Healthy parents

As many as one person in six suffers from anxiety and depression and for many people this impacts on their work and family life – facts that the Depression Alliance wants to highlight this week. Anne Coates recommends some books which may help sufferers.

A CD from the Serenity Series, Relaxation for Calm Pregnancy  aims to help you create a "Calm Space For You To Connect with Your Body and Your Baby" - Nicole Burroughs puts it to the test.

In The Drink Less Mind: The truth behind overdrinking, Georgia Foster explains how heavy drinking becomes an emotional habit which hides low self-esteem, social anxiety, fear and rejection. Discover how strong your Inner Critic is with this questionnaire from the book.

Dr Keith Souter discusses  panic attacks and how homeopathy can relieve them with a reader who has suffered since she was a teenager.

Stopping smoking is probably the most important single thing that you can do for your family and help is at hand!

Healthspan has launched NutriProfile, the UK’s first, free online personal nutritional analysis – developed by doctors and leading nutrition experts.

Researchers at Slimming World say the secret to losing weight lies in choosing the foods which fill you up the most and keep you fullest longest.

Spatone has teamed up with midwife Maggie Evans to develop a free and concise guide to nutrition during pregnancy.

One in ten women in the UK is expected to develop breast cancer. The aim of The Genesis Appeal is to create a future without breast cancer, by making one in ten, none in ten. Preventative lifestyle changes, as outlined in the Appeal’s Ten Commandments, can help make this aim a reality.

Eye fact - statistics suggest that by the time we reach 60, one in 12 of us will be blind or partially-sighted, rising to one in six at age 75!

Mouth Cancer Awareness Week - 11 to 17 November - coordinated by the British Dental Health Foundation highlights the fact that oral cancer kills more people than cervical cancer and testicular cancer combined but only one in four people has even heard of the condition.

Many people have a problem with heights and it can affect you at any time. A PWT member describes her symptoms to Dr Keith Souter  who discusses the homeopathic treatment of vertigo.

Our unseasonably wet and warm weather has meant that mosquitoes are a real menace and they're in a garden near you!

The typical Mediterranean diet of colourful fruit and vegetables, wholegrain cereals along with fish and small amounts of lean meat and low fat dairy food washed down with a glass or two of red wine is really good for your health says the British Dietetic Association. Even better you won't be increasing your carbon footprint when you reproduce it at home!

We all know that sun protection is imperative but sometimes we forget the suncream or the weather changes suddenly and we get caught out.  Lee Kayne, Pharmacy Dean of the Faculty of Homeopathy, explains how homeopathy can help relieve the effects of sunburn and prickly heat.

Becoming a parent means reassessing our lives and that often includes thinking about the  type of products we use in the home and those we apply to our bodies - either to create a pleasant fragrance or avoid  an unpleasant smell!
 

Although most people blame bouts of tummy upset on eating out, 80 per cent of the annual millions of cases of diarrhoea and vomiting in the UK are caused by food eaten in the home. While these are usually minor illnesses, for vulnerable people like babies, the old and those in ill health, our houses have the potential to kill.

Essential for healthy bones and teeth, and one of the best ways to avoid osteoporosis in later life, you need to make sure your body is getting enough calcium