Health and Fitness
More Choice For NHS Patients
Lord Warner today announced a new library pilot project alongside new choice booklets to help patients make more informed choices in their healthcare. This comes at a time when more Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) are offering choice and new choice booklets become available in all 152 PCTs in England.
Obesity and PCOS
Obesity has a profound effect on the clinical manifestation of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal disorder affecting 20-25% of white European women and up to 50% of women in the UK from South Asia. About 50% of women with PCOS are overweight, and this increase in body weight has a major influence on the symptoms of PCOS and fertility.
Put On Your Dancing Shoes
On Thursday 16 November at 11:15 a.m. more than 200,000 Dutch people will be dancing simultaneously for five minutes as part of the 'Get the Netherlands Dancing' campaign, an initiative by the Dutch Institute for Sport and Exercise (NISB). The aim of the campaign is to call attention to exercise as a resource in the fight against obesity. An important part of the campaign is to break the current Guinness world record for simultaneous dancing. At the moment it is held by Canada, where 196,569 people danced the hokey cokey simultaneously on 9 April 2002.
Does Fat Equal Unhealthy?
Jamie Oliver's last promo trailer for his return to school dinners programme showed the nation's favourite chef in a fat suit, eating burgers and breaking his trademark scooter when he sits on it.
Internet-Based Programme for Weight-Loss
97% of all weight loss on diets is regained, something Weight Loss Coach Liz Sheppard-Jones knows only too well. She has lost 10 stones during her life - including 3 stones on 2 separate occasions - as the quintessential yo-yo dieter for 20 years.
November 14th is World Diabetes Day
World Diabetes Day is celebrated every year on 14 November. The date commemorates the birthday of Frederick Banting, who, along with Charles Best, is credited with the discovery of insulin in 1921.
12 Million Could Be Obese By 2010
Figures published by the Department of Health show that nearly a third of UK men will be obese by 2010, along with more than 12 million adults overall and one million children, if we don't start to make changes as a nation to our lifestyles.
Drinking: Know Your Limits
'Alcohol makes you feel invincible when you are most vulnerable' says a hard-hitting new campaign which will urge young people to know their limits when they have a drink.
More choice for better mental health
People with mental health problems will have more choice over their treatment under new guidance published by the Department of Health this week. The document, 'Our Choices in Mental Health', sets out the national framework that will make more choice available locally to people who use mental health services in England.
Essential Wear For Young Adults
A hard-hitting new sexual health campaign will urge sexually active young adults to make condoms essential wear when they are out on the "pull."
Public still lack understanding of HIV
Findings from a recent Eurobarometer survey for the European Commission has identified an alarming lack of understanding about HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) amongst the European community.
Public still lack understanding of HIV
Findings from a recent Eurobarometer survey for the European Commission has identified an alarming lack of understanding about HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) amongst the European community.
Breast Cancer And Self-Examination
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer worldwide and accounts for almost one in three of all malignancies in women. The introduction of mammograms and improved treatments have had positive effects on mortality rates in women aged 50 and above, but despite this, one of the most effective ways to detect abnormal lumps or irregularities amongst women is still being overlooked - self examination.
21st Century Yoga For Durham Community
Two of the North East’s premier fitness trainers have combined their expertise to set up a joint venture in a bid to shrink the waistlines and improve the health of the Durham community.
Fitness Expert Launches Online Gym
Fed up of paying expensive gym fees and never going? Or do you go to the gym but never achieve your goals? Going to the gym has become a popular way to help fight the flab and shed the pounds. But if you're one of those people who struggles to find the motivation to go and you're only really there because there's no other alternative - your problem is about to be solved as one of the UK's leading fitness experts launches an online alternative to going to the gym.