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Hayfever: A natural remedy

Hayfever: A natural remedy

While some of us are feeling a spring in our step as the weather gradually gets warmer, others are approaching the spring/summer season with dread.

Kim Kardashian in the UK to launch QuickTrim

Kim Kardashian in the UK to launch QuickTrim

Kim Kardashian was in the UK last week to launch a new weight management product, QuickTrim.

Gluten sensitivity: Are you suffering?

Gluten sensitivity: Are you suffering?

Do you experience bloating, abdominal pain, diarrhoea or headaches? If you answered yes, then you could be one of millions potentially affected by gluten sensitivity and you may benefit from a gluten free diet.

Get into shape on a weight loss and fitness holiday

Get into shape on a weight loss and fitness holiday

How did summer creep up so fast? It won’t be long until the bikinis and swim shorts will be making an appearance, yet there is still time to slim down and shape up.

Sing your heart out and keep body and soul in tune

No longer are we a nation of unfound talent; with so many shows on the box, 'ordinary people' now have the chance to perform on stage in front of cameras and TV personalities.

Zumba Fitness Rush style packs

Zumba Fitness Rush style packs

505 Games and Majesco have just released the first Zumba Fitness Rush downloadable dance style pack featuring three exotic Bollywood songs to spice up your workout and build your track library.

Make history with the Vegan Society

Make history with the Vegan Society

People are increasing going vegan to improve their health, at the same time challenging our society to end exploitation of animals, and suggesting that plant-based diets may now be a key part of the solution to global problems from climate change to obesity.

Fruit and veg - just one more

To celebrate National Vegetarian Week 21 - 27 May, Health Research UK is urging everyone to aim for 'just one more' portion of fruit or veg and help to prevent a range of conditions including heart disease.

Pensioners fail to count the cost of ill-health in retirement

Despite the on-going debate about the need to fund long-term care for the elderly, only one in five people planning to retire this year have made financial provision for ill-health in retirement, new research from Prudential shows.

Don't pick up more than your luggage

Don't pick up more than your luggage

Every year thousands of us get away to enjoy a relaxing holiday, and while we can't do anything about the long queues and crowded airports away, we can prevent picking up those nasty bugs.

Only a fifth of Brits getting their recommended 5 A Day

Just one-in-five Britons are eating the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, a poll for World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) has found.

Spring Showers Syndrome (SSS)

Spring Showers Syndrome (SSS)

With the May forecast looking wet and dreary we shouldn’t underestimate the impact it can have on our emotions.

Recession-hit Brits feel increasing bite of the ‘health crunch'

With the UK dipping back into recession and food inflation on the rise, new data from PruHealth, the insurer that rewards healthy behaviour, finds the continuing rise in cost of living is meaning 10.6 million Brits are not eating as healthily as they would like to and over half (52%) believe their health has suffered as a result of the recession.

Priory launches new Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy course

Following the launch of its Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) programme, the Priory Hospital Brighton and Hove is offering a new MBCT course designed at developing new ways of handling difficult moods and mental states.

Shape up in style with a fitness break in the Irish Lakelands

Shape up in style with a fitness break in the Irish Lakelands

If you want to treat yourself to a break that will rejuvenate you, mind, body and spirit, then boutique hotel Wineport Lodge in the Irish Lakelands has the answer.