Breakfast: the best, the worst & the weirdest
Every other week it feels like the scientific community release a report that states a new exciting way to eat healthily. The latest study I came across claims that eating chocolate… Read more »
Category: Expat Health
Online fitness e-books – a new trend for women?
Lately, the overflow of fitness e-books and nutrition plans has created numerous fitness movements. Women of all ages and from all over the world are purchasing an e-book and joining… Read more »
Top 5 health care systems for expats
The annual HSBC Expat Explorer survey has been released, and with it the ranking of 34 countries across three categories – expat economics, expat experience, and raising children abroad. Overall, Switzerland,… Read more »
4 superfoods that might not be so super
Just eat some of them on a regular basis and they will boost your health. The so-called superfoods are increasing in popularity worldwide and you too have probably tried spelt… Read more »
Travelling tips for HIV positive expats
According to the Global Database of HIV Travel, there are 67 countries that restrict entry to HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) positive people. About 10 of these countries refuse entry to HIV… Read more »
Hay fever season: Will you suffer abroad?
It’s the time of year when the pollen starts to fall and eyes start to itch. If you have never suffered from hay fever before that may change when you… Read more »
Google Flu Trends more useful than government data
Move over, government health agencies. It turns out Google does a pretty good job tracking the flu. So good, in fact, that researchers at Johns Hopkins University say hospitals may… Read more »
Patients wait longest in Canada, Sweden and Norway
Wait times are the boogeyman of public health systems all over the world. They cut to the very heart of the debate over costs versus access to care. Hardly a… Read more »