Category Archives: Health
You don’t need a facelift, just a few snails
Who fancies paying to have a few snails crawl across their face?
Read more...The profound effects of poor sleep revealed
If you have ever experienced…
Read more...TV cookery shows proven to be bad for the waistline
New research* by psychologists at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in New York has found that cookery programmes that promote healthy home cooked food could be bad for your health.
Read more...A story to warm the heart
It’s lovely to read today’s news articles on the successful separation of conjoined twins at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital. The identical twins, Rosie and Ruby Formosa, had an emergency operation to separate them.
Read more...Thinking of pulling a ‘sickie’?
New research has found that the amount of sick days taken by workers in 2012 have decreased from 7.7 days in 2011 to 6.8 days this year*.
Read more...World Mental Health Day
Attitudes towards mental health are changing, thankfully, but more still needs to be done to raise awareness and help people struggling with their mental health.
Read more...Obesity epidemic to see diabetes cases rise by 700,000
A charity has warned that the number of people suffering from diabetes is expected to increase by 700,000 by 2020 due to Britain’s obesity epidemic.
Read more...Stoptober
Smokers are being encouraged to give up smoking for 28 days from the 1st October in a mass attempt to quit. Stoptober is supported by Cancer Research UK and the British Heart Foundation and it’s hoped that the combined effort of smokers quitting together will help them kick the habit for good.
Read more...Is chocolate ever a “waste”?
A new survey has shown that the average Briton “wastes” £107 a month on buying things they don’t need.
Read more...A word of warning about contact lenses
I don’t wish to alarm anyone, but as my eye starts to heal from a severe eye infection I think it’s important to share some advice from my unpleasant experience.
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