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Reducing the amount of food you eat at each meal, even gradually, will help you to lose and maintain a healthy weight. There’s an additional pay-off too though; smaller portions means you also eat less salt.

The Medikidz are five superheroes on a mission to help young people better understand illness and medical condition. Characters Chi, Pump, Skinderella, Axon and Gastro take children on a journey through Mediland – an outer-space planet shaped like the human body – to explain the diagnosis, investigation, treatment and prevention of different medical conditions.

Cancer is often referred to as the ‘great equaliser’ – everyone is at risk, regardless of age, race and socio-economic status, and it can strike at any time. Thanks to continuous breakthroughs in cancer research and medical science however, there are many more cancer treatments and cures available, and survival rates are significantly higher than […]

Addictive personalities tend have certain behaviours or habits in common, for example they might be attention seeking, compulsive and impulsive. If you find yourself answering yes to more than half of the questions in our quiz, then it might indicate that you are at risk of, or already indulging in addictive behaviours. According to Dr […]

Hello Doctor is super proud of what we’ve achieved in a relatively short period of time, and our latest milestone is reaching 30 000 downloads on our new Hello Doctor app! To everyone who’s downloaded it – thank you! We hope you love what we have to offer :-) And if you haven’t got our […]

Fact: the average adult heart beats 70 times a minute; 100 000 times a day; three and a half million times a year; and 2.5 billion times during a lifetime! But just like any pump, without proper care and maintenance, it won’t go the distance. Lifestyle changes such as regular exercise, maintaining a healthy weight […]

Adrenaline is that sudden hormone boost you get when you’re faced with a highly stressful, exciting or even fearful situation. Adrenaline is secreted by the adrenal gland, and it rapidly increases your blood circulation, breathing and carbohydrate metabolism, and it prepares your muscles for some serious exertion.

Every year, on 14 February, shops make their biggest sales on flowers, chocolates, teddy bears and other cute gifts that couples exchange on Valentine’s Day. But ladies, is that what guys *really* want? Apparently not! According to a team of researchers who surveyed more than 1 000 adults, the only thing men want on Valentine’s […]

Hey! So we’re sure you’ve heard about the new online drinking game taking the world by storm! Daring games have always been fun to play, if a little questionable. Games like chicken, truth or dare and spin the bottle are just a few of the more innocent daring games, but somewhere along the line people […]

Cyberchondria, so what’s it all about? Well, while it might sound like the latest video game, cybercondria is actually the online equivalent of hypochondria – and it’s fast becoming a worrying trend. If you’re someone who tends to use Google to find out more about your health symptoms, then you could be a cyberchondriac!

In last week’s episode of the Hello Doctor show, Dr Michael Mol spoke to studio guest Damian McHugh about medical schemes. Get value from Medical Aid The average middle-class South African family has no retirement plan, no life insurance, and no medical aid scheme in place. Of those who do have medical aid, one in […]

Most sexually transmitted diseases (STD) are overshadowed by the most infamous STD i.e. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). Even though HIV is dangerous, diseases like chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis can also have a long-term impact on your life – even your ability to get pregnant! Here’s what you need to know: