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10 ways to help children sleep better

Children's tech obsession can be hard enough for parents to deal with during the day – but new evidence suggests they should be concerned about the effect it's having on kids at night too.

Research shows that the 40% of children aged between six and 11 years who use mobile phones, laptops or tablets in the hours before bedtime are getting around 20 minutes less sleep a night than...

12 things you only know if you feel cold all the time

Yes, even in summer, says Katie Wright.

I recently learned a word I’d never heard before, a word that made me gasp when I realised it describes me to a T.

‘Nesh’ is used in part of the Midlands and north of England to describe someone who feels the cold – a lot.

Personally, my ideal air temperature is 30 degrees and I get angry when people complain about heatwaves....

Have Your Cake and Eat It: The Top 10 Most Nutritious Baked Goods

A multivitamin subscription brand has revealed the top 10 most nutritious baked goods, based on each recipe's vitamin and mineral content, to celebrate hit TV show the Great British Bake Off. The brand's nutritionists have calculated that a slice of carrot cake contains 11% of the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of vitamin A and banana bread contains 3.2% of an adult's RDA of potassium....

This is why it's better to shower at night, according to a skincare expert

Are you an evening shower fan? Or do you prefer to lather up first thing in the morning?

If you said the latter, I'm afraid we've got some bad news for you. According to Swedish beauty brand Foreo, if you want to keep your skin in tip-top condition, it's advisable to shower at night rather than when you get out of bed first thing.

"It's an argument with some very vocal...

Ask an expert: Could using social media be affecting my daughter’s mental health?

A doctor offers guidance for parents on talking to kids about how social media might be making them feel. By Lisa Salmon.

My 13-year-old daughter spends a lot of time on social media and often seems anxious, depressed and moody. I don’t know whether it’s just because she’s being a ‘normal’ teenager, or whether her mood is negatively affected by her social-media use. She’s not easy to...

MONAT® Global Poised to Revolutionize Anti-Aging Skincare with Launch of MONAT Skincare

Global anti-aging haircare innovator MONAT has expanded its naturally based anti-aging products beyond haircare with the introduction of MONAT Skincare. MONAT Co-Founder and CEO Ray Urdaneta announced the company's evolution into skincare to an audience of 8,000 MONAT independent Market Partners at the company's annual conference, MONATions United, in Columbus, Ohio, on Sept. 14, 2019. The...

Sleep matters: The impact of sleep on health and wellbeing

The effect of sleep deprivation on the body and mind is well documented with poor sleep being linked to physical problems such as a weakened immune system and mental health issues such as anxiety and depression.* Adults who sleep less than six hours a night also have a 13% higher mortality risk.**

Research indicates that 20% of road accidents involve a driver with fatigue, and these...

The scale of our gym-phobia

New findings from PureGym reveal that 50% of non-gym goers in the UK admit to feeling scared of the gym, with some stating their gym phobia is worse than more commonly recognised fears such as heights, spiders or injections. The scale of our gym-phobia: The study ( full report here ) compared gym anxiety to other common fears and helped to show that some people are so spooked by gym that one...

New AI technology for advanced heart attack prediction

~Researchers develop a heart 'fingerprint' to tailor personalised treatment for people at high risk of deadly heart attack ~

Technology developed using artificial intelligence (AI) could identify people at high risk of a fatal heart attack at least 5 years before it strikes, according to new research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF). The findings are being presented at...

A life of low cholesterol slashes heart and circulatory disease

~Countless heart attacks and strokes could be prevented with sustained drop in cholesterol and blood pressure ~

Modest and sustained decreases in blood pressure and cholesterol levels reduces the lifetime risk of developing fatal heart and circulatory diseases, such as heart attack and stroke, according to research part-funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF). The findings are...

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