Category: Healthy Life

A ‘New Lease on Life’ Leads to a New House in the Hamptons

Randa Jaafar was running on a treadmill in her Manhattan apartment one day last April when she collapsed.

Up to that point,Dr. Jaafar, 42, a Cornell-trained anesthesiologist, had felt fit and healthy. She was splitting time between her two homes, in East Hampton, NY, and Manhattan, where she had private practice in pain management. But within hours, she was being prepared for surgery. There was a mass on her heart, her doctors told her, and it was malignant.

“I always knew life was short, but I realized it’s even shorter than I thought,” Dr. Jaafar said. “It started to make me really think about what really matters in my life, and what doesn’t.”

Among the things that started to matter less was her pain-management practice in Midtown Manhattan (she has a second life in Lower Manhattan). Another was her house in East Hampton, which was often in need of repairs.

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5 Easy Habits for a Healthy & Happy Lifestyle

Everyone wants to live a happy and healthy life. However, juggling work, family, and responsibilities can make it hard to achieve that goal. In trying to do the best in every aspect of our lives, we end up sacrificing our health, whether mentally or physically, and sometimes we do it for things that are not really necessary. With the fast pace of life, our habits are becoming worse as time passes by; and in our minds, it seems like the road to being healthy is full of obstacles and challenges.

The start of a healthier lifestyle doesn’t require much work if you really think about it. A small change in habits can change your life and make it better. So, without further ado, here are a few steps to follow to embark on a journey of health and happiness.


1- Minimize Your Screen Time

As much as

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I never thought I’d become a mom

Kaley Cuoco gave birth to her daughter in March credit:Bang Showbiz

Kaley Cuoco gave birth to her daughter in March credit:Bang Showbiz

Kaley Cuoco “never thought” she would become a mom.

The 37-year-old actress gave birth to her daughter Matilda in March, and Kaley admits that motherhood has changed her attitude towards the charity and philanthropy work she does.

Kaley – who recently attended a fundraiser in Malibu for the Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation, which funds research into the life-threatening skin disease – told ‘Entertainment Tonight’: “You know, I never thought I would be a mom.

“So I see these kids out there and I just can’t imagine if my kid was hurting all the time, you know?

“I felt this way before but obviously, you don’t know until you have one. So totally take it for granted so there’s not another that gets afflicted by this. We just have to do something.”

Kaley’s outlook has been transformed by her

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Is healthy life expectancy in Northern Ireland almost ten years lower than in Ireland?

  • Healthy life expectancy (HLE) is the number of years a person can expect to live in good health: for NI, the current estimate for HLE is around 62 years while, for Ireland, it is 69.4 years
  • However, Northern Ireland uses a different definition of good health, meaning direct comparisons between the two figures are ill-advised
  • Analysis of other HLE estimates indicates the gap between NI and ROI is nowhere near ten years

On 4 March, Irish Times columnist David McWilliams claimed:

“The average person in the Republic can expect to live a healthy life for almost a full decade longer than people in the North. The figure for the North is 61 years and the corresponding one for the Republic is 69.4 years.”

Official figures for Northern Ireland indicate that healthy life expectancy is closer to 62 years, rather than 61, while in the Republic of Ireland healthy life expectancy

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These healthy habits might also lead to a happier life

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(Halfpoint Images/Moment via Getty Images)

Is the secret to happiness a warm puppy? A good marriage? A rewarding career? Or something else entirely?

Happiness means different things to different people, but a growing body of research suggests keeping a smile on your face may help add years to your life by lowering the risk for cardiovascular disease and death from all causes.

Not feeling it? Health experts say there are daily habits that might just make a difference. Here are five:

keep it moving

Granted, the words “physical exercise” don’t always make people smile. They might even elite groans. But studies show people who get up and move more – even if it’s in short bursts a few minutes each day – feel happier and live longer.

