Health

People with diabetes need to take extra measures during the monsoon season.

Initially characterised by physicians in the early nineteenth century, lung cancer was a very rare disease for a very long time. Prior to approximately 150 years ago, only 1% to 2% of the population was affected by this disease, according to studies.

National Minority Donor Awareness Week includes National Minority Donor Awareness Day. The purpose of both occasions is to increase organ donation among minority communities.

The concept of self-care has a lengthy and varied history in various cultures and eras of human history. Ancient philosophers such as Socrates and Plato emphasised the significance of self-care and self-reflection as components of a moral existence.

Initiated in the 1960s, the American disability movement sought to combat the long-held belief that people with disabilities are defective and, as such, must be isolated from civic life.

Since the advent of ancient Egypt and Greece, hypnosis has been used to assist with problem-solving. In 1027, Avicenna (Ibn Sina) published "The Book of Healing," a book on sleep and hypnosis, which is the earliest known reference to hypnosis.