It’s the season! Clocks have gone back, it’s getting chillier and you start noticing people around you snuffling and sneezing so it can feel inevitable that it will be your turn to catch a cold soon. Having a cold is never fun. What starts as a tell-tale tickle in the […]
Doctors need to get better at having difficult conversations with dying patients and not just in their final days, according to a report from the Royal College of Physicians. It says doctors should talk to people who could die within 12 months, who may be frail or terminally ill, and […]
“One You” is a fantastic website offers top tips and helpful hints for the Great British public to help them loose weight, adopt health habits including taking more exercise. We really liked this list of incredibly practical tips on how to add exercise into your daily life and take advantage […]
The evidence shows that being lonely is bad for your physical and mental health. But, with support from groups and specialists – and even the internet – you needn’t tackle it on your own. According to the Campaign to End Loneliness, a commission originally set up by MP Jo Cox […]
In this day and age knowing what is good for you seems like an impossible task when you have to navigate through the mountains of ever changing and seemingly contradictory information. One minute you are supposed to fill up on meat then you are encouraged to go vegan and when […]
Honey and over-the-counter medicines should be the first line of treatment for most people with coughs, new guidelines recommend. Antibiotics should rarely be prescribed by doctors for coughs because in most cases they do little to improve symptoms, health officials say. Most of the time a cough will improve on […]
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, anxiety disorders are currently the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults age 18 and older. Anxiety disorders can include a range of classifications including generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and specific phobias. While doing […]
“Fat consumption is the only cause of weight gain!” declares the Mail Online, reporting on a study where mice were exposed to different diets and monitored for weight gain and increased energy intake. Around 30 different diets, all highly controlled, were given to mice over a period of 12 weeks. […]
Eating nuts regularly could improve sperm health, a study suggests. Men who ate about two handfuls of mixed almonds, hazelnuts and walnuts daily for 14 weeks improved their sperm count and had more viable “swimmers”, scientists found. The study comes amid a decline in sperm counts across the Western world, […]
Replace your rice and potatoes with lentils! Eating pulses reduces blood glucose levels by up to 35% and lowers the risk of type 2 diabetes, study reveals. Eating lentils instead of rice or potatoes could help prevent or manage type 2 diabetes, a study has found. The vegetarian staple can […]
