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Swelling During Pregnancy
Category: Lifestyle
Dealing with Swollen Feet and Ankles in Pregnancy
Pregnant and feeling puffy? Suddenly can’t seem to squeeze into your shoes? Are you in desperate need of ways to reduce the swelling, so it doesn’t look like you have cankles? Swelling of the feet and ankles can be a strange, but totally normal part of pregnancy. And, while it can be quite uncomfortable, there […]
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Active Children Perform Better at Primary School
Keele academics have lent their expertise to a pilot project designed to improve local children’s health and wellbeing. Councillor Dr Janine Bridges, from Stoke-on-Trent City Council, has been piloting an initiative to increase the levels of physical activity in primary school children to improve their health and wellbeing, in partnership with staff from Keele’s School […]
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The Emotional Journey of a Digital Detox While Travelling
New research reveals the emotional journey that tourists go on when they disconnect from technology and social media while travelling. The study, by the University of East Anglia (UEA), University of Greenwich and Auckland University of Technology (AUT), investigated how engaging in digital-free tourism impacted travellers’ holiday experiences. It involved losing access to technologies such […]
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Being Human
A major new gallery opens this week at Wellcome Collection explores the meaning of being human in the 21st century and our changing relationship with the world. What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? The Wellcome Collection, Euston has opened a major new gallery divided into four sections – Genetics, Minds […]
Your Hearing is Precious – Here’s How to Protect It
Once it’s gone – it’s gone. If you lose your hearing you can’t get it back. So, it’s important to take care of it. Here’s how: • Turn it down! Don’t automatically override the high-volume warning when listening on your mobile device. The current World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations are to limit your exposure to […]
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The Rise in Trendy Gins – and ‘Bottomless’ G&T Brunches – Risks Fuelling the UK’s drink Problem
The rise in trendy gins – and ‘bottomless’ G&T brunches – risks fuelling the UK’s drink problem, warns Priory expert · Gin was the fastest-growing alcohol category across western Europe last year, with sales up 41% in the UK · Gin is often targeted at women, with marketing campaigns and packaging which appeal to females; […]
People Seeking a Needle-Free Pout are Being Sucked into Splashing Their Cash on Poor Products
Lip-plumping tools are everywhere. From suction devices to shiny glosses, there’s something for everyone. I see new products surfacing all the time. That’s no surprise to anyone though, given the huge rise over the past few years in the number of people having dermal fillers injected into their lips. But I worry about the real damage they’re doing. And with words […]
‘Breakthrough’ in Hair Loss Technology Might Not Be Such a Crowning Glory…
If you’ve got an interest in hair restoration, or you’re worried about losing your own locks, chances are you saw the news announcing a ‘critical breakthrough’ in the fight against hair loss. Newspapers and websites trumpeted a ‘cure for baldness’, courtesy of scientists at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in La Jolla, California. […]
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The Common Points between Carnivorous Inuit & Indian Vegetarians
In the early 1950s, the British scientific prophet Hugh Sinclair had already noted the remarkably low incidence of degenerative diseases among the indigenous peoples of the Artic regions of Greenland, despite a diet consisting almost entirely of fish and seal meat. Sinclair eventually visited Greenland in 1976 and studied the blood lipid profile of the […]
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