At Parenting Without Tears we're often sent samples of health products to try out. Our reactions obvioulsy aren't based on scentific reseach but we can give an opinion. Currently We have tried or are taking: POM Wonderful 100% pomegranate juice, Bio-Kult Infantis and Advanced multi-strain formula and Seven Seas Perfect Woman 7. Here's Anne Coates' thoughts.
Vikings and Hunger Games star, Alexander Ludwig, has teamed up with Orchid Male Cancer Charity launches a new campaign to encourage fathers to "talk balls" with their sons.
Especially for World Cancer Day, Dr Sally Norton, founder of Vavista, has put together some facts on breast cancer based on the questions she is frequently asked.
Following the 2012 Which? Breakfast Cereal Report which revealed worryingly high amounts of free sugars in 50 breakfast cereals, three years on, a new survey by Action on Sugar has surveyed the same 50 products and revealed that cereal manufacturers have made little attempt in tackling the issue – shockingly, certain products even contain more sugars than they did in 2012.
A new meditation app has been launched by Anamaya, owner of the world-renowned London-based health and wellbeing centre. The eponymously named App is based upon clinical work carried out at the centre. Anne Coates has tried it out
On World Diabetes Day the theme is Helathy Living and Diabetes and you can calculate your own risk with a simple questionnaire and make some lifestyle changes.
Apparently parents are still embarrassed when their children get head lice but there is no reason to be. Outbreaks occur in all schools and nurseries. The important thing is to treat the whole family and to be vigilant, writes Anne Coates.
Walking or cycling to work is better for people’s mental health than driving to work, according to new research by health economists at the University of East Anglia and the Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR). Plus walking and cycling are better for the environment and reduce financial costs.
This summer, Ellie Simmonds is encouraging the nation to get back in the water and rediscover their love of swimming with an exclusive SwimBritain training session. Here Ellie gives her seven top tips to get the most from your swim.
On Mothering Sunday Anne Coates remembers her mother and the "invisible" pain she endured just as those suffering from EDS, Ehlers-Danos Syndrome, have to. If Anne could have a Mother's Day wish it would be for us all to show more compassion and empathy. Just as mental illness is so often invisible, so too are many physical conditions, like EDS.
Netflix has teamed up with fitness expert Niki Wibrow to help busy Brits find a way to work in some work outs during their daily routine, and what better way to do this than to burn the calories while you are watching a show on Netflix.
