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  • simply magical – the bewitching beauty collection from jane iredale jane iredale – THE SKIN CARE MAKEUP® introduces the simply magical Autumn-Winter colour collection to create enchanting looks for the new season, featuring two tantalising new takes on rouge lips and mystical smoky grey eye make-up with the versatility to create day and night looks. It’s…

  • Why money can’t buy happiness, as reported in Psychology Today: In the past 50 or 60 years, real term incomes in countries such as the USA and the UK have increased dramatically, but happiness has not kept apace. In fact, people today are considerably less happy than back then: they have less time, they are…

  • Chocolate reduces stroke risk in men According to a recent article from the Guardian, research in Sweden shows that men who eat a standard-sized chocolate bar each week could lower their chance of suffering a stroke in later life by 17%. The study carried out by Susanna Larsson at the Karolinska Institute, also suggests that eating more than a bar per week could lower…

  • (Click here to watch the video above) Oscar Pistorius – Paