Truth about menopause and your suddenly rising heart risk
The protection women have against heart disease before menopause is substantial, and it does not last. Before menopause, men are roughly twice as likely as women of the same age to have a heart attack or develop heart disease. Afterwards, the risk between the sexes is close to equal.
Meet Shafi: The blind comedian changing how Dhaka laughs
Shafayat-e-Rabbi Wazed, who performs as Shafi, holds a corporate job in Dhaka and does stand-up comedy in the evenings. Much of his material is about being blind, which is a deliberate choice rather than an obvious one.
Stopped at the Gate: Why independent women are still fighting to travel
On August 8, three women were stopped from boarding a flight to Nepal at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. Rifa Tamanna, Sohani Islam Samapti and Naznin were travelling to a mediators' conference with the Bangladesh International Mediation Society, and say they had all the documents…
Your parents are getting old and you’re running out of time
There is a point at which you notice your parents have become careful on stairs. Nothing announces it. You simply register that a hand has gone to the banister where it never used to, and something rearranges itself.
How much caffeine is too much? A dietitian weighs in
Most people drinking three or four cups of coffee a day are within safe limits. The problems tend to come from timing and from drinks whose caffeine content is easy to underestimate.
I quit social media for six months: Here is what changed
I deactivated my accounts in part because I had stopped noticing I was using them. The phone came out while eating, on the bus, in the middle of conversations. Six months later, the thing I would tell anyone considering it is that the first week is misleading.
About Me
Hello ! I am Richard Y. Lim
Upon migration to Medina, the direction of the Qibla continued to be Jerusalem, although it was then physically impossible for one to also face the Ka’ba, as Medina is north of Makkah.
