April is Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month
April 11 is World Parkinson’s Disease (PD) Awareness Day. Informing society about this disease is our obligation and is fundamental for seeking timely medical help and to carry out responsible
The real meaning of “health”
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has stated: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. It is a
Makeup questions answered – Part 2
Do I really need a primer, or can I skip this in my makeup routine? If you’ve got a little extra shine in your t-zone, or your makeup always looks
March is bowel cancer awareness month
March is bowel cancer awareness month. In Europe, 500,000 new cases are diagnosed each year, associated with more than 240,000 deaths per year. In Portugal, the most recent data points
Fibroscan® a non-invasive way of predicting hepatic steatosis
The complexity of liver diseases is linked to the liver’s different functions. If the lungs are organs specialised in the exchange of gases between the atmosphere and the bloodstream, the
Why we should care
The brazen invasion of Ukraine is possibly going to be the most televised war since Vietnam. From the safety of our NATO-protected sofas, we watch Russian tanks invade Ukraine, Ukrainian
Breast cancer diagnosis breakthrough at Porto’s ISEP
Investigators at Porto’s ISEP (institute of superior engineering) have developed a ‘colorimetric device on paper’ which, with a simple drop of a patient’s blood, can detect “within minutes” whether they
Makeup questions answered – Part 1
“So, what do you do, Sharon?” This is a common question I get asked here in the Algarve when meeting people for the first time. When I tell them I’m
How can yoga transform your life
It has now been seven years since I graduated from my first Yoga School in 2006 in Bali as a 200Hrs Yoga Teacher. I was living in Dubai working for
Porto researchers develop non-invasive method to diagnose lung cancer
Researchers at the Institute for Systems Engineering and Computers, Technology and Science (INESC TEC) in Porto have developed a non-invasive technique that allows the diagnosis of lung cancer. Using three-dimensional