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Black is effortlessly stylish but we can't all pull off an Audrey Hepburn or Helen Mirren look. Indeed, that go-to black number suits only a quarter of sizes and shapes. Here are some ideas to keep you on-point. 50 Connect reports that wearing black doesn’t make us...

Older adults who regularly do word and number puzzles have sharper brains, according to a study. ITV News reports that the more regularly adults aged 50 and over attempted puzzles such as crosswords and Sudoku, the better their brain function, it found. Academics at...

Monty Don said dogs can help with depression, crediting his golden retriever Nigel with getting him outside again after he suffered from “black periods”. The Telegraph reports that speaking at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, the gardener described how looking...

A massage has a host of health benefits. Choice reports that not only does a massage relieve stress, recent studies also show it to be an effective treatment for chronic back pain, it helps us to fight off infection by increasing our white blood cell count and it...

Gardening is a fun, rewarding hobby that’s enjoyed by many of us. And with spring here already, it’s the perfect time to start thinking about getting out in the garden. 50 Plus reports that there are some surprising health benefits too. So we recently spoke with...

The seasons change and so do the needs of our skin. Here are a few tips to help you transition from winter to spring. 50 Connect reports that dry, chapped skin is just one of the cold weather travails we face through the winter months, while finding the right products...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...