Health and Fitness
Top tips for encouraging children to walk to school
After a summer of British sporting success, leading outdoor retailer Hi-Tec is encouraging families to adopt an active lifestyle in the autumn and walk, rather than drive, to school.
Active Brits spend £15 billion on sport each year
Brits who participate in sports and hobbies spend an average of £678 per person each year, reveals new research from M&S Money, with the Olympics inspiring a quarter of active people to take up more sport.
Concern over family finance leads to stress-induced illness
Financial hardship is now the biggest cause for worry in our day to day lives, a survey has found. As a result, 'secondary stress', drawn from worries over family finances and a partner's job security, is so severe that scores of women have been struck down by stress-induced illnesses in the last few years.
Increase in injuries in lead up to summer of sports
Physiotherapists saw an increase of over 20% in sports injuries in the lead up to the summer of sports, a new survey revealed.
Revolutionary varicose vein treatments come to Plymouth
A Plymouth aesthetic clinic is hosting an open day in conjunction with leading vascular surgeon Kenneth Woodburn, from the Cornwall Vein Clinic, to introduce two cutting edge treatments for varicose veins.
Brits to fill Olympic void with fitness craze holiday
With the Olympics over, Brits are looking to fill the void by getting in shape like Olympians. Many of which, are turning to fitness holidays like Sunblast to fuel their new ambitions.
Middle-aged urged to check their sun-damaged skin
A striking new campaign has been launched urging people with the common condition actinic keratoses to have any suspicious lesions checked out by a GP for fear of developing a form of skin cancer.
Innovative new mobility aid keeps people active in own homes
Designed to aid individuals to ascend and descend domestic and commercial stairs safely and with ease, StairAID is a cost effective alternative to conventional powered stair lifts.
Yoga: A cost effective treatment for back pain sufferers?
Specialised group yoga classes could provide a cost-effective way of treating patients with chronic or recurrent low back pain, according to the UK's largest ever study of the benefits of yoga.
Get fit for gardening
With the thrill of the Olympics now over and the end of the summer fast approaching, many people will be thinking of finally getting all those gardening jobs done that they’ve been neglecting.
Ryan Thomas shows support for Men’s Health Survival of the Fittest event
Ryan Thomas, who plays builder, Jason Grimshaw in Coronation Street, showed his support for the launch of a brand new sports event coming to Manchester later this year.
Olympic cycling success inspires increased female pedal power
If Bradley Wiggins' fairy tale Tour de France victory wasn't enough to make cycling a national sensation in Britain, then the eight gold Olympic medals in road and track cycling that followed appear to have done just that.
How the proposed cuts to disability benefits will impact the Paralympics
In recent news we have heard that there is a great deal of concern over how the proposed cuts to disability benefits may impact on the Paralympics and many people are voicing concerns over how this will affect the wider disabled community as well. What do these cuts really mean and will they impact on your life or that of your family?
Natural Ayurvedic health tips for weightloss and wellbeing
Dr Prasanna Kerur Ayurvedic Consultant at the Ayush Wellness Spa, Jersey advises the following natural tips to lose weight following your summer holiday and summer indulgences.
The ever easy teething help
Teething is the process by which infants teeth sequentially appear by breaking through the gums and can start as early as three months or as late, in some cases, as twelve months.