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  • Hospital uses music to stimulate patients with dementia Yeovil District Hospital is using music to enhance the way patients are cared for.  Music is being used to stimulate patients in the hospital who have dementia in partnership with Rosie Mead, who has been appointed as Music Coordinator at the hospital. Rosie visits one of the…

  • Estee Lauder is launching its second Mad Men-inspired make-up collection today, 4th March, 2013. The critically-acclaimed American TV drama is now in its sixth season and is still one of the most talked about and influential among the ever-popular genre of period dramas. Mad Men’s female characters Joan, Peggy, Betty and Megan have become style icons…

  • AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE FOR THERAPISTS IN SUPPORTIVE CARE SETTINGS. 19th May, 3.15 – 4.30pmFHT Annual Training Congress @ NEC, Birmingham  Dr Peter A Mackereth PhD MA Dip (N) London RNT RGN is the Clinical Lead for Complementary Therapies and Smoking Cessation/Alcohol Advice Services at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester. Peter is a registered nurse,…

  • FOR THOSE LOOKING TO WORK WITH NEW MOTHERS AND THEIR BABIES. 19th May, 10.00am – 12.45pmFHT Annual Training Congress @ NEC, Birmingham  Jennifer Wayte, FHT President, has been actively involved in many complementary therapies for almost 20 years in many diverse roles including lecturer, assessor and verifier in further and higher education. She runs her…

  • A GROWING AREA OF THERAPY WORK. 19th May, 1.45 – 4.30pmFHT Annual Training Congress @ NEC, Birmingham  Michele Broom runs a busy on-site massage practice in the Bristol, Bath and Swindon area, offering seated massage, reflexology, deep tissue, Indian head and aromatherapy massage. Michele lectured for the City of Bristol College for four years at…

  • ‘NHS recognises that mindfulness meditation is good for depression’  Mindfulness meditation has been shown to give patients control over their own depression and anxiety levels and levels of chronic pain, according to a paper published earlier this month in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. Previous studies have found that mindfulness meditation can cut the…

  • You may remember us mentioning the two-tone lip trend last year. Holly Fulton and We Are Handsome are among the designers whose collections sparked the bold lipstick trend during their respective spring/summer ‘13 fashion weeks. The Telegraph offers a Beauty How-To for this must-follow spring/summer trend. (via http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/beauty/news-features/TMG9862200/Beauty-how-to-two-tone-lipstick.html)

  • Doonya is a Bollywood dance-based workout programme and the latest growing craze working its way across the USA.  It is a mix of dance styles including Bolly-Pop, Bhangra, classical and folk, with a few extra minutes of the programme dedicated to strength training and core exercises. Each element targets different parts of the body, creating a well-rounded and effective…

  • Acupuncture Awareness Week – 25th February to 3rd March 2013 Acupuncture Awareness Week is supported by the British Acupuncture Council and aims to help better inform people about the ancient practice of traditional acupuncture. With 2.3 million acupuncture treatments carried out each year, acupuncture is one of the most popular complementary therapies practised in the…

  • Not enough P in PE lessons An Ofsted report has found that PE in schools is generally in ‘good health’, however it would seem there is some room with improvement, as in more than a quarter of schools, teaching ‘did not improve pupils’ physical fitness’. Read more about this here.

  • Studies look at the medicinal benefits of bee venom, as reported in the Daily Mail: One trial, conducted at the University of North Carolina, investigated the effect of bee venom on back and leg pain.  Researchers found that it reduced pain by up to two-thirds, but because other treatments were used in the study, it…

  • Calling all sports and remedial massage therapists! The FHT is proud to be supporting The Stroke Association again this year at the 2013 Virgin London Marathon. Their team of marathon runners will be raising valuable funds for this fantastic charity, but with aching muscles, and tired feet, they are looking to qualified therapists to provide much…