TRIMETHYLAMINURIA

For 14 years, Ellie James has been blighted by an incredibly rare and embarrassing genetic disorder.

The company director, 44, is one of only a handful of people with a condition that leaves her smelling of fish or rotten eggs.

DID YOU NOW?

FOOT BINDING

HEALTH BENEFITS OF GREEN TEA

A cup of green tea is a good way to start your day.

"It's the healthiest thing I can think of to drink," says Christopher Ochner, PhD. He's a research scientist in nutrition at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital. "Green tea is beyond a super food."

In the past 20 years, thousands of studies have shown green tea’s benefits.

THE MAN BEHIND THE INDIAN SANITARY PAD REVOLUTION

A school dropout from a poor family in southern India has revolutionised menstrual health for rural women in developing countries by inventing a simple machine they can use to make cheap sanitary pads.

Arunachalam Muruganantham's invention came at great personal cost - he nearly lost his family, his money and his place in society. But he kept his sense of humour.

DID YOU KNOW?

1. Most lipstick contains fish scales!
       

THESE PICTURES TEACH US TO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING AND MAKE THE BEST OF LIFE

1.When Lucas Hembree and his service dog Juno shared a hug

DEMENTIA VILLAGE -DEMENTIA

WE ALL HAVE ELDERLY MEMBERS OF OUR FAMILY. SOME TIMES SOME OF THEM START FORGETTING A LOT ABOUT THEIR LIFE AND FAMILY,THEY MAY START HAVING PROBLEMS COMMUNICATING OR REASONING LOGICALLY AND MIGHT EVEN BECOME AGGRESSIVE OR CLAIM THEY SAW SOMETHNG THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN OR THAT YOU WANT TO HARM THEM. IT MIGHT BE THE ONSET OF DEMENTIA.

SO WHAT IS DEMENTIA? IN SIMPLE TERMS