For Jawad Rezavi, 26, smoking shisha is the perfect way to unwind in an evening. "After a long day, I'll go to a shisha lounge. It relaxes me. In the same way that some people will enjoy a glass of red wine or need a cigarette to keep going while they're working, I like to enjoy my shisha. If I don't do it, it feels like I'm missing something."

Shisha, the origins of which are disputed (some say India, others Persia or Turkey) is a glass-bottomed water pipe in which fruit-flavoured tobacco is covered with foil and roasted with charcoal. The tobacco smoke passes through a water chamber and is inhaled deeply and slowly; the fruit-flavoured tobacco tastes smooth and smells sweet, enthusiasts say, making it an enjoyable and unrushed experience.

A: This is a tough question to answer because the topic has not been well-studied. Two studies of male and female identical twins did find a link between wearing hats and increased hair loss for the men, but not the women. In another study, wearing hard hats or military head wear had no effect on hair loss.

Eating alone can increase your risk of developing a metabolic syndrome such as high blood pressure or high cholesterol, a study claims. 

Researchers studied the link between loneliness and health in men and women and found that men were more at risk to develop health problems. 

More patients should be told to go home and rest rather than be given antibiotics, according to health officials.

Public Health England (PHE) says up to a fifth of antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary as many illnesses get better on their own.

German cosmetics firm NIVEA has said its billboard ad which promotes “visibly fairer skin” is not meant to demean dark-skinned people nor glorify fair-skinned people.

The ad attracted a lot of bashing from Ghanaians on social media with several people expressing disgust about it.

Are you putting off a big project that you really should start today – perhaps holding out for the perfect possible time?

You could be on to something.

Most people decide to make changes in their lives around landmark dates. Mondays and the New Year are obvious choices for initiating a new, goal-oriented behaviour, such as getting started training for a marathon, getting out of debt or striving for a promotion.

Staying up late to cram for an early exam may not be doing college students any good, according to a new study focused on college students and their sleep patterns.

One of the most salient truths about relationships is this: You teach people how to treat you. This applies to dating, work, friendships, and every other kind of relationship.

All of your communication, verbal and nonverbal, accrues to show another person how you expect to be treated. That’s why it’s crucial for you to stand up for yourself and refuse to be treated unfairly.

Starting school before 8.30am increases students' risk of suffering depression and anxiety, new research suggests.

Early start times are thought to put pressure on children to get plenty of shut eye, which hinders their ability to sleep and puts them at greater risk of mental health conditions, the researchers believe.

The kitchen is the place where you prepare meals for the family. Whatever goes on there therefore determines how healthy the whole family becomes to a large extent. 

One is truly what they eat because food builds up the body. The elements (chemicals) found in food are the same chemicals that make up the human body.

You may already have heard the warnings: Don’t overcharge your mobile phone. Make sure you unplug it from the charger after it reaches 100%. Wait to charge your phone until it’s almost down to 0%. Don’t leave it charging overnight. Or else.

The direness implicit in those imperatives may be overblown, but they're not paranoid conspiracy dictums — you still shouldn't overcharge your phone. Here's why.

For the many students who complete senior high school, a relatively small number make it to the university and other institutions of higher learning. The stark reality is that the vast majority of graduates from the nation`s institutions of higher learning are faced with the challenge of unemployment.

You obviously do not want to be a part of the statistics of unemployment. I will show you what you need to know and do to make the most of the opportunities offered as a part of the university community.

If you are one of the lucky ones that find sleeping on a plane easy, or you load up on sleeping pills before a flight, getting some shut eye on a plane could actually be harmful for your health.

This claim comes from a study by Harvard University that found sleeping on a plane could be detrimental to your hearing.

Being one of the older ones in the year group gives children an advantage in school, a new US study published in the National Bureau of Economic Research has found.

Scientists looked at the cognitive development of more than 1.2 million public school students in Florida between the ages of six and 15, all of whom were born in different months.

Sleeping soundly and having a good sex life have a greater impact on wellbeing than money, it is claimed today.

Strong relationships with family and friends, job security and the good health of loved ones are also much more important than flash cars and exotic holidays.

Like 99% of the population, your sex education probably consisted of an awkward biology teacher showing you how to put a condom on a banana, plus some out-of-date annotated diagrams. That's if you had any at all.

Thanks to a myriad of technologies, exposure to sex is greater than ever before, but there's no sign of sex education in schools getting up to speed. The UK government recently blocked plans for sex and relationship education to become a statutory requirement in all schools as part of personal, social, health and economic studies (PSHE). This gap in discussion could have worrying impacts on young adults.

According to a recent McKinsey Global Institute report, the number of people in the global labor force will reach 3.5 billion by 2030 — and yet there will still be a shortage of skilled workers.

The result is likely to be intensified global competition for talent. Rather than assuming we’ll work in one location, in our native culture, we will need new skills, attitudes and behaviours that help us work across cultures.

Today is Eid al-Adha also known as the Sacrifice Feast, and it is the second of two Muslim holidays celebrated worldwide each year. It is also considered the holier of the two.

As we all know on occasions like this every Muslim wants to step out looking gorgeous for the morning prayers. This is followed with family meals and the exchange of gifts.

There’s no shortage of all-natural, DIY #hacks when it comes to creating glowy skin that could potentially be seen from space.

One of those hacks that you may or may not have heard of involves semen, and rubbing it all over your face in the name of a dewy glow and skin that never ages a day past 22.

What's this? I don't know to what end this is being undertaken, that hotel lobby and reception in some of these cities with highrises, be located on the top level.

Here at the Grand Hyatt in Kuala Lumpur, it's on the 39th floor of the building that seems to be about 40 levels high! So, you enter the building and meet a concierge desk where you are directed to a lift that takes you directly to the lobby floor, or one of their three restaurants on the 38th floor called "38", or to the poolside which is on level 2.

Retired Supreme Court judge, Justice Prof. Vincent Cyril Richard Arthur Charles Crabbe, known to many simply as V.C.R.A.C.,  will on Wednesday, August 30, read excerpts from “Unfinished Journey - Biography of V.C.R.A.C. Crabbe’ at the Goethe-Institut in Accra. 

He will read together with  author, Kwesi Amoak.  The book traces the life and works of the eminent Ghanaian jurist who has made tremendous contributions to law, academia and civil society in Ghana.