Health & Wellbeing

Ahead of the holiday season and the travels to foreign countries exploring unknown places, scents and tastes, I would like to bring attention to a must-have homeopathic remedy. Okoubaka is

ADJUSTING TO ILLNESS AND ACCEPTING TREATMENT The diagnosis of a disease involves a complex set of emotional and behavioural reactions. Being given an unexpected bad diagnosis can give rise to

Last month I wrote about the conundrum of high blood pressure and the medications used to treat it – now I’m going to share with you my top five herbal

Hospital Particular do Algarve – Gambelas Day Care Hospital is performing, for the first time in Portugal, adjuvant treatment with immunotherapy – Nivolumab (Opdivo®) – in an operated stage III

In the summer, drinking plenty water is essential to your health. Life takes place in an aqueous solution as the cells, the basic bricks that construct the human body, are

Regional health authority ARS Algarve has launched a new campaign encouraging the population to reduce salt consumption and adopt healthier eating habits. The campaign highlights the worrying effects salt has

Hyperhidrosis is an excessive and unnecessary increase in sweating that affects the hands, underarms and feet in a particular way. Perspiration is a necessary function to control body temperature and

Have you recently felt stressed and unwell without apparent cause? Have you felt tired and unable to undertake even the simplest of routine tasks without extra effort? It may be

Breast cancer is considered today a public health problem. Although it is not the most lethal type of cancer, it has a high incidence and a high mortality rate especially