Health and Fitness
Swimwear swap shop
Summer is coming, which means its time to start thinking about looking good in the sun. But there’s no need to start worrying about complicated diet plans or odd looking diet shakes because, according to leading nutritionist and author Fiona McDonald Joyce, losing those few extra pounds to fit into your swimwear doesn’t have to mean sacrifice, but rather simple and tasty swaps.
New guide is fish for thought
Efalex and nutritionist Fiona Hunter launch free educational guide to make fish the dish of the day 90% of the population are aware that fish is important for their health, but for 70% of Brits, fish is not the dish of the day* with only 30% eating the government recommended intake**. The survey results revealed that the population’s culinary skills may be to blame for the nation’s aversion to eating fish.
Marathon survival kit
Run this year’s marathon in style with a selection of stylish kit from No Balls – the new online Sportswear boutique. No Balls offers women beautiful, performance related and attractive sportswear so you can still look and feel great as you run the whole 26.2 miles. The website hosts a selection of running wear from Thoosa and TriGirl.
HSA launches unique Facebook personal planner
People will no longer have to worry about missing a dentist or opticians appointment again, thanks to a new personal planner introduced today by Healthplan provider, HSA.
Back on track
Back pain is an increasingly common problem that affects almost 80% of the population at some time in their lives and costs the NHS around £480m a year, making it the number two reason for long-term absence from work in the UK.
World Health Day: 7th April Country walks are route to good health
Health talk is hot news, with the Government’s latest initiative to give the over 40s a health ‘MOT’, and World Health Day upon us again.
Get set for summer
Summer brings the promise of warm weather, holiday travel and the freedom of wearing fewer clothes and loving the sunny season. But what if you have varicose veins? Or suffer holiday tummy? Perhaps you are self-conscious about your bloated belly? Or are you one of those people prone to mozzie bites? Take heart, help is at hand from a variety of natural supplements.
On your bike – Its ladies night!
As cycling continues to increase in popularity more and more ladies are taking to two wheels to get around town and indulge in leisure cycling. Evans Cycles, the UK’s largest specialist cycle retailer, are demystifying the bike buying experience and hosting a series of Ladies Nights at various stores throughout the country in May.
Hospital managers to blame for MRSA, say eight out of 10 Brits
On the day that all NHS hospitals should have completed a 'deep clean' in an effort by the Department of Health to tackle superbugs, new research shows that the British public lays the blame for MRSA squarely at the feet of hospital managers, rather than cleaners, doctors, patients or visitors.
Fitness barriers being broken in UK workplace exercise trial
Psychologists from the University of Leeds are helping to motivate more than 1,000 workers to get fit in a work-based study into physical activity and health – believed to be the first of its kind in the UK.
Poor sanitation threatens public health in Africa
Sixty-two percent of Africans do not have access to an improved sanitation facility - a proper toilet - which separates human waste from human contact, according to the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation.
Social networking site launches for cancer sufferers
Cancerbackup, the information and support charity, has launched the first online cancer social network in the UK at Whatnow.org.uk. Called What Now? because that’s the first question you ask when diagnosed with cancer, the website provides people affected by cancer with an unprecedented ability to connect, communicate and exchange information with one another.
Food cravings has even the celebs baffled
Reports this week revealed that pregnant Cate Blanchett is experiencing cravings for pickles and ice cream, making her one of the estimated 68% of pregnant women experiencing similar unusual food hankerings.
£42 million for research into children's health
Childhood obesity, infant mortality and keeping children safe in the home are three areas of research which will benefit from £42 million of government funding, it’s been announced.
60,000 new doctors will target problem drinkers
Sixty thousand new doctors will be specifically trained in the next ten years to identify and treat people who are drinking too much. Medical schools have been allocated £650,000 to do a scoping exercise next financial year to see how alcohol misuse training can be added to the curriculum.