Even being slightly overweight can increase the risk of heart disease, reports The Telegraph. Over 21,000 male doctors were tracked by researchers for a period of time, and the study found that for those who gained around half a stone, their risk of experiencing heart failure over the next 20 years would go up by read more »

An article over on The Guardian today offers advice for couples on how to get through the Christmas period without falling out. It’s been predicted that the first week in January will be a busy one for divorce lawyers, particularly this year with the added pressures of uncertain jobs and money worries. With couples counselling read more »

The dreaded ‘man flu’, complete with whingeing and moaning should be renamed ‘woman flu’, as they do the most moaning, reports The Telegraph. A survey of 2000 people carried out by Actimel showed that 85% of women exaggerated their symptoms to get more sympathy, as opposed to 76% of men. However, women are more likely read more »

Complementary and alternative therapy – medicine and treatment not provided by traditional health workers such as doctors and dentists – is now used by over six million people a year, reports The Nursing Times website. As a nation, Britain spends around £130 million on complementary and alternative therapy in the last year, a figure that read more »

The Daily Mail as recently printed an article on their website highlighting another success for hypnotherapy. The article follows Lorraine Fisher and how her struggle with insomnia lead her to a hypnotherapist who helped her finally get a good night’s sleep. Despite her scepticism, Lorrain Fisher went along to Philip Batchelor’s practice in Greenwich, after read more »

A professor from Glasgow University has highlighted that most slimming products are simply conning people out of money with little or no benefits, reports the Guardian. Professor Lean says that so called health foods have not been researched or trialled properly, and that many people trying to lose weight spend thousands on them with no read more »