Achieving a youthful glow is not only about what you put on your skin but also what you do to maintain its health from the inside. Regular skincare, balanced nutrition, and proper hydration are all key, but there are additional steps you can take to ensure your skin looks firm and toned.
Understand the Basics of Skin Aging
As we age, our skin loses elasticity and moisture, leading to wrinkles and sagging. Collagen and elastin, two proteins responsible for skin s tightness, decrease over time. Understanding this can guide you in selecting the right treatments and products that target these concerns.
Incorporate a Balanced Diet
Your skin reflects what you eat. For stronger, more resilient skin, include antioxidants in your diet which comb…
Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 21 2007 (IPS) – The world #39s sanitation crisis, caused primarily by the lack of toilet facilities for over 2.6 billion people, is an insult to humanity , says the Geneva-based Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council.
Every 20 minutes we spend sitting in our offices, organising meetings, passing resolutions and discussing policies, a child dies as a direct result of poor sanitation, complained the Council #39s executive director Jon Lane.
According to the U.N. Children #39s Fund (UNICEF), an average of about 1.5 million children die every year due to inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene.
And so, on Wednesday, the United Nations formally launched the International Year of Sanitation 2008 (IYS), a theme set by the …
Interview with Eduardo Praselj, Chairman of the Perez-Guerrero Trust Fund
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 26 2007 (IPS) – We have provided financial support to 179 South-South cooperation projects since 1987 in the fields of food and agriculture, trade, technology, energy, raw materials, technical cooperation, finance, industrialisation, and health, Eduardo Praselj, chairman of the Perez-Guerrero Trust Fund (PGTF), told IPS.
The PGTF was established by the General Assembly in 1983 to support activities in economic and technical cooperation among developing countries (ECDC/TCDC). PGTF-funded projects are designed to have a maximum multiplier effect and in the case of regional projects, serve as pilot projects for other regions.
The Trust Fund is named after the late Manuel Perez-G…
Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES, Mar 23 2009 (IPS) – The colourful new magazine of the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) in Latin America and the Caribbean has a modern look and provides not only information but articles on fashion and entertainment. It is also the perfect size to carry in a purse.
Magazines in doctors offices often show HIV-positive women in the role of victims, leading tragic lives. But the ones I know are happy, full of energy, and living healthy smoking-free lives, keeping close track of their immune systems, María Mansilla, the editor in charge of content for the publication No estás sola (You Are not Alone) told IPS.
The name of the magazine emerged from the slogan of an ICW Latina campaign targeting pregnant women livi…
This story is part one of a three-part series on the challenges faced by people living with disabilities in a world where intense storms and other natural disasters are expected to become the “new normal”.
NEW YORK, Aug 14 2013 (IPS) – Like many people living in the path of Hurricane Sandy last fall, Lauren Scrivo needed more battery power. Despite a call offering help from the mayor of Fairfield, New Jersey, where Scrivo lives with her family, her concerns went far beyond extra water bottles and flashlights.
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Apr 1 2020 (IPS) – The experience and interpretation of the Coronavirus pandemic oscillates between the personal and the general spheres. The official discourse and measures taken by authorities have a direct impact on our lives, change our daily existence and foster worries for the future. A dark cloud of uncertainty hovers above us. What do decision makers know? What can they do? What can we do? Many of us are secluded in our own homes, others in wards or hospitals, or even alone and far away from the ones they love:
All you who sleep tonight
Far from the ones you love,
No hands to left or right,
And emptiness above –
Know that you aren’…
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 2020 (IPS) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has that developing countries would need more than the US$2.5 trillion to provide relief to affected families and businesses and expedite economic recovery.
Anis Chowdhury
With their limited fiscal capacities, developing countries will need to borrow more, increasing their often already high public . Developing country debt has grown rapidly since the 2008-2009 global financial crisis (GFC), reaching historical highs even before the pandemic.
A deep pandemic induced depression may also require governments to take over huge private debt liab…
Beirut, Lebanon; Tuesday, September 1st, 2020. Credit: Photojournalist Rahib Yassine
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb 1 2021 (IPS) – Humankind is no stranger to the destabilizing events of 2020. The state of the global economy and the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic hit the headlines. In this ever escalating global crisis, Lebanon, has been facing what can only be described as unimaginable hardships. For the past year the c…