Health and Fitness

Fitness First make A1 decision

Managers at Fitness First’s head office in Poole, have become one of the first companies to add the new Audi A1 to their company car scheme. The new Audi A1 has only been on the road for a few months, but has made a great impression on the staff at Fitness First.

Retirees in Woking to get advice on keeping active

Keeping active is the subject of a seminar aimed at the over 65s being held at Mayford Grange, near Woking.

Goals Soccer Centres releases iPhone app

Goals Soccer Centres announced today that it has released an iPhone application in partnership with mobile experts Adactus Ltd. With 41 centres in the UK and having opened in Los Angeles, Goals has cemented its strategy to innovate and lead the industry.

Many UK children still face poor diet and nutrition

Children in the UK are risking serious illnesses later in life because of poor diet and nutrition while they are young, an important new study just published on behalf of the Health Supplements Information Service (HSIS) has found.

Eating disorders on the rise in Scotland

A city psychologist has called for improved understanding of eating disorders in support of Eating Disorders Awareness Week (Monday 21-Monday 28 February) after seeing a steady rise in Scottish sufferers.

A 'Masterpiece Midsummer Party' in aid of CLIC Sargent

Masterpiece London, which showcases the very best in fine and decorative arts and contemporary design, has selected CLIC Sargent, the leading cancer charity for children and young people, as its charity of the year for 2011.

Dame Kelly Holmes tries sandboarding in Abu Dhabi

Multi-gold medal winning Olympian, Dame Kelly Holmes, swapped her running shoes for towering dunes as she tried her hand at sandboarding in Abu Dhabi's vast Rub' Al Khali (Empty Quarter) - the world's largest expanse of unbroken sand, equivalent in size to France, Holland and Belgium combined.

Congenital heart defects shouldn't stop people travelling

For those living with pre-existing medical conditions, such as Congenital Heart Defects (CHD), it can be difficult to find affordable travel cover, making holidays abroad more costly. But it doesn’t have to be the case.

Give your handbag a snacking makeover

Handbags are the ultimate accessory for every woman and 60% of women say they simply can’t live without them, according to new research by California Almonds.

UK’s favourite TV doctor to ‘kiss off’

The UK’s Popular TV medic, Dr Chris Steele MBE, is launching the final stage of an innovative, charity led, global health education campaign on February 18th 2011 at a North West England High School that looks set to break a Guinness World Record and help put a rare deadly lung disease that virtually no one has heard about on the map.

Anadin launches iPhone 'Pain Adviser' app

Want to know whether you’re suffering a tension or sinus headache, what’s causing your toothache or the best way to ease back pain? Then Ask Anadin. The experts in pain relief have launched a new free-of-charge ‘Pain Adviser’ App which provides all the answers at your fingertips to help you understand and manage common pains.