Health Blog

We read and hear a lot about the menopause these days but perhaps not so much about the more subtle signs and symptoms of the perimenopause - that stage before the menopause when ostrogen levels begin to fall.

In fact, they can be so subtle that you might miss them altogether and not realize what is happening to your body.

In this post, we set out below some of those easy-to-miss and early signs and symptoms of the perimenopause...

You might be used to the term Concentric Exercise but now there is something new - Eccentric Exercise.

But what is eccentric exercise?  How can you benefit from it?  And how can you incorporate it into your own exercise regime?

Do you spend a lot of time in front of a screen, keeping up with your workload?

Do you feel totally exhausted by the end of your working day?

Does this mean that you feel you should do nothing more after work except curl up on the sofa before you go to bed?

Answering "yes" to these questions could mean that "brain drain" is slowing you down and leading to fatigue.

There is new research out and it is all about being able to stand on one leg as if you were a flamingo.

A team of scientists from around the world have got together to come up with a test called the one-legged stance test or OLS. 

Find out more about their findings...

With so many concerns in our everyday world today, we have to find ways to bring more joy and happiness in our lives.

Find out more about how you can do this with our top ten tips!

We often become anxious if we find ourselves waking up in the middle of the night or during the very early hours of the morning, thinking that we are just not getting sufficient sleep.

And yet, during historical times, people had very different sleeping habits.

We all know that we should be exercising more and all the health benefits that accompany such exercise.

But now researchers have found that bench presses are even better than a good run for ensuring a good night's sleep...