Health
London Fashion Week - Call for action by Beat
Ahead of London Fashion Week Susan Ringwood, CEO of Beat, the UK’s leading eating disorders charity, issues a challenge to the fashion industry to ensure the health of its models.
OAPs hitting the bottle in retirement
The UK's binge drinking youth has regularly hit the headlines over the last few years. However, there is a worrying trend amongst the older generation according to The Linwood Group, one of the UK's leading chain of alcohol treatment centres.
Help for stammerers in Cardiff
The McGuire Programme is holding a four-day Speech Improvement course on February 13th in Cardiff for people who suffer from a stammer, which culminates in graduates giving public speeches on a soapbox in the city centre.
Parents should consider life-saving vaccine for teenage girls
Mr Tim Broadhead, consultant gynaecologist at Spire Leeds Hospital, is calling for parents to take advantage of the available opportunity to immunise their daughters against cervical cancer.
Graham Norton stamps out stress
Employees across the UK are switching off their emails and wearing slippers to work on Friday 1st February to support Samaritans Stress Down Day. The emotional support charity is bringing seasonal relief to busy workers and raising awareness of the detrimental effects of stress on people’s health.
Samsung supports the Cystic Fibrosis Trust
Samsung Mobile today announced that it will be supporting the Cystic Fibrosis Trust through a number of fund raising activities throughout 2008. The campaign, championed by Mark Mitchinson, VP of Samsung Mobile UK and Ireland, began this month with a Samsung four mile run on the 4th January.
Kick your hibernation habit this spring
Do you wake up feeling tired before your day has even started? Do you hit snooze on your alarm clock until the very last minute? The spring months bring with them longer days and milder weather but it can still be hard to break out of hibernation mode. When that Monday morning feeling stays with you till Friday, it’s time to look at the underlying causes.
UK first for pregnancy aquatics course
A pioneering course for would-be pregnancy aquanatal instructors has been developed by Salford University – with the first group of students starting 25 February 2008.
Rejuvenate yourself
Every single cell in your body can be awakened, strengthened, cleansed and charged with energy, according to Biological Therapeutics’ Rejuvenate with Fulvic Acid. And once your cells are back firing on all cylinders and bursting with life – then so will you!
Managers not leading healthy example
Good managers are meant to lead by example but when it comes to health many are falling short by smoking, leading sedentary lifestyles and being overweight, according to BUPA's corporate healthcare assessments.
New care home website invites you to turn on, tune in, drop by
Bettercaring has announced the re-launch of bettercaring.com, a unique consumer website that combines a comprehensive care home directory with stories, tips and an online discussion forum.
More NHS patients could benefit from home healthcare
Patients and the NHS could benefit from treating even more people in their own homes, says Clinovia provider of home healthcare services in the UK.
Over 60’s weigh-in for weight loss surgery
TV’s X-Factor judge Sharon Osbourne is boosting the popularity of weight-loss surgery for older women. Latest figures from private hospital group Spire Healthcare show the number of over 60s having gastric banding and gastric bypass surgery has doubled in the last year.
Banish the January blues
Christmas is over but winter is not. Like the weather, many people’s mood is dull. And like New Year debts, many people’s anxiety levels are high. Welcome to January - the month that many find very difficult to handle.
Let a little love help you quit smoking
As you stub out what you hope is your last cigarette at midnight on New Year’s Eve, consider this: conventional methods of support such as nicotine replacement have only a 15-17% success rate after one year. So it’s clear there’s more to it than nicotine withdrawal and willpower!