A persistent cough can disrupt your daily activities and drive you to distraction. But, whether it stays around for a few days or turns into a nagging annoyance that lingers for weeks, the type of cough you have can often give you a clue about what’s ailing you. Pulmonologist Rachel Taliercio from Cleveland Clinic says upper respiratory …

Most of us have experienced the “brain fog” that comes after a bad night’s sleep. A new study, however, reveals that when it comes to the effect of sleep deprivation on working memory, women fare worse than men. As Medical News Today reports, the term working memory refers to our ability to hold information for …

We’ve long been told that crash diets are usually unsustainable and ineffective, with most of us regaining the weight (and then some) after returning to our normal eating habits. And now, new research by the University of Oxford may have just identified another big reason to avoid extreme dieting: it could affect your heart… The …

Do you ever find yourself regularly waking-up in the middle of the night and manically wondering how to get back to sleep? More specifically between 2am and 4am? However frustrating, it’s actually very normal to wake-up throughout the night and, if we weren’t innately programmed for nocturnal awakenings, we’d probably be extinct as a species. …

Going through the menopause can change a number of lifestyle factors, including your emotions, your mental health and your bodily functions. So, when entering a natural period of change, it is more important than ever to make sure we are getting adequate rest. We asked leading sleep therapist and author of Fast Asleep Wide Awake, …