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The ancient Greeks and Romans used baths for relaxation, health and healing. Last week in New York, I visited an awesome spa recreating the ‘thermae’ experience: the caldarium (hot bath), tepidarium (warm), frigidarium (cold plunge), a floatarium (su...

Vacations are a badly needed break from the norm and maintaining your usual, healthy routine during your holiday does not always happen. When travelling, I try to stick to my normal lifestyle. I manage to get a workout in daily by starting early, be...

Dear Dr Nekia, I hear a lot of women complaining about how men do not do this and that anymore while dating. Didn’t women fight for equal rights? For the right to be treated like men? So why are women complaining about men no longer bending over ba...

There are good surprises and bad surprises involved in parenting. Bad surprises include the green slime in a newborn’s diaper and the staggering reach of projectile vomit. Good surprises include the fiercely unconditional love and the moment you real...

My tank was brimming so was there really any need for all that rain last week? Going a little stir-crazy indoors, I took advantage of a break in the clouds to hit the railway trail with the pooch. Enough blue for a sailor-suit we strolled our usual r...

Dear Heather, We have put our house on the market for sale. However, we have a dog and a cat, who usually spend the day inside the house, and we are wondering how we are going to manage the home being shown whilst we’re not home. Pet Owner Dear Pet ...

You do not need insulin injections. You do not have to stick your finger every day to check the blood sugar. You never had a problem with eating sweets. So, you do not have diabetes, right? Not so fast. Do you sometimes feel more thirsty than you sho...

If your idea of decorating your dorm room involves buying a new duvet cover and slapping a poster up on the wall, then think again. Bermudian-based home decorators Oneka Benn Schwartz and Louisa Freisenbruch have some better ideas for how to afforda...

Dear Dr Nekia, My wife seems to be a bit on the lazy side. She is always wanting to nap or complains of low energy. We get into disputes quite a bit over it because I just can’t seem to understand why she needs so much sleep. I can get four hours in ...

I have always been an awkward dancer. A trusty glass of bubbles helps, but I’ve never dashed on to an empty dance floor. I am most comfortable in the middle of a sweaty mob where there is barely any room between bodies and a simple shimmy will do. I...

I’ve often wondered what I would do on a desert island … somewhere I had everything available to me but nobody watching and no one to answer to. Would I eat cake until I exploded? Send myself into financial ruin buying shoes? Do nothing but watch TV...