You may have heard the word hypertension a lot. It is also referred to as high blood pressure, which occurs when your blood pressure increases to unhealthy levels. Over the long term, the condition could lead to certain health issues, including heart diseases. When the force of blood against the artery walls of the heart is too high, the arteries…

If you recall being outdoors in the middle of the day and the sky fading to dark in a matter of a few minutes, you may have experienced an eclipse. A solar eclipse, to be precise. Eclipses are when the Earth, Moon and Sun are aligned in a straight line — and in 2021, this will happen 4 times —…

Have you observed some older people having ‘droopy eyelids’ or loose and redundant skin on their eyelids? If yes, know that they could be suffering from dermatochalasis.  Dermatochalasis is a term used to describe the presence of loose and redundant eyelid skin — commonly seen in middle-aged and elderly people. It is a sign of periocular ageing, and is sometimes…