HEALTH

Imagine working out hard, drinking water, and sleeping like a baby, yet your belly still looks like you swallowed a balloon! Yes, that’s the reality for many, and the culprit isn’t just laziness or genetics — it’s the food you eat. Dietitians have pinpointed four types of food that literally sabotage your efforts to get…

Mini Stroke: The Silent Threat Women Often Ignore Did you know that a mini stroke, also known as a transient ischemic attack (TIA), is not harmless? Although symptoms pass quickly, this condition is a serious warning that a real stroke may be looming. Neurologist Dr. Eliza Miller warns that the risk of a real stroke…

Chaos in Serbian Streets: Students Block Cities, Opposition Boycotts Parliament! Welcome to Serbia 2024, where students and the opposition are creating a real political drama! While the government claims everything is under control, the streets of Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš, and over a dozen other cities are blocked, and opposition parties have decided to boycott…

High Blood Pressure: Fate or Choice? Unveiling the Real Truth! Hypertension – The Silent Killer That Doesn’t Hurt But Kills High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a condition that doesn’t hurt but can have deadly consequences. Nearly half of adults in Serbia suffer from high blood pressure, yet only about a third know about it…

Europe is melting like never before! Record-breaking temperatures of 46.6°C in Portugal, schools closing across France, and Italy, Greece, and Turkey evacuating tens of thousands due to wildfires. Serbia? Orange and red weather alerts are lighting up like lanterns in the night sky, with thermometers soaring to 40°C. This is not just a heatwave, this…

Young People and Melanoma: The Epidemic We’re Ignoring! Did you know that skin cancer, once a disease mostly seen in older adults, is now increasingly hitting young adults aged 20 to 30? Yes, you read that right! Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, is on the rise among the youth, and yet we keep…

In the Netherlands, the number of cancer patients is rising, but more importantly, the percentage of patients surviving four years after diagnosis is also increasing. Thirty years ago, only 51% of patients survived four years, but today that number has jumped to 72%. This means that every year, about a thousand more people manage to…

Think you’re doing everything right — eating healthy, exercising, taking meds — but your cholesterol is still sky-high? Time to wake up! Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a sneaky genetic disorder that makes your LDL cholesterol shoot through the roof from birth. Yep, some folks are doomed to battle cholesterol because their bodies just can’t process…

Puberty Blockers for Trans Kids: Scientific Dilemma or Ethical Chaos? Is it right to give puberty blockers to transgender kids? This question splits doctors, parents, and scientists worldwide. Although transgender people make up less than 1% of the global population, about 16 million suffer from gender dysphoria — a deep internal conflict pushing them toward…

Greece in Panic Over Forgotten Disease! Imagine this: a 72-year-old man in Greece dies from a disease most of Europe thought was forgotten! Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is back — and it came with a tick bite! Yes, you read that right, the deadly tick is back in action, and the consequences are catastrophic. What…