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A good night's sleep: It’s the best way to keep your heart healthy

Our healthcare industries spend billions of dollars, pounds and euros every year on heart health – and yet the best form of prevention is also the cheapest, says a heart specialist. more »

Smokers: The Med diet can help undo all your bad work

Smokers can do much to undo the damage caused by their habit by adopting a Mediterranean diet. Researchers from Harvard have found that the diet can reduce the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary d... more »

Just a spoonful of cod liver oil: It helps keep depression at bay

If you want to maintain a positive mental attitude, take a spoonful of cod liver oil every day. Researchers have discovered that it can reduce the risk of depression by as much as 30 per cent. more »

Weight gain: Putting on the pounds can prolong your life as you get older

The body mass index (BMI) is one of the crudest measurements of our health and longevity. It’s been found wanting in many a study, and researchers at UCI (University of California Irvine) have confir... more »

Fancy a cuppa? Drink more than three cups a day to reduce your risk of heart disease

You can reduce your risk of heart disease by drinking three or more cups of black tea a day, a new study has found. Tea drinking can also protect against tooth plaque and can help strengthen bones. more »

Exercise: The best time is after a meal, not before

When’s the best time to exercise? Despite the general belief that it’s best to exercise before a meal and on an ‘empty stomach’, the truth is – of course – the very reverse if you want to lose weight... more »

Exercise: You need far less than you think in order to stay fit

How much exercise do you really need in order to be fit? Apparently, it’s far less than we’ve been told by government health agencies, who reckon on 20 minutes a day. more »

Food Alert: 3 million chickens for sale in the USA contaminated by glue chemical

Around 3 million chickens that are currently being sold in stores and supermarkets across America have been contaminated by the chemical melamine. more »

Mushroom Magic

Mushrooms have been valued throughout the world — particularly in Asia — as both food and medicine for centuries. Now, some members of the fungal kingdom are beginning to attract the attention of West... more »

DHEA Facts

Many hormonal changes take place with ageing, but none is as marked as what happens to DHEA levels. more »

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3 Nov 2009 | Lynne McTaggart - Wh... (jowddty)

The poisoned generation

Perhaps the most underappreciated health scandal in modern times is the fact that, every day, we are all subjected to some 80,000 drugs—virtually all of which have not undergone a single regulat... more »

23 Oct 2009 | Health from your Gar... (bshubbard)

Your good health is down to yo...

One thing is sure in this world: only you can establish total wellness and health. Unless you want it, and are sufficiently motivated to gain it and keep it, no amount of outside support will su... more »

1 Oct 2009 | Lynne McTaggart - Wh... (jowddty)

DNA: it's not destiny

When we become ill, most of us lay the blame at the feet of our ancestors: my heart problem is like dad’s, who had a dicky ticker; I’m likely to get breast cancer because it’s what m... more »

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