News & Views
Recent News and Views
Miracle Mouthwash
A new mouthwash has been formulated that kills the bacteria that causes plaque.
Top Ten Tips for Keeping Healthy
Age Concern has issued some tips for people who want to “add years to life and life to years”.
Chocolate can be Good for You
Sales of chocolate with up to 70% cocoa content have been rising as more information comes to light on the health benefits of certain ingredients in chocolate.
Rapid Treatment Saves Stroke Victims
New guidelines from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence could help to save thousands of stroke victims from death or serious disability.
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Lifestyle
Best Foot Forwards
If the word chiropodist is still in your vocabulary, you haven’t moved with the times.
Health advice when you need it.
For some people, NHS Direct is already an integral part of their lives..
Winter exercise
We all know we should exercise everyday and most of us know we don’t do nearly enough.
Caution with that Christmas Cheer
For many, the Christmas period, with its dark nights and general bonhomie, wouldn’t be the same without a drink or two.
Tea - something we can enjoy without guilt
Last month we mentioned the pleasures of drinking tea; now there is even more good news for tea enthusiasts.
Skin - the new cosmetic for women
Along with all the new technology, there is a host of new products that are turning the whole cosmetic industry on its head.
Now is the time to have a flu vaccine
Winter is on its way
Why are politicians like nappies?
The benefits of a good laugh
Run for your life
With Olympic fever still radiating across the UK, sport and general fitness is again top of people’s minds.
Travelling with Diabetes
Exercise class
Anne Diamond took up kick-boxing on the advice of her local
victim support group – and got herself a gorgeous figure......
Party without pain
How to stay well as the oldest
swinger at the festival.
Exercising Safely -
Incontinence
Sleep School
All about the brain
Medicine Balls
How to beat the bugs
Managing
Diabetes
British Heart Foundation urges over 50s: Be active now and leapfrog into later life
'Golden Agers' at risk of deadly tick disease
Relaxation Exercise
A-Z of Health
Bowel Cancer
Deafness - You can say that again
Dementia - a growing problem
It seems more and more of us know someone who has been diagnosed with “dementia”.
Diabetes - Managing
Diabetes
Food Poisoning Don't
let it spoil your summer
Genetic inheritance
-Taking a
family history
Gout - no laughing matter
Hayfever - Allergic To Summer
Headache - What a headache
Indigestion is more complicated than you think
Iridology
Knees-Weak at the knees
Legs-Restless Legs Syndrome
Prostate cancer – the facts
Prostate Cancer - more facts
Sleep - The Importance of Sleep
Teeth - Talk about a bite
Thrombosis - Don't let a clot ruin your life
Thrombosis - or blood clots - kill more than 25,000 people every year
Tuberculosis is back
Last year (2008) there were 2,938 new cases of TB in London alone and general figures show there was an increase of 18% across the country.
Diet & Supplements
Natural remedy of the month - Chamomile
The pretty chamomile plant, or chamomilla recutita, seems to have lots of great benefits.
Natural remedy of the month - Cloves
Clove has been attributed with many more properties than just adding flavour and many claim it should be in every medicine cabinet for use as a pain reliever, digestive aid and warming stimulant.
Natural remedy of the month - St John's Wort
This short, yellow flowering plant has played a major part in medicine for hundreds of years.
FLAXSEED- Natural remedy of the month
Flaxseed has been around for more than 4,000 years, it was even known in the days of Hippocrates for its health benefits.
Natural remedy of the month - Rose hip
Natural remedy of the month - TURMERIC
Hawthorn
Berries
3 supplements to support health when travelling
Relief of backache, rheumatic or muscular pain, and
general aches and pains in the muscles and joints.
Lighter Life for Fred
Health
Perception
Is Maca the ‘new Ginseng’?
Ginseng – herb or drug?
Secrets of Manuka
honey
Are you
eating properly?
Natural Solutions - Questions and AnswersIn this regular series
Nutri Centre answers questions from laterlife visitors
Lack of energy +
Exercise aches and pains
Circulation and
Diminished Sleep
Piles and Cold Sores
Sexual Wellbeing and
Stopping Smoking
Prostate problems and
difficulty taking tablets
Constipation and
Halitosis
Skin Complexion and
Tired around the eyes
Athlete's Foot and
Holiday Traveller's Tummy
Migraines and Swollen
Ankles
Wheat intolerance and
Hay fever
Liver spots and hair
loss
Osteoporosis and
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Heartburn & indigestion
and libido
Sex & Relationships
Menopause
Awareness Consultation
Relationships - caring
How to ease
menopause symptoms - Part 11
How to ease
the menopause
For articles from Laterlife's Relationship Counsellor Maggi Stamp
please see the separate
Relationship Counselling index
page or for articles prior to 2007 see the
archive
index
Looking Good
See the separate
Looking Good in Laterlife index
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