by Maggie | Mar 15, 2019 | Health & Beauty News
According to a recent study 2 in 5 of our stoic baby boomers (the over 50’s) are suffering in silence with their joint and muscle pain, with 85% having suffered in the last 2 years with hip, knee and back issues. 50 Plus reports that researchers also found that many... by Maggie | Mar 15, 2019 | Health & Beauty News
Watching television for more than three-and-a-half hours a day could leave adults with a deteriorating memory, a study suggests. BBC News reports that tests on 3,500 adults over 50 found that verbal memory decline was twice as bad in couch potatoes, compared with... by Maggie | Mar 15, 2019 | Health & Beauty News
Forty over-50s who meet weekly for exercise and health classes are celebrating spending 20 years together. Northants Telegraph reports that the Kettering Over-50s Leisure Activities Group first met in 1999 after Kettering Borough Council asked local Badminton England... by Maggie | Feb 13, 2019 | Health & Beauty News
Drug-resistant superbugs are as big a threat as climate change, the health secretary will say as he unveils a new five-year plan to tackle the problem. BBC News reports that overuse of antibiotics is making infections harder to treat and leading to thousands of deaths... by Maggie | Feb 13, 2019 | Health & Beauty News
Age UK North Yorkshire & Darlington, a local independent charity offering support and services to older people, has expanded its successful Information and Advice service to cover the Skipton area. Craven Herald reports that based at the Swadford Centre at the... by Maggie | Feb 13, 2019 | Health & Beauty News
It’s estimated that around 10% of the UK population are affected by claustrophobia during their lifetime. So imagine the fear associated with having an MRI scan in a conventional ’torpedo tube’. As we get older, this is something that we could all have to face at...
