Health & Fitness

Benefit from this year’s summer vacation

Benefit from this year’s summer vacation

As summer rolls around again, it’s easy to get sucked into wasting your vacation, lying on the couch, watching television…
Health reality check: The 5 habits you’ll be paying for later

Health reality check: The 5 habits you’ll be paying for later

At any given time in a day, you may stop to ask yourself if what you’re doing, in that very…
Eliminating the stigma of AIDS

Eliminating the stigma of AIDS

The Forum to Fight Stigma and Discrimination against People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) held a press conference at the Flamenco…
A Cretan diet: A natural shield against heart problems

A Cretan diet: A natural shield against heart problems

The Cretan diet is recognized as a foundation for our modern healthy diet. Despite westernization, in many Greek villages the…
Reflexology: Natural healing for the imbalanced body

Reflexology: Natural healing for the imbalanced body

Reflexology is a massage therapy used to relieve tension and treat illness by applying circular pressure to ‘reflex points’ on…
Six steps to healthy spring skin

Six steps to healthy spring skin

No matter what your skin type is, it is important to alter your skin care regime during seasonal changes. In…
Egypt sends 38 cyclists to Global Biking Initiative

Egypt sends 38 cyclists to Global Biking Initiative

Biking is a relatively new phenomenon in Egyptian society. Nevertheless, it’s on the rise -- Egyptians increasingly bike their way…
Q&A with Dr Bassiouny: How to beat seasonal flu

Q&A with Dr Bassiouny: How to beat seasonal flu

Seasonal flu is a widespread global phenomenon, usually associated with the cold winter months. However, in Egypt, a number of…
Preventing head lice in children

Preventing head lice in children

Contrary to popular belief, lice and nits are not directly signs of bad hygiene or lower social class. Sahar Mohamed,…
Postpartum blues: Awareness and treatment

Postpartum blues: Awareness and treatment

Maha had just given birth to her first baby. A few weeks had passed and she started withdrawing from society.…
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