“When you engage in physical activity, you see benefits in the form of emotional well-being,” said Rosalba Hernández, a member of the American

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I’m a gardening pro – I found the most mind-blowing hack for plants using crystals, my grandpa swears by it

AN urban gardener has revealed a unique hack for plants utilizing crystals and a good eye.

The TikTok poster can’t take all the credit because it’s a trick that her grandpa swears by.

Gardener Kia Jade is a self-described urban gardener

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Gardener Kia Jade is a self-described urban gardenerCredit: TIKTOK/@kia_urbangardener
She shared a crystal hack that she tried with her grandfather in a TikTok video

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She shared a crystal hack that she tried with her grandfather in a TikTok videoCredit: TIKTOK/@kia_urbangardener

Kia Jade (@kia_urbangardener) is a self-described urban gardener and content creator.

She shares many of her gardening tips and tricks with viewers online as she navigates gardening in an urban city.

In a TikTok video, the blonde shared a plant hack that has been passed down from her grandfather to her.

Before filming the video, she wrote in the video’s caption that she was reading about a famous Australian gardener called Esther Dean.

She used the crystal technique called Dowsing to identify which seeds were the healthiest to

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8 Scientific Benefits, According to New Research

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Recent research provides growing evidence that the Mediterranean diet can improve key aspects of health and increase longevity. FreshSplash/Getty Images
  • The Mediterranean diet has been named the top diet by US News & World Report for six consecutive years.
  • Experts say the diet, which prioritizes produce, lean or plant-based proteins, and healthy fats, deserves praise.
  • A growing body of evidence suggests that the diet has a large number of potential health benefits.

The Mediterranean diet has been named No. 1 on the US News & World Report’s Best Diets for the last six years and health experts say there are a number of reasons why.

“The Mediterranean diet is considered healthy because it emphasizes whole, nutrient-dense foods and limits processed and refined foods, which are often high in unhealthy fats, added sugars, and salt,” says Trista Best, MPH, RD, LD, a registered dietitian at Balance One

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Woolworths-owned HealthyLife launches telehealth service with Global Health

Supermarket giant Woolworths’ health and wellness subsidiary HealthyLife has started offering same-day telehealth services.

It has tapped a third-party virtual platform provider, ASX-listed Global Health, to help connect patients with GPs, dietitians, and nutritionists who can provide health consultations, medical certificates, e-scripts and referrals.

WHY IT MATTERS

According to HealthyLife, there has been a growing demand for healthcare advice for weight management, gut health conditions and chronic pain. However, this may seem inaccessible to some given that only 6% of Australian adults are consulting with specialists on natural or alternative medicine, a recent study revealed.

“That’s why we are providing virtual and cost-effective consultations with dietitians and nutritionists whose services are not always as accessible, particularly for those living in rural areas or facing budget pressures,” said Sarah Gray, HealthyLife general manager for Health & Nutrition.

The Gut Health Dietitian, a team of dietitians offering virtual consultations, have also been

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Make America Healthy Again – Falling Life Expectancy Is Alarming

In France, the latest production of the ‘Three Musketeers’ is hitting cinemas and it is feted for being the most expensive French film ever made. My attention however is focused on another of Alexandre

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Healthy Lifestyle Linked to Slower Memory Decline in Older Adults

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The researchers found that each individual’s healthy behavior (healthy diet, regular exercise, active social contact, cognitive activity, non-smoking, and never drinking alcohol) was associated with a slower-than-average decline in memory over 10 years after accounting for other health, economic, and social factors. The strongest effect on slowing memory decline is a healthy diet, followed by cognitive activity and then physical exercise.

Even those with genes linked to Alzheimer’s disease see benefits.

According to a decade-long study of older adults in China, recently published in The BMJa healthy lifestyle, particularly a healthy diet, is linked to slower memory decline.

The study found that even carriers of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene, which is the strongest known risk factor for[{” attribute=””Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, can benefit from a healthy lifestyle.

Memory continuously declines as people age, but evidence from existing studies is insufficient to assess the effect of a

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