Below, Alison Jowett touches on breathing, overbreathing and the importance of breathing exercises for the Over 50s … Your health is almost certainly your greatest asset. As you mature, maintaining good health can sometimes become more challenging. Stress is a…
Teeth Grinding – A Sign of Stress
Is teeth grinding a sign of stress? Well if your teeth don’t seem quite as white as they used to and you’re waking up in the morning with a headache and tense face, you are grinding your teeth. And it’s…
How Clean Are You?
It’s springtime, time for a bit of spring cleaning? But how clean are you really? For example, did you know that you’re supposed to vacuum your mattress every two weeks and wash your make-up brushes every week?! Apparently the bacteria…
Supplements and Diet for Menopausal Women
The importance of supplements and more importantly diet for menopausal women and people with arthritis … On the Greek island of Ikaria, the inhabitants are famous for having one of the world’s highest life expectancies – living on average, a…
Edith and Eddie
Nominated for an Academy Award®, this devastating short film Edith + Eddie tells the story of The USA’s oldest interracial newlyweds. Edith and Eddie are very much in love, but that’s not the whole story as you’ll see if you…
Divorce and The Over 50s
Once upon a time, the words divorce and the over 50s would never have been uttered in the same sentence! Did you have a big party when you turned 50? Are you embracing the idea that 50 is the new…
The Shocking Facts About Men’s Health
Ok, so men and women are different. And it’s not just about different bits and bobs either. We all know that on average men die around 3.7 years earlier than women. Men also go to see their doctor far less…
A Dog Is For Life
One in ten people in The UK who bought a puppy gave it away after only one month! A new survey has found the shocking number of Brits who simply bought a dog on a whim, resulting in almost 10%…
Dire Straits for People with Parkinson’s Disease
Music Therapy can help people with all sorts of brain injuries and conditions. Music is the emergency generator that has the power to reboot the brain following a catastrophic injury head injury, tumour or stroke. Eminent music therapy professor Dr…
Mary Berry’s Chocolate Cake
Everyone loves chocolate cake, don’t they? What’s not to love? And if you’re going to make (and eat) a chocolate cake then where better to go for the recipe than to Mary Berry herself! Mary Berry’s Chocolate Cake Recipe is…