Health Blog

If you have a normal working week from Monday to Friday, you will always look forward to the weekends.  But do you make the most of that forty eight hours or does Monday roll round again and you feel that nothing extra has been achieved?

We share some ideas on what to do on your days off:

Nearly everyone will know of someone who has a severely cluttered home – often to the extent of being a hoarder.

While there is a huge difference between regular clutter and excessive hoarding, the problem of hoarding is now so widespread that it has become known as a definite disorder or a condition.

We share more information on this condition and how to help someone who is a hoarder...

Women in particular can suffer from bladder problems so it is important to do all you can to prevent such problems - and to give your bladder the best chance of staying healthy.

We share some diet, exercise and lifestyle tips to help you...

Unfortunately, artificial light CAN cause us harm.  Such harmful effects on our human health include:

• An increased risk for sleep disorders, depression, obesity, diabetes, heart disease and more.
• The disruption of the human body clock and our hormonal system.
• An increased risk of circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders.  This is  where the circadian rhythm is misaligned with the natural light-dark cycle.
• The problem of hazards for the eyes and the skin.  

Many of us have got out of the habit of reading poetry - especially out loud.

In the past, children would have to do this at school - and many would include reading poetry out loud as part of a drama activity.

But does reading poetry aloud come with benefits?  Yes, and we share many of these benefits...

Unfortunately, many of can still be the target of synthetic scents which can cause harm.

We share some of the toxic health effects of synthetic scents and how you can find more natural ways to make your home smell good...

Sadly, more and more of us today seem to suffer from stress and anxiety.  And it is not helped by being bombarded with information and stimuli from technology (and its advances), from the media and even from our own environment.

But help is at hand as we share some suggestions on how to reduce that stress and anxiety and help to achieve a calmer life for ourselves..

When Spring comes round each year, we will often get the urge to spring clean our homes, our wardrobes and even our cars!  But have you ever given a thought to spring cleaning your gut?

This can be an ideal time to think about how you look after your gut health.

We share six suggestions on how this can be successfully achieved...

Some of us are morning people and others of course are better at night. 

Unfortunately, most of us do have to get up reasonably early each morning in order to function for the day ahead.

But are there ways to help make our mornings easier?

The good news is that there are - and we share our top ten tips...