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Despite our best intentions to keep our eating and drinking under control during the festive season, is these temptations are usually near impossible to resist. We know we should consume reasonable portions and pass on seconds, but inevitably we overindulge and end up feeling miserable. What is overindulgence? Overindulgence is defined as excess, overeating, lack [...]

The terms ‘antioxidant’ and ‘free radical’ are used prolifically with reference to supplements, health foods and fresh produce, but how many people actually know what they mean? By definition, the prefix ‘anti’ indicates that antioxidants work in opposition to the effects of oxidation. And by-products of this oxidation process are commonly known as free radicals. [...]

Orthokeratology or Ortho-K is a non-surgical process which reshapes (flattens by compression) the cornea of the eye using contact lenses to reduce refractive errors (nearsightedness and astigmatism). Ortho-K uses reverse geometry contact lenses. Flattening the cornea reduces the focusing power of the eye. Since the amount of corneal flattening can be accurately controlled, it is possible [...]

Teenagers, unlike children, start exploring their freedom of choice. They are not fed, they eat; they are not sent to play, they choose to go. Yet at the same time peer pressures also start manipulating their choices. They are more experimental whether it is to try alcohol, or try out the newest fad diets or [...]