As an avid coffee drinker I cannot imagine starting my day without a nice hot cup of java. But every now and again the ever debated topic about the health effects of coffee comes up. For decades it was believed that coffee or more precisely the caffeine in coffee was bad for your health. Recent
Sleep is a restorative process that plays an essential part in our overall health. Sleep has a large impact on our physical well-being; as well sleep, our muscles are repaired, skin cells are regenerated and tissue growth occurs. Additionally, sleep plays a vital role in restoring energy and clearing non-essential information from our brain, supporting
As we all know, getting enough sleep is vital for a healthy mind and body. So what makes sleep so important? In this blog post we will discuss how you can get enough sleep and the importance of not burning your candle on both ends. In ancient and medieval times, people did not sleep only
Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder that is characterised by recurrent unprovoked seizures. These seizures are transient signs and/or symptoms due to abnormal, excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. About 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy at any one time. Epilepsy is usually controlled, but not cured, with medication, although surgery may
Alzheimer’s is a disease which mostly effects people over the age of 65. One in five people will develop this disease. Alzheimer’s is a progressive disease which normally starts earlier in life. This is called “younger/ earlier-onset Alzheimer’s”, this can happen as early as 40 or 50 years of age. Alzheimer’s is not a decease