The impact of sugar on your body
The less sugar you eat, the less you crave. Find out how it affects your body and make changes to cut out the sweet stuff today. Read more
Fitness & Wellbeing
Steps to help prevent cancer
Making smart health choices can have a significant impact on reducing your risk of developing cancer. Find out how you can help protect yourself through simple everyday healthy choices. Read more
How alcohol affects your heart
Excessive alcohol consumption can have a harmful effect on your heart, and also contribute to potential weight gain. Read more
Pregnancy and motherhood
Talking to children about cancer: where to start
Knowing where to start is a big help when it comes to telling your child about a cancer diagnosis. Our expert guides will help you lead your children through an especially difficult time. Read more
Mindfulness in schools
Discover one thing that could benefit your child at school Read more
Is breastfeeding the same around the world?
Breastfeeding is widely seen as the best way to nourish your baby, but customs and beliefs vary widely in different cultures. Learn more with Bupa Global. Read more
Sleep Smart
The Paradox of Sleep
Sometimes doing the exact opposite of what you want to do can actually help you achieve your goal. Professor Richard Wiseman teaches you some simple cognitive tasks that distract your brain from the anxieties and stress of everyday life so you can fall asleep better Read more
Avoiding The Blues
In the first of our video series on Sleep, Professor Richard Wiseman explores how something we use every day could be stopping us from getting good sleep. Blue lights from your laptops, phones and tablets can affect your sleep and have led to record levels of insomnia. Join Professor Richard Wiseman as he shows you the simple ways to avoid this problem and get back to better sleep. Read more
Dream Solution
Your dreams aren’t just nonsensical, fleeting images. Dreams have brought some of the best ideas into fruition, leading to major advances in science and arts. It’s even possible to manipulate your dreams to work for you and find the answers to problems that have been plaguing you. Professor Richard Wiseman looks at how you can turn your dreams to your advantage. Read more
Country and City Guides
China Expat Guide
This guide offers information and advice if you are moving to China. Read the page below to find out about anything from tax rules and banking to education and cultural highlights. Read more
Portugal Expat Guide
This guide offers information and advice if you are moving to Portugal. Read the page below to find out about anything from tax rules and banking to education and cultural highlights. Read more
Spain Expat Guide
This guide offers information and advice if you are moving to Spain. Read the page below to find out about anything from tax rules and banking to education and cultural highlights. Read more
Health Factsheets
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
This factsheet is for people who have an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), or who would like information about it. Read more
Anger Management
Anger – you’ve probably experienced it at some point and to varying degrees in your life. Read more
Angina
This factsheet is for people who have angina, or who would like information about Angina. Read more
Cognitive behavioural therapy
This factsheet is for people who are having cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), or who would like information about it. Read more
Electrocardiogram (ECG)
This factsheet is for people who are having an electrocardiogram (ECG), or who would like information about it. Read more
Travel & Tourism
Hong Kong health guide
Hong Kong is a city internationally recognised as having a high standard of healthcare. It has the eighth highest life expectancy at birth in the world, and the sixth lowest infant death rate, which is used as an indicator of how good healthcare is in a country. Read more
Dubai health guide
Dubai, one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has a high standard of healthcare. Life expectancy in Dubai is 76 years and the infant death rate, which is used as an indicator of how good healthcare is in a country, is seven per 1,000 births. This is comparable to countries that have the 57th lowest rate in the world for this measure. Read more
Singapore health guide
Singapore is a country internationally recognised as having a high standard of healthcare. It has the ninth highest life expectancy at birth in the world, and the second lowest infant death rate (which is used as an indicator of how good healthcare is in a country). Read more