by Women's Health | Feb 5, 2018 | Health
Around 10 percent of South Africans suffer from a lack of iron and take iron supplements for it, but you can also suffer from too much iron, a condition called haemochromotosis. Here, Kirsti Lyall, a woman who lives with it, shares her story… The First Sign That...
by Women's Health | Jan 26, 2018 | Health
By Cally Silberbauer; image from Freepik.com One of the biggest leaps in medicine: detecting cancer before the symptoms show… A team of scientists at the John Hopkins University have made a breakthrough with detecting cancer. A new method is being tried and...
by Women's Health | Jan 26, 2018 | Food & Nutrition
When diarrhoea strikes, you want to do everything you can to get rid of it ASAP—and keep it from coming back. And, while you may be tempted to swear off food for a while for fear it’ll cause a No.3 situation again, you have to eat at some point. And it turns out,...
by Women's Health | Jan 23, 2018 | Health
Often, hair is seen an integral part of a woman’s femininity and beauty. It’s something we’re taught and conditioned to believe from a young age, from the permeating presence of long-haired Barbie dolls to Disney princesses with floor-length, flowing...
by Women's Health | Jan 22, 2018 | Health
Photograph by welcomia/Freepik Up to 57 percent of SA women could be iron deficient… Did you know that iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is the most common nutritional deficiency globally? But it’s easy to miss if you don’t know the signs, which can be subtle,...
