There are lots of reasons it’s important to exercise regularly. It makes pretty much every part of your body stronger and healthier and reduces your chances of developing various medical conditions. One of the many benefits of exercise can be helping to lower your cholesterol if it’s too high. We all have cholesterol and we […]
So, you go to the doctor and tell them you think something’s wrong. They listen to your symptoms – perhaps it’s something serious, perhaps you’re just feeling tired and not quite yourself – and then say they need to run some tests. What exactly happens next? Well, the most common kind of test is probably
Sometimes we talk about physical and mental health like they’re two separate things, but actually they’re pretty closely linked. When your physical health is poor, it can lead to low moods and even outright depression. Poor mental health interferes with motivation and concentration, making it hard to maintain an exercise routine. Conversely, when you look
Anxiety isn’t just feeling a bit nervous. It’s an ongoing and often irrational fear that you can’t escape. As soon as one anxious thought is quieted, another jumps in to take its place. At its worst, it causes physical as well as mental symptoms, but there are ways to manage it. Symptoms of anxiety can
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When you’re feeling low, people might tell you to go and take a stroll in the fresh air or try some yoga. That’s all very well if you are just having one of those temporary dark moods that everyone has sometimes, but if you’re experiencing clinical depression, even those small steps to alleviate it may
At its most basic, diabetes is when your blood sugar regularly gets too high, most commonly because your body either isn’t producing enough of the hormone insulin or the insulin you do produce isn’t working properly. It may not sound like a big deal, but the symptoms of diabetes can be pretty wide-ranging. If you
One of the conditions most commonly associated with aging is high blood pressure – or hypertension, to give it its proper name. There’s actually a range of factors that can increase your likelihood of hypertension, and because high blood pressure on its own rarely shows symptoms, you may want to know whether you’re at risk.
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