The introduction of the contraceptive pill in the 1960s was a major milestone for female empowerment. It allowed women to separate sex from procreation, and to increase their participation in work outside the home. Now, more than 100 million women worldwide use the oral contraceptive pill to prevent pregnancy or control their menstruation. But the pill and […]

While exercising for about two to three days a week for about 30 minutes may be sufficient to minimise stiffening of middle-sized arteries, exercising for about four to five days a week is required to keep the larger central arteries youthful. Want to stay young for long? If so, start exercising four to five times […]

SINGAPORE – Birkin bags are in the news again. On Thursday night (May 17), Malaysian police raided three apartments in a luxury Kuala Lumpur condominium owned by former prime minister Najib Razak’s family. A total of 284 boxes containing luxury handbags – including dozens and dozens of orange boxes holding Hermes Birkin bags – were loaded into trucks and […]

Fighting with your partner could have bigger implications than just affecting your emotional health according to a new study, which has found that daily tension in a relationship could also affect the physical health of those with chronic conditions. Carried out by researchers at Pennsylvania State University, the study set out to see if those […]

Following a study linking infertility to dietary habits, gynaecologist Mark Formosa tells Simonne Pace that work still needs to be done on lifestyle education to guide women wishing to have children. A study published in the journal Human Reproduction has suggested that women who eat less fruit and more fast food take longer to get pregnant and are less […]

A DOCTOR in the UK has revealed the single food we need to be eating more of in order to improve our overall health. IF you’re one of the four out of five Australians who fail to eat enough vegetables, this may be welcome news. According to a doctor in the UK, you only need […]

Do you warm up and cool down? And still manage to do something in between? As always share your top tips and weekend triumphs and woes below the line. Having spent yesterday in a ‘Leadership in Running Fitness’ course, I definitely set a PB for time spent talking about, thinking about and discussing running in […]

like to roast tomatoes until their skins blacken. A little pressure from your fork and their skins split, their juices – warm, tart-sweet and smoky – will spurt joyously on to your plate. It’s best to eat them with something that will benefit from those juices, such as a mound of soft orange lentil mash, […]

WINDSOR, England — Few towns are as quintessentially English as Windsor, the bucolic riverside locale where Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle will get married on May 19. And few towns are as pleasing when a warm spring sun bakes off the morning mist. Even the plump white swans on the Thames River seem […]

Remote work continues to gain steam in the American workforce, with 56% of professionals now working in telecommute-compatible jobs. This number will likely grow in the coming years as more and more individuals choose to join the gig economy and work for themselves as freelancers. While working from home offers numerous benefits, it also makes it easier […]