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So you’ve been counting down to your holiday – when you’ll finally have the chance to step off the hamster wheel and relax. Except, no sooner have you checked in at your hotel than you find yourself reaching for the headache pills or tissues, as a ...

07 Jul 2023 at 07:56

As EastEnders puts drink spiking in the spotlight – signs someone has been a victim

Health & Wellbeing

EastEnders puts drink spiking in the spotlight – the signs someone has been a victim

Over the last few years, government ministers have called to make drink and needle spiking a special offence. It’s one of the reasons why EastEnders will air a storyline based on the growing epidemic around drink spiking on July 16. The main ...

03 Jul 2024 at 11:31

Life

Former footballer Jamie Redknapp: ‘It’s so easy for us to just sit on our phones and spend time doing nothing’

Jamie Redknapp wasn’t the best student in the school playground. But you would always find him playing football and tennis, or collecting Star Wars figures and Smurfs, while trading Panini football stickers. After the Italian company ...

08 May 2024 at 13:10

Health & Wellbeing

Would you know how to perform life-saving CPR? Charity says more than 4 in 10 don’t have this vital skill

More than four in 10 UK adults do not know how to perform CPR, the British Heart Foundation (BHF) has said. CPR – cardiopulmonary resuscitation – can help save somebody’s life in a medical emergency. However, 43% of people have ...

01 Feb 2024 at 11:41

Health & Wellbeing

Health explainer: What you need to know about cervical cancer

Cervical cancer will be wiped out in England by 2040, the head of the NHS has said. The NHS are increasing their efforts to get more people vaccinated and more women attending cervical screenings – currently, a third do not ...

15 Nov 2023 at 11:24

Health & Wellbeing

Do I have a cold or hay fever? An expert explains how to tell the difference

Struggling to shift a pesky cold again? Wondering why your eyes are also feeling irritated, along with endless sniffles? If this sounds familiar, it might be that you don’t actually have a cold at all, but hay fever is ...

18 Apr 2024 at 12:35

Health & Wellbeing

How to manage your own mental health when a loved one has Alzheimer’s

If you start to forget things, especially if you are over 65, it may be worth booking an appointment with your GP. According to a recent report conducted by the Alzheimer’s Society, there are around a million people ...

02 Sept 2024 at 08:45

Health & Wellbeing

How to look after your balance and avoid falls later in life

Having good balance helps prevent falls and makes our daily activities easier to perform, but it is often something we forget about when outlining our fitness goals. Improving balance also plays a crucial role in ...

29 Oct 2024 at 15:46

Health & Wellbeing

What experts want you to know about managing asthma

A new treatment to prevent some of the damage asthma causes could be available to patients soon, UK scientists have suggested. According to researchers at King’s College London, during an asthma attack, the ...

05 Apr 2024 at 12:29

Health & Wellbeing

What can you actually do to help prevent cancer, as 12% believe coffee is carcinogenic?

A new poll has found that 12% of people still believe that drinking coffee is carcinogenic. The new poll – conducted by the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), which surveyed 2,092 adults via YouGov – ...

17 Aug 2023 at 09:55

Health & Wellbeing

Everything central heating does to your health – good and bad

Is there anything cosier than that weirdly comforting burnt smell you get when you turn the heating on for the first time in ages? When the pipes start ticking ominously as the system cranks into ...

11 Oct 2024 at 08:30

Health & Wellbeing

What is sleep apnoea and is it serious?

This week mark’s Sleep Awareness Week (March 10-16 this year), but while many of us are aware getting enough slumber is essential to our health and wellbeing – what about health concerns that ...

11 Mar 2024 at 15:00

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