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As the last month of summer is quickly approaching, all of us are thinking of getting away from the office for a few days if we haven’t already taken a vacation. Summer vacations are a great opportunity for employees to relax and recharge their...

With the summer season in full swing, managers can benefit and bring a fresh perspective to the workplace routine by providing unfettered access to outdoor activities, such as team building, picnics in the park, sport activities or company barbeques....

Over the last few years, people’s tastes in food have more and more refined. Globalization has increased access to all kinds of goodies and exotic items, and social media has boosted the imagination as well as the taste buds of gourmands who nowadays...

Mens sana in corpore sano (a healthy mind in a healthy body), as the old saying goes, is nowadays confirmed by numerous studies. One of the most recent ones, the conclusions of which were presented by the specialists of Montreal University, claims that...

Facebook is one the favourite social networks of teenagers having both a negative, as well as a positive impact on the level of stress hormones. This is what scientists of the Montreal University have noticed after analysing the behaviour of youngsters...

You have surely heard the term “inflammation” before. Many times it is associated with being hit, an infection of the skin, or other issues more or less troubling. But inflammation may be a much larger health issue and it can constitute the main...

As the times we are living in are more and more troubled, the concerns for our mental health are increasing. That’s why many people turn to yoga, meditation and relaxation practices in order to be able to face the challenges life throws at us. The...

Going to the gym and regular physical exercise has become, fortunately, a “healthy trend” among more and more Romanians who chose to fill the gyms from early in the morning to late at night after endless hours spent sitting at a desk. The question is:...

On two wheels it is easier, faster, healthier and even more enjoyable. Each of us knows this, especially the ones who use the bicycle either as a means of daily transport, or on weekends for pleasant rides. No matter how much time you spend pedalling, you...

The following lines are a plea for cycling. Making cycling part of our lifestyle does not necessarily mean our transformation into some inveterate athletes, competition addicts or into extreme sports fans. Only 30 minutes of daily bike riding is for sure...

"Sedentarism" is one of the modern ‘diseases’ which can have a bad effect on anybody working while sitting on a chair, at a desk, or lying in bed for long periods of time and where they are lacking any physical activity. Actually, this habit drains...

The healthy life ’microbes‘ is capturing the interest of more and more people. According to Innova Market Insights, half of the Americans said they are determined to eat more fruit and vegetables this year. And the ’exotic‘ options are more and...

Antibiotics are, without any doubt, one of the most important inventions in medicine and pharmacy. They have saved millions of lives, extended life expectancy and brought peace to mothers and paediatricians who were compelled to work wonders with babies...

Considered by many nutritionists as the biggest food danger of our times, found on the blacklists of all authorities and marked for special levy proposals, threatened already by a few researches, juices are the focus of a new analysis published by the...

A Mediterranean diet and, in the end, any other diet containing fruits, vegetables, nuts, unprocessed meat is associated with the prevention of depression, according to a study revealed by BMC Medicine. Researchers analyzed over 15,000 people before...

It’s October and we hear talk about breast cancer everywhere – the entire globe marks with various events this month dedicated to the terrible illness. Beside the charity campaigns, survival marathons and pink-colored buildings, prevention is now the...

It changed our lives, improved our work, it radically and irreversibly changed the way we communicate. But the mobile phone also introduced some shortcomings: we became addicted to it, we can’t conceive our life without it and, lately, it intrudes on...

Playing some of the sports doesn’t require a lot of money. It requires just some… will. Why you decide to play a sport is your choice: maybe seeing someone with a six-pack ab makes you jealous, or maybe not being able to fit into your old jeans that...

Colon cancer is one of the modern male diseases associated with a man who eats on the go, is not active enough and overwhelmed by daily stress. Moreover, many of us do not consider having regular medical examinations and tests such as a colonoscopy, for...

If you ever wondered about the differences between a Private Health Insurance and the European Health Insurance Card, here is a guide that will help you get a clear understanding of what differentiates the two products! The European Insurance Card has...