space, astronauts experience bone loss when they get back to Earth. “We always think of it as just the scaffold that kind of keeps the body together, but it’s a really dynamic tissue,” … Read more
Anyone who’s experienced the heartbreak of a relationship ending knows it can be emotionally devastating. But scientists have found that a breakup also has physical effects on our brains — and our bodies. In Love Hurts: The Science of Heartbreak, a documentary from The Nature of Things, Anthony Morgan speaks with researchers and scientists to … Read more
Gabriela Cowperthwaite is the first to admit her new film, I.S.S., is out of step with her career to date. The director of Blackfish (a documentary about the cruel treatment of orcas in captivity, Children of the Underground (about a covert network built to smuggle families away from abusive partners) and Our Friend (a true story of … Read more
Urvashi Dholakia, who has been winning hearts on television since years, recently left her fans concerned when her son Kshitij Dholakia posted about her health on social media. The latter posted a photo of her being admitted in the hospital but did not divulge many details on the same. After fans started flooding with messages … Read more
During a particularly stressful time, I had a flare-up of perioral dermatitis (PD), a scaly red rash, to the right of my mouth. It’s something I had never even heard of, and definitely was not the run-of-the-mill dry skin that I assumed it to be when it first cropped up. It turns out that perioral … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of dengue fever cases dropped by 1.3% to 2,948 cases in the 49th Epidemiological Week (ME49) from Dec 3 to Dec 9, compared with 2,988 cases reported in the previous week. Health director-general Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan said the cumulative number of dengue cases this year up to ME49 … Read more
