Health

Blood test for depression, bipolar disorder 5:00 pm

WORLDWIDE, one in four people will suffer from a depressive episode in their lifetime.

AT WHAT AGE ARE PEOPLE USUALLY HAPPIEST? 4:40 pm
IF you could be one age for the rest of your life, what would it be?Would you choose to be nine years old, absolved of life's most tedious responsibilities, and instead able to spend your days playing with friends and practising your times tables?

When death and suffering will be no more... 4:20 pm
ONE source records that 13 times the amount of people who are living are dead. This would mean that there are way more dead than those who are alive.

No data yet on changing COVID vaccines between doses — WHO

Sunday, April 11, 2021

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization (WHO) reiterated Friday that there was “no adequate data” on switching COVID-19 vaccines between doses, after France said under-55s who received an AstraZeneca first jab should get their second from a different...

You can live forever

Monday, April 5, 2021

THE thought of living forever has always fascinated mankind.

On the flip side of COVID-19

Sunday, April 4, 2021

AMID the country's ramped-up measures to manage the novel coronavirus pandemic, the restrictions have found favour among some children with autism, who are relishing being away from school.

Unwanted weight gain or weight loss during the pandemic?

Sunday, April 4, 2021

IF you have experienced unwanted weight gain or weight loss during the pandemic, you are not alone. According to a poll by the American Psychological Association (APA), 61 per cent of US adults reported undesired weight change since the pandemic began.

PESTICIDES POISONING IN JAMAICA

Sunday, April 4, 2021

WITH hundreds of farmers in Jamaica experiencing pesticides poisoning at varying levels of severity each year, authorities are looking at ways to reduce its incidence.

Contagious & concerning

Sunday, March 28, 2021

PARIS, France (AFP) — Several coronavirus variants with the potential to be more transmissible have caused global concern over whether existing vaccines will still protect the world from a virus that is constantly mutating.

Why you should get a COVID-19 vaccine

Sunday, March 28, 2021

A few weeks ago, a message popped up in the corner of my screen. “What do you think about people who have recently had COVID-19 getting the vaccine?” A friend of mine was eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine, but she had recently gotten over an infection with SARS CoV-2.

5 COVID-19-related questions parents are asking

Sunday, March 28, 2021

A big question among parents and teachers is when their children will be vaccinated against COVID-19. Some have wondered whether the vaccine is even necessary for children.

Look to the copper serpent

Sunday, March 28, 2021

“No temptation has taken you except what is common to men. But God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear, but along with the temptation he will also make the way out in order for you to be able to endure it” (1 Cor 10:13).