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Do I Need A Flu Jab?

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Yoga and Brain Power
How to Boost Your Brain Power With Yoga

We all know that Sudoku and crosswords can help boost our brain power, improving our…

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Check Your Boobs

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Dancing Keeps You Young

So, is dancing good exercise? Oh yes! Put on your tap shoes – dancing is…

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Stop Falling Over

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Exercising as You Get Older

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Too Embarrassed To Wear Hearing Aids? Try The Signia Styletto!

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Alternative Pain Management

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The Braun ActivScan™ 9 Blood Pressure Monitor

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Health

50 Plus HealthFor the over 50s health often starts to become an issue. 

You may have been super-healthy most of your life. But you can bet that some health issue or other will crop up once you’re 50 plus.

Women’s magazines writing about over 50s health often focus on menopause and rightly so as this can be a huge issue for women in their fifties.  It can also be harder to maintain a healthy weight and many women suffer from anxiety. Our diet and fitness experts have plenty of advice and information for you, both to help and reassure you.

Over 50s Health

Men in their fifties aren’t immune from the rigours of their first half-century either.  Whether it’s prostate trouble, dodgy knees, thinning hair, there are a multitude of issues which affect men.

And then of course, there’s  high cholesterol, high blood pressure, urological issues, mental health, diabetes, obesity, asthma and heart problems … A veritable minefield!