The FHT Blog

FHT Website

Category: Other

  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/worldwide/player.swf<!– Research into happiness has been collated in The World Database of Happiness Studies, as reported by the BBC. Based in the Netherlands, the database has found some surprising discoveries.

  • More than 40% of online bookings are made outside of business hours, as reported by Professional Beauty. Shortcuts said £7.6million worth of business was booked online in the UK over the last 12 months via its own BookMe software. However, £3.1m of that was booked outside of salon opening hours, suggesting salons without an online…

  • FHT Member, Jeanette Hughes, features in this new video from Payleven. More info (members only) (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

  • It’s Cervical Screening Awareness Week (9th-15th June) – there’s still time for you to wear your red lipstick and join The Red Lippy Project.  In the UK, cervical cancer is largely preventable thanks to the successful National Cervical Screening Programme and more recently, the HPV vaccination programme in schools. It is estimated that screening saves…

  • A new cancer database is to be launched by Public Health England: It will collate all the available data on each of the 350,000 new tumours detected in the country each year. The aim is to use the register to help usher in an era of “personalised medicine” that will see treatments matched to the…

  • Lynn News features an inspiring FHT Member, Carla Dickerson: http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/business-news/natural-healing-turned-my-life-around-1-5179665

  • Where do you get your images from? Enterprise Nation goes through image options, plus tips for enhancing visibility in search engines and improving picture quality. Full article Image: iStockphoto

  • If you won’t be at the College of Medicine’s Annual Conference tomorrow, look out for their live tweets. The focus of the conference this year will be self-care, and confirmed speakers include Norman Lamb MP, Minister for Health; Professor Kay Riley, Chief Nurse, Barts Hospital; Richard Lane OBE, President of Diabetes UK; and Professor Sir…

  • The role-call of A-listers who love the natural credentials of cosmetics is growing. ‘Fantastic Four’ actress, Jessica Alba, talks about her green lifestyle and features some of her favourite jane iredale make-up choices in the “Clean Beauty” section of her book, ‘The Honest Life – Living Naturally and True to You’.  Image: jane iredale

  • Making a difference to your clients’ lives For each FHT member that wins an FHT Excellence Award, there are literally hundreds of other ‘unsung heroes’ in our membership, who are helping to support the health and well-being of the nation in their day-to day work, or guiding and encouraging the next generation of therapists. We…

  • Macrobiotics for All Seasons book extract Read an extract from Macrobiotics for All Seasons, which provides recipes that make eating a diet in tune with the seasons of the year rewarding for your health, as well as the environment. This approach to a healthy and sustainable diet reflects ancient folk wisdom from the Far East…

  • Hypnosis CD reduces biological measure of inflammation associated with stress and improves resilience Chronic stress and anxiety have been associated with inflammatory changes in the body, and high levels of inflammation have been linked to a number of acute and chronic conditions.   The authors of a pilot study recently published in Complementary Therapies in…