Three years ago, the UAE acquired something new: the first and (still) the only online magazine for men and women on health, fitness and wellness, beaming out from the Middle East to the world. Livehealthy covers all things to do with making you feel healthier, happier and just better. The aim is to promote awareness of good habits, encourage moderation or change where necessary and to explore new, emerging methods on how to achieve a...
Everything has been up for discussion since Livehealthy launched three years but these are the articles that really got people clicking on to our site
As the pandemic took hold and couples were able to spend more time together at home, the assumption was that one thing would lead to another and the result would be a baby boom around now. But the statistics don’t really bear that out. Birth rates have actually fallen for the past year since Covid-19 changed our lives. According to microtrends.net, the birth rate for the UAE in 2020 actually dropped by 0.88 percent from...
The UAE is now the most-vaccinated nation in the world, after overtaking the Seychelles, and has also announced approval of a fifth vaccine, the Moderna.
Atopic dermatitits, or eczema is a distressing and sometimes painful skin disease that affects far more than the skin, and it's becoming more prevalent. Bu understantind of the disease and how to treat it has improved greatly in recent years.
Chronic pelvic pain is hard to diagnose, treat and recover from, and many patients spend years before they find out what is wrong.
Angela Bishara started suffering agonizing joint pain and inflammation in her knee shortly after turning 30. Unable to drive, walk properly or stand up for longer than 10 minutes, she turned to the spice turmeric –and it’s primary bioactive substance curcumin – to tackle the symptoms of what would later be diagnosed as Hashimoto’s disease and reactive arthritis. “I can’t describe the pain, the heaviness, the frustration, the fear of not knowing if I would...
Concern is growing over the number of people showing Covid symptoms months after contracting the virus. But long-term symptoms are neither new nor uncommon.
There are so many layers to depression and it can be an incredibly destabilising period in a person’s life. The common recommendation is to see a mental health professional, but with therapy costing hundreds of dirhams just for one session, that is just not an option for most of the population here in the UAE. Despite the fact that globally, more than 264 million people of all ages suffer from depression, according to the World...
Let’s be honest, sex isn’t something we discuss that openly in the UAE, despite the fact that quite a few of us are doing it. But how have our patterns of intimacy and desire changed during the pandemic? And what, if anything, will be the long-term effects? When Livehealthy conducted a survey of our readers across our social media channels – and spoke to some readers to get personal stories – what we came away...
So many of us get involved in the great parenting debate over what gender is more challenging to raise that we are in danger of overlooking a more serious issue: what is the best way to bring boys up to be honorable and respectful men? I speak from experience, not only as a mother of two boys (and two girls) but also as a psychologist who has spent decades working with boys and men. While...
