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All the latest health and wellbeing information and advice from the experts.

How to Manage Muscular Pain at Home

Aches and pains are a natural part of life, but if you’re finding yourself getting regular muscle ache it can be very uncomfortable and frustrating. Regular muscle ache could be an indication of a bigger problem, so it’s always worth visiting your doctor for some advice if it continues. Usually, however, these issues can be resolved at home with a few simple remedies. Below are some tips on...

Keeping Your Kids Happy and Healthy

Keeping your kids happy and healthy is paramount to an easy family life. If you want to avoid temper tantrums and sick days off school, here are some of the top steps that you can take to protect and look after your young family as they grow up and ensure that they smile every day of the week.

Look after their skin

Although you might not think that kids are as susceptible to...

How to get back into fitness

Everyone knows that staying fit is an important aspect to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. That being said, when you haven’t been able to maintain your fitness in recent months or even years, you might find it difficult to get back into things.

Perhaps you sustained an injury that left you in a state of having to take it easy for a while, or maybe life has just become so hectic that...

Miss the Gym? The essential equipment every fitness fan needs for home workouts

If you’re a fitness fanatic, then being unable to use your local gym is likely a sore spot for you, but you shouldn’t give up hope just yet. After all, Peloton have experienced record sales as people invest in the latest and greatest equipment for their own personal use at home. Why not join them? Here are 3 great tips to help you get equipped for a worthwhile workout at home.

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Increased screen time in lockdown could damage your eyesight

Eye experts warn Brits at risk of computer vision syndrome due to excess lockdown screen use.

Based on Ofcom’s data* revealing that screen time surged more than a third during the April lockdown, vision experts from Essilor are warning people not to neglect their eyesight during lockdown 2.0 or risk very noticeable eyestrain.

Statistics recorded at the height of the first...

4 ways to treat yourself this month

When you have a hectic life filled with work, kids, and keeping up with the housework, it is easy to get burned out. Before you know it, you are too exhausted to get through the day and find yourself reaching for the coffee pot more often than you know you should. Because of this, it is so important to give yourself a break from time to time.

One of the best ways to do this is to...

A new ‘opt out’ system for organ donation has come in to effect

New organ donation law in England already saving lives

Friday 20 November marks six months since Max and Keira’s Law (Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2020) came into effect in England and saw the country shift to an ‘opt out’ system for organ donation.

The new law, which saw England change to an opt out system alongside Wales and Jersey, means that people in England are now considered as willing to donate, unless they have opted out...

Employees are becoming increasingly emotionally remote

Boundaries between work and home life are becoming increasingly blurred

More than half (52%) of UK employees agree that the boundaries between their work and home life are becoming increasingly blurred, according to the latest research by Aviva.

Aviva’s new report - ‘ Embracing the Age of Ambiguity’ - explores the impact that ambiguity is having on key areas of working life, from wellbeing and work-life balance to employee-employer relationships....

How well do popular diets help you lose weight?

One piece of advice you might get if you want to lose weight is to reduce the number of calories you consume. This will often mean going on a low-carbohydrate diet. The only problem is that there are several low-carbohydrate diets you could try. Some of these diets call for the total elimination of carbohydrates, while others only call for its reduction. So, how well do the most popular low-...