A child’s mental health is just as important as his physical health and as of late, there have been many campaigns to draw awareness towards the mental health of a child. And it’s entirely apolitical, as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry have demonstrated through their exemplary work with their Heads Together charity – tackling the stigma of …

We live in a time where everyone is obsessed with being in the perfect shape of health. However, many people find it hard to make time to get into shape or some consider it a financial burden. For these people, and all the rest of us too, skipping comes in the form of a savior. Not only is it cheap …

Everyone is hyped up about sending their kid to the best acclaimed place for coaching centers in the country. But Kota in Rajasthan may not be the best place for your child to study. Self-harm, substance abuse, bullying, sexual experimentation and the possibility of pregnancy, sleep-related issues, loneliness, weight loss, acidity and anxiety are common among students in Kota. Many children …

Our body works with various systems working together in a great complexity. One of those systems is the endocrine system which regulates the working of the various hormones in the body. There are various hormones which regulate many functions in the body. One of the most commonly known hormones is thyroxine which regulates the functioning of the thyroid gland. There …

Anything that is strong needs a basic framework to stand upon. That basic framework could either work like the foundation of a building or like the skeleton in our body. What is interesting about the skeleton in our body is that even though we build up our bones till almost the age of 30, there is always more addition of …

Global warming is very real. It does not matter how much the world leaders may ignore the problem, global warming is causing climate change. Prolonged heat-wave conditions, in other words, a summer lasting up to eight months, could be the new norm by the 2070s for the Gangetic plains, if greenhouse-gas emissions are not cut to limit the global temperature …

Challenges have always been a hazardous thing for some or the other group in our world. The last one was the Blue Whale Challenge which claimed the lives of many children. These days, as part of a dangerous new online challenge, teens are putting laundry pods in their mouth. This had started out as a joke since the Tide Pods …

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco found that loneliness plays a large role in the decline so often associated with old age. The study followed 1,600 adults, with an average age of 71, despite controlling for socioeconomic status and health, the lonely consistently held higher mortality rates. Nearly 23% of lonely participants died within six years of the …

Marlboro is one of the world’s leading brands of cigarettes and its makers Phillip Morris International have taken out a full-page ad in the newspapers of the UK saying that their New Year’s Resolution is to give up cigarettes. “It won’t be easy. But we are determined to turn our vision into a reality,” the ad says. The ad is in …

We are often told not to believe everything that we see on the internet. There are many people who put on masks, taking advantage of the anonymity to get attention. Most of us use Instagram and while scrolling through the feed or the explore page, we see many pictures of people with what seems like perfect lives and stunning bodies …