Health

7 October 2015

Guide Dogs Week 2015 - Moving Artwork Created to Tell Emotional Story

"Having a Guide Dog has meant that I can really live my life," says Becky in an emotional and moving story told through neon artwork in this brand new video ...

7 October 2015

Junior Doctors Threaten to Leave Jobs

Just one in four trainee doctors will remain at their NHS post if government contract changes go ahead, revealed a new poll carried out online by grassroots junior doctors. The ...

6 October 2015

Video: Why You Should Probably Get That Flu Shot

This animation shows how a virus takes over a cell and then sends millions of its children away to spread infection through a system. In order to reduce the ...

3 October 2015

10 Reasons sugar is bad for our bodies by Claire White

Excess sugar damaging our health is becoming harder to ignore. Davina McCall has written a sugar free recipe book, and Jamie Oliver has launched an attack on the fizzy drinks ...

1 October 2015

Prince William And Duchess Catherine to Attend World Mental Health Day Event

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will mark World Mental Health Day at an event hosted by Mind at London's Harrow College on Saturday, 10 October. The royal couple will meet ...
1 October 2015

Pregnancy can affect your vision

Vision Direct, Europe's largest online retailer of contact lenses, has released an infographic explaining why vision change can happen throughout pregnancy. After running a thread including 261 women on Mumsnet, asking ...
1 October 2015

Banned: Smoking with Children in the Car

MPs have voted to make it illegal in England and Wales to smoke while children are in the car. Emerging eight years after smoking in public places was banned, the ...

24 September 2015

Clue announces new tracking categories to iOS app

-  As a direct response to thousands of user requests and comments from Clue's 2 million active users in 180 countries, Clue chooses to update the app with new features. ...
24 September 2015

British Fathers Are Facing The 'Preg-mancy' Weight Issue

Fitness First's report reveals that 75% of fathers in Britain are admitting to putting on weight during the pregnancy stage and the first year of fatherhood. The results show that ...
19 September 2015

Embarrassing Bodies: Half Of Brits Are Avoiding The Doctors

On behalf of a UK-based medical website MedExpress, a new study has emerged that reveals that more than half of Britons avoid going to the doctors because they are embarrassed ...
18 September 2015

Small Lifestyle Changes Help Prevent Cancer

Exercise and a healthy diet could help prevent cancer, research has shown. Data from the World Cancer Research Fund suggests that about a third of cancer cases in the UK ...
17 September 2015

Sun - Good Or Bad

Public health organisations, such as the World Health Organisation (WHO) are being challenged to issue specific recommendations as to how long people should stay out in the sun. These recommendations ...
17 September 2015

A Nation In Need Of Pre-Gym Education

A new study that polled 2000 Brits has revealed that despite 77% of Brits exercising at least once a week. 1 in 5 of them can't name any muscles in ...
16 September 2015

Top exercises for vegans

In terms of scientific research, the jury is out on whether vegans can be said to be fitter than omnivores. However, a number of top athletes have said they feel ...
15 September 2015

Are you a smear test dodger?

-  When a letter arrives in the post, inviting you to your next smear test, it's not uncommon to feel a sense of dread. But shocking new research released today ...

11 September 2015

Dr Adam Friedmann Busts Eczema Myths Ahead Of National Eczema Week

Bad diet, nasty steroids, 'the cure' and staying away from the pool; a top Harley Street dermatologist debunks common myths about one of the nation's most dreaded skin conditions - ...
10 September 2015

Watch Out – TeenVGN Summer Camp Set to Get Bigger and Better

The UK's first ever vegan summer camp for teenagers is organised by TeenVGN, who have just have announced that future camps will be even bigger and better. With this year's ...
10 September 2015

How VegFestUK Helped BBC Star’s Son Go Vegan

Denise Morgan is an up and coming singer/songwriter who has worked with prestigious names including Tom Jones and Cerys Matthews on BBC1's 'The Voice UK'. Denise's other passion is veganism. ...

9 September 2015

Five Things You Didn’t Know About Gum Disease

Gum disease, aka periodontal disease, is one of the biggest threats to our oral health. Gum disease is a set of conditions that affect the supporting structures around your teeth. ...

8 September 2015

Poo Transplant Cures Illness

A poo transplant could cure bowel infections. A study found that implanting faeces from a healthy mouse into a sick animal's bum wiped out the illness. Chair of Microbial Biology and Metagenomics ...

2 September 2015

Cycle to Work Day: Denise van Outen’s top 5 reasons for cycling to work

Denise Van Outen is supporting the 3rd annual Cycle to Work Day event- so she has come up with her top reasons to travel to work via bike. As tens ...
2 September 2015

Live Seven Years Longer by Walking 25 Minutes a Day

Moderate regular exercise can delay the ageing process and halve the risk of heart attack death among those in their fifties and sixties, according to a team at Saarland University ...
1 September 2015

How to deal with workplace odours

The majority of people will have sat next to a whiffy co-worker. Whether the source is smelly feet, stinky breath or a bad case of BO, it seems an odorous ...
1 September 2015

Season’s change: Lady T’s top tips on owning autumn

As the seasons change and summer fades into memory, Lady T aka: author Therese has put together some tops tips to make the transition into autumn whether it's setting goals, ...