How do moles and birthmarks occur?
Most people have moles and birthmarks somewhere on their body due to a change in colouration of their skin.
When your stomach squeezes into your chest
This usually occurs through the natural opening in your diaphragm and is known as a hiatus hernia.
Omicron – Should I be worried?
THERE has been a lot of news about the new Omicron viral variant. What exactly is it?The Omicron viral variant has recently been named by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Why do I feel ‘heaty’?
Although ‘heatiness’ is a colloquial term, there is a real medical condition behind it
New treatments for Covid-19
Two oral drugs have shown promise in treating this infectious disease
Are mobile phones safe?
I HAVE a very busy job that requires me to be on the phone a lot, as well as plenty of friends, whom I tend to message with throughout the day, sometimes even until 2am. I have noticed that I get tired a lot more than I used to. My mother warned me that too much mobile phone usage can cause brain cancer. Is this true?
When you use your headphones for too long
This can be hazardous to your ears and hearing, especially at loud volumes.
When you need to stent your heart arteries
Cardiac stents keep narrowed arteries that supply the heart open for good bloodflow.
This rare side effect of Covid-19 vaccination causes one-sided facial paralysis
Bell’s palsy is a rare, and temporary, side effect arising from certain Covid-19 vaccines.
When vertigo strikes (and no, it's not the same as dizziness)
This symptom can be caused by problems in either the inner ear or brain.
Covid-19 variants explained, and how the virus mutates in the human body
There are reasons to be concerned when mutations make a virus more deadly, more contagious or both.
Why do my nails look weird?
Our nails can suffer from a number of rather common health problems.

