Jenov Jenovallen/Shutterstock By now, we are all familiar with guidance on how to reduce your risk of contracting coronavirus: wash your hands, wear a mask, social distance. But here’s another important piece of advice: don’t vape. Smoking has been shown to be a risk factor for more severe forms ofContinue Reading
It's recommended that most adults get at least seven hours of sleep a night. Andrey_Popov/ Shutterstock For many of us, work often competes for time with sleep – which is why many of us look forward to the weekend for a chance to “catch up” on sleep. But how muchContinue Reading
Child's feet on bathroom scale Obesity and smoking are well-known risk factors for heart disease and cancer. What is less well known is that they are associated with an increased risk of multiple sclerosis (MS). Several studies looking at how MS develops have associated childhood obesity and smoking with aContinue Reading
CatwalkPhotos/Shutterstock As the summer holidays come to an end and children return to school following lockdown, there couldn’t be a better time for us to consider the school commute. Nowadays, many children in the UK commute to school by car. But getting more parents to ditch the car for schoolContinue Reading
It's fun, affordable, portable and good for your health. VGstockstudio/ Shutterstock While many of us may remember skipping as something we did as children, the pastime has regained popularity during the pandemic as a way of keeping fit. Not only is jumping rope a fun, affordable and portable form ofContinue Reading
Evgeny Atamanenko/Shutterstock Returning to work after having a baby is highly taxing under normal circumstances, but it’s especially tough now. Returning parents currently face a triple whammy of readjusting to work, sorting out childcare and coping with pandemic-related restrictions that weren’t there when they went on leave. It’s a lotContinue Reading
Proponents of the diet claim slowly increasing calorie intake can boost your metabolism. Syda Productions/ Shutterstock While there are many debates about which type of diet is best for weight loss and health, it’s often not the weight loss which is the biggest challenge, but rather avoiding weight regain afterwards.Continue Reading
Shutterstock/ManoejPaateel The great COVID-19 vaccine race is on. Pharmaceutical companies around the world are going head to head, while governments scramble to get priority access to the most promising candidates. But a richest-takes-all approach in the fight against the deadliest pandemic in living memory is bound to be counter productive,Continue Reading
Halfpoint/Shutterstock The severity of COVID-19 can vary hugely. In some it causes no symptoms at all and in others it’s life threatening, with some people particularly vulnerable to its very severe impacts. The virus disproportionately affects men and people who are older and who have conditions such as diabetes andContinue Reading
Omega-3 fatty acids can limit inflammation by stimulating free fatty acid receptor 4. 1989studio/ Shutterstock Though asthma affects almost 340 million people worldwide, there is still no cure. The respiratory disease frequently develops in childhood, and can cause asthma “attacks” where the lungs become inflamed and the airways constricted, causingContinue Reading
