http://www.sundaytimes.lk Official website of the Sunday Times Newspaper in Sri Lanka Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:59:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/190616/mediscene/bringing-back-the-family-doctor-concept-353317.html 15 June 2019 @ 11:16 am [caption id="attachment_353318" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="It's check up time for Mrs. Chandra Bodhipala with Dr. Shyamalee Samaranayaka"][/caption] Some are awaiting consultations, others are keeping their arms folded having given blood for testing and a few more are walking in to another room to take a dexa scan. It is a busy Tuesday at the Family Practice Centre run by t... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/190616/mediscene/drinking-even-at-conception-may-lead-to-low-birth-weight-study-353314.html 15 June 2019 @ 11:06 am By Natalie Rahhal, Deputy Health Editor For Dailymail.com Babies whose mothers drank alcohol during their pregnancies - even as early as at conception - are at greater risk of being born with low birth weights, a new study suggests. The new research, from scientists in at the University of Oxford and the University of Queensland found that alcohol blocks the development of all-important bloo... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/190616/mediscene/some-stress-busting-foods-353307.html 15 June 2019 @ 11:04 am We have all been stressed at some time or another. Stress may seem harmless at times if it is short term and you can get over it fast. But if not, it can lead to bothersome headaches, stomach cramps, weight gain and even colds and flu. Chronic stress can have an impact on every part of our body from the digestive and reproductive systems to the immune system. Stress can also lead us to make p... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/190616/mediscene/more-than-a-fighting-chance-for-little-hearts-353295.html 15 June 2019 @ 10:56 am All set. Very soon Sri Lanka’s first-ever Human Heart Valve and Tissue Bank at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital (LRH) for Children in Colombo will be fully functional. [caption id="attachment_353296" align="alignleft" width="192" caption="Dr. Duminda Samarasinghe"][/caption] “We already have about 12 human valves in storage and in a month or two will be able to graft them in very ill children ... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/190616/mediscene/post-traumatic-growth-and-fostering-change-353288.html 15 June 2019 @ 10:35 am [caption id="attachment_353290" align="aligncenter" width="660" caption="Religion helps people enlist support from their community and provides them with a sense of meaning"][/caption] He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom-Aeschylus Last month I wrote on a not so well-... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/190616/mediscene/are-you-an-afternooner-or-napper-353286.html 15 June 2019 @ 10:32 am You've probably heard of the term 'night owls', who stay alert until the early hours, or 'morning larks', who spring out of bed. But now a study suggests there are two more patterns of shut eye, with some people being 'afternooners' and others 'nappers'. Scientists discovered that while some people's energy levels peak in the mornings or evenings, others feel most 'alive' between noon and ev... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/190616/mediscene/desperate-housewives-star-marcia-cross-reveals-battle-with-anal-cancer-353284.html 15 June 2019 @ 10:30 am Marcia Cross says the HPV strain that caused her anal cancer is likely the same strain that led to her husband being diagnosed with throat cancer. The Desperate Housewives star was at a gynaecologist visit in November 2017 getting an annual digital rectal exam when the doctor noticed something suspicious. She was referred to a colon and rectal surgeon and, after two biopsies, she was diagnos... http://www.sundaytimes.lk/190616/mediscene/tobacco-and-smoking-353281.html 15 June 2019 @ 10:27 am ...