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The key to a good night’s sleep is to keep our brains and bodies active during the day. Do you lie tossing and turning in bed at night, struggling to get some precious shut eye? Perhaps you’re trying too hard to tempt the sandman. Or maybe you are...Try raw honey to beat hay fever
Thousands of people swear by using raw honey as a natural remedy. Choice reports that thousands of people swear by using raw honey as a natural remedy for streaming eyes and runny noses saying that it has helped to ease their symptoms and transform their lives....Here’s to better hearing
Technology has made some hearing-aids almost undetectable. We explore what’s on offer and how to choose. Choice reports that with people living longer, increasing numbers will spend half their lifetime suffering from hearing loss. The big question, according to...Drugs to vaccinate over-50s against Alzheimer’s could be here in a decade… with a £9bn price tag
Drugs to vaccinate everyone over the age of 50 against Alzheimer’s could be available within 10 years, but would cost the NHS £9 billion, a new report has shown. The Telegraph reports that new analysis commissioned by Alzheimer’s Research UK found that drugs to...Ourplace News
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