health

  For the majority of students, involvement in extracurricular activities plays an important role in the school experience. Students become involved in extracurricular activities not only for entertainment, social, and enjoyment purposes, but most important, to gain and improve skills. A wide range of extracurricular activities exist at our schools, meeting a variety of student […]

Don’t worry, be happy. That sounds like good advice — and it’s clear that positive emotions are linked to better health — but we all know that occasional feelings of sadness or anger are inevitable. The good news is that bad moods may have benefits of their own. Research by Dr. Joe Forgas, professor of

  Most of us breathe the way we dance-we think we’re doing it right, but we’re not. Even more than bopping to the beat, breathing is a natural, automatic action, and one we don’t often give much (if any) thought to. In fact, you probably think more about how you look on the dance floor

Cracking your knuckles (or any of your joints) can have therapeutic benefits. When you crack one of your joints you are pulling the bones that are connected at the joint apart from each other. This process stimulates your tendons, relaxes your muscles, and loosens your joints. Chiropractors do this for spinal joints when your back

A nutritionist, Hajiya Jummai Hassan, said in Abuja that eating fruits regularly could stop and reduce dandruff. Speaking on Wednesday to journalist, Hajiya said that eating fruits for three days and applying baby oil could eradicate dandruff. Dandruff is a common chronic scalp condition marked by itching and flaking of the skin on scalp, though

Regularly brushing your teeth can help protect you from heart attacks, researchers have found. Poor dental hygiene and bleeding gums can allow up to 700 types of bacteria to enter the bloodstream. But brushing and flossing has now been found to help to combat bacteria in the mouth that can cause hardening of the arteries

  Most people don’t think that exercise can be easy, but it actually can—you just need to utilise the right exercises for the best results. With some help from our fitness expert, here is a list of 5 easy exercises that can give you great results. You won’t even have to go to the gym!

  Abdominal pain and nausea caused by foodborne bacteria is commonly misnamed food poisoning. Food poisoning can cause severe pain, nausea, and diarrhea in victims. The effects of food poisoning can lead to serious dehydration. All foods naturally contain small amounts of bacteria. But poor handling of food, improper cooking or inadequate storage can result

  Relaxation techniques are an essential part of stress management. If you’re an over-achiever, you may put relaxation low on your priority list. Don’t short change yourself. There are active ways of achieving relaxation. Relaxation is invaluable for maintaining your health and well-being, and repairing the toll that stress takes on your mind and body.

  Older adults, infants, young children and people who are very lean are at particular risk. Other people at higher risk of hypothermia include those whose judgment may be impaired by mental illness or Alzheimer’s disease and people who are intoxicated, homeless or caught in cold weather because their vehicles have broken down. Other conditions