The rise of self-help books and online ‘sobriety diaries’ for those with alcohol addiction can be dangerous, according to Claire Rimmer, Lead Addictions Therapist at The Priory Hospital, Altrincham. She spoke out in the run up to Go Sober for October amid an increasing trend for people to “blog and brag” about beating their alcohol […]
Mood disorders affect millions of people all around the world. From major depression to anxiety to seasonal affective disorder, there are many ways in which these disorders negatively impact one’s life. While it is common to see a behavioural and cognitive psychologist and receive medicine from a psychiatrist, there are also less common forms of […]
How do buildings affect our health and wellbeing? A major new exhibition ‘Living with Buildings’ curated by Emily Sargent, opening at Wellcome Collection, London, on 2nd October seeks to answer this question. The show tackles how our environment affects how we work, sleep, socialise and even breathe. In his fascinating new book inspired by the […]
All about the effect that essential oils have on mood and emotion. […]
Fibromyalgia is a long term condition that causes tenderness and pain in the muscles and can affect sleep and mood. ‘Fibromyalgia literally means painful muscles and it is a collection of symptoms rather than a specific disease that is well understood,’ says Dr Ganean Baranidharan, consultant in anaesthesia and pain medicine at Leeds Teaching Hospitals […]
One in twenty Brits have not eaten a single green vegetable in a MONTH or longer, according to a shocking new report. Nationwide research into the health and diet of Britons has revealed a staggering 68 percent have not put anything green on their plate for over a week, while nearly one in twenty (4 […]
Not just what you eat but when you eat influences body weight. Some of the recent science relating to this topic are being explored on 12th November, 2018 at The Royal Society of Medicine: Chrono-Nutrition-circadian clocks, mealtimes and metabolic disorders meeting. When you wake up in the morning, do you think about what to eat for breakfast […]
This autumn thousands of people will be flocking to farmers’ festivals around the UK, from the Isle of Sheppey, in Kent, to Norfolk, Yorkshire and the Shetland Isles. September is a bumper time for harvesting onions, apples, potatoes, courgettes, tomatoes, aubergines, beetroot, blackberries and runner beans with many crops reaching their peak as the sun […]
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Innovative cycling way back when…. […]
The UK’s oldest surgical Royal College is switching gears and taking to the road, on the first-ever ‘Cycling Symposium’ across the UK, on Saturday 1st September. On behalf of the 500+ year-old Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, a dozen surgeons and surgeons-in-training will be setting off on 1 September on a gruelling seven-day bicycle […]