Plates of healthiness
As the season approaches with its share of rich food, Consultant Clinical Nutritionist Dr. Ranil Jayawardena gives a timely reminder of the importance of eating right The season of cheer and festivity is here and all of us have lunches and dinners galore. Alcohol flows freely and trays are heaped with rich food. Showing MediScene [...]
Help dementia patients live life as best as they can
Ageing is an undeniable truth of life, bringing about many changes in a person. Many of these changes are positive, such as amassing a wealth of experiences and knowledge. But it can also mean declining health, and a particular vulnerability to memory loss and cognitive issues that are serious enough to interfere with daily life. [...]
Don’t we all wish for wisdom?
In the movie Camelot, based on Lerner and Loewe’s stage play, Richard Harris is King Arthur. In one scene Arthur is in anguish when he realises that Guinevere is drifting away from him.He longs for Merlin the wise magician to tell him what to do but Merlin is locked away by another wicked magician and [...]
First aid the traditional way
It was a double launch on November 6 – the ‘Traditional Sri Lankan First Aid Box’ and the ‘Hela Veda Ath Potha’.The Traditional Sri Lankan First Aid Box has been produced by traditional medical practitioner, Palitha S.G. Arachchige, while the Hela Veda Ath Potha authored by him is a Dilmah Conservation publication. Among the 12 [...]
Surviving the Christmas sugar rush
From our earliest childhood memories, Christmas has always been associated with sugary treats for most of us – Christmas cake, Love cake, Yule log, Breudher, Christmas pudding, all sorts of cookies and if you are one of those fortunate ones who has hampers delivered to your home, there will also be mince pies, stollen and [...]