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  • Planning a 5k run? Check out this training guide from Men’s Health, gradually transitioning from beginner to seasoned runner. If you’re not a regular runner, don’t sign up for a 5K, show up to the start line, and hope for the best—even if you’re in pretty decent shape.  Full article Image: iStockphoto

  • The January issue of International Therapist is on its way to members. This issue includes an article by Lee Herrington, PhD, MSc, senior lecturer in sports rehabilitation at the University of Salford, who looks at potential causes and treatment of anterior knee pain, plus a look at how complementary therapies can help people with eating…

  • Recent research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), has stirred up media interest and caused debate among health professionals as its findings indicate that those who are slightly overweight live longer than those who are within a BMI “healthy weight”. Further reading on this topic:The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)…

  • Children’s Complementary Therapy Network (CCTN) is holding its 6th conference on 18th May 2013 at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH. This conference will bring together a range of professionals interested in learning about and advancing the field of complementary therapies and integrated medicine in children. Presentations on paediatric CAM will be complemented with…

  • The Daily Mail reports on how families use coconut oil to ease Alzheimer’s. Professor Clarke, an expert on the way the body makes and uses energy, believes coconut oil and similar compounds might help by boosting the brain’s energy supply. Most of the time our brains rely on glucose from carbohydrates, but if that isn’t…

  • A new study by researchers from The Ohio State University, the University of California, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, USA, and Karl-Franzens University, Austria, has reported that a high-fat diet and/or lack of oestrogen increases the formation of visceral fat. There seems to be a switch in females, through Aldh1, between the breakdown and storage of…

  • The release of Lancôme’s newest collection, ‘In Love’, has everyone anxiously waiting for spring/summer 2013. Inspired by the bright colours of pop art street murals, neon city lights and the pastel hues of flowers in spring, the In Love range features a clutch of beauty bag must-haves, including a translucent lipstick, a pearl blusher, a nail…

  • Brazil, Russia, India, China have the fastest-growing economies on the planet and, as these top-flight beauty mavens reveal, a taste for pampering to match. (via http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/beauty/news-features/TMG9756194/Beauty-from-the-BRIC-nations.html)

  • ‘Calls to curb cosmetic surgery sales techniques‘ (Department of Health) People want to see tighter restrictions around the cosmetic surgery industry in a bid to protect patients from some of the more aggressive sales techniques according to an interim report published today by the NHS Medical Director, Sir Bruce Keogh’s review into cosmetic interventions. Suggestions…

  • Enterprise Nation’s ‘2013 Small Business Predictions’ Based on spotting gaps in the market or turning a passion into profit, witness the rise of the niche business. At the StartUp Saturday workshops I’ve delivered throughout the year, I’ve seen people starting up as laughter yoga teachers, artisan bakers, app developers, party planners and milliners. They were…

  • The government start-up loans scheme is now being expanded to those aged up to 30, as reported in BBC News. Full article Image: iStockphoto

  • Wishing you a happy and prosperous New Year! Image: Shutterstock