If you’re wondering what you can possibly do for your partner when they’re in excruciating pain, just holding their hand could be enough, new research shows. The familiar urge to reach for a hand when we’re hurting, or desire to be held when we’re sick, now has a biological explanation. A Colorado University, Boulder study …

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and Bar-Ilan University in Israel have discovered an inconvenient truth about our female family members. Wives, sisters and mothers are more likely to be the most difficult people in our lives, according to a survey of 1,100 respondents who described more than 12,000 relationships. Women may be guilty …

Bad habits – we all have them. But many of us don’t even realise how our little quirks and gestures are negatively affecting our loved ones. That being said, habits are seriously hard to break. How many times have you tried to eliminate the word ‘like’ from your vocabulary? Or how about the number of …

We have to pee several times a day, though most of us don’t like to talk about it much. But did you know your urine can reveal quite a bit about your health? Its smell in particular can give you vital clues to your wellbeing. We spoke to Doctify urologist Mr Marc Laniado about what …

Your brain is a vital organ just like your heart, yet it’s common to assume that you don’t have control over what goes on above your neck. (Case in point: have you ever had a conversation about brain health with your doctor?) In fact, nearly 60 percent of people think Alzheimer’s, one form of cognitive …