Parenting Without Tears

World Health Day

World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April every year to mark the anniversary of the founding of WHO in 1948. Each year a theme is selected to highlight a priority area of public health concern. This year it it the need to prevent and control high blood pressure.

Power naps increase cognitive function by up to 40 per cent

According to NHS Online Health Sector Life Coach Jayne Morris, napping enables your brain to clear thought clutter and boost creativity while research suggests a power nap can reduce stress and improve stamina.

Acupuncture Awareness Week

Acupuncture has a well-documented success rate in treating pain and this week practitioners and patients who have benefitted are hoping to raise the awreness of the complementary therapy during Acupuncture Awareness Week.

Water Secrets by Anna Selby

Anna Selby, author of Water Secrets The Simplest Way to Health and Beauty gives her top ten tips for using water to improve your health.

Strawberries and blueberries may cut heart attack risk in women

Eating three or more servings of blueberries and strawberries per week may help women reduce their risk of a heart attack by one-third – according to research from the University of East Anglia in collaboration with the Harvard School of Public Health.

Boost your energy

Oliver Gray, author of ENERGISE YOU, reveals the secret of high energy parents and and gives some top tips to give your health and energy a boost.

Mediterranean diet the key to living longer

Ateronon announces the new scientific research conducted with Cambridge University reveals that having a Mediterranean diet can be the key to living longer.

Clean teeth and gums for better health

Help promote good oral hygiene in your family and pop a new toothbrush in the children's Christmas stocking and add some dental floss or DenTek's Triple Clean Floss Picks for adults and teenagers.

Protect your sight – Eye Health Week

Eye Health Week – 17 to 23 September – reminds us how imptortant it is to look after eyes and our precious sight.

Top tips for reducing the effects of allegens in the home

Dr Susan Aldridge, resident asthma and allergies expert at AllergyCosmos.co.uk gives her handy tips for reducing allergens in the home.

Which? rates Mosi-guard® Best Natural Repellent

Which? has rated Mosi-guard® Natural the best performing natural insect repellent in its product comparison tests published in July 2012.

NuMe - a delicious new range from Morrisons

Morrisons' NuMe range offers an innovative approach to healthy eating with clear health icons to indicate of whether a product is one of your five a day, high in fibre, low in fat or a calorie controlled serving. Anne Coates has sampled some of the range.

Revolutionary Hand Care from Cuticura

Hand hygiene has made a leap forward with Cuticura's new range of products that keep hands cleaner for longer than any other cleanser – and there's one especially created for children too. Anne Coates and her family have been trying them out.

Be Sun Safe and enjoy the summer - Prevent Skin Cancer now!

NHS Choices and talkhealth have teamed up with patient support charities Skcin and Factor 50 to present an "Online Clinic on Skin Cancer and Sun Safety" open now and continuing through June and July 2012.

Vocalzone Throat Pastilles

Orignally developed 100 years ago for the acclaimed opera singer The Great Enrico Caruso, Vocalzone are available for less august persons and are great for anyone who suffers from a cough or tickly throat especially students during exam time.

Powerspin®

A deceptively simple device, Powerspin® is designed to work out both male and female abs and arms and it's suitable for older children too – so get spinning!

Hay fever and environmental allergies

NHS Choices and talkhealth have teamed up with patient support charity Action Against Allergy and The King's College London Allergy Academy to present an Online Clinic on Hay Fever and Environmental allergies from 27 April to 3 May 2012.

National Salt Awareness Week

New research by Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) and the Association of London Environmental Health Managers (ALEHM) for National Salt Awareness Week 2012 reveals massive differences in the salt and fat content between takeaway pizzas and those purchased from supermarkets.

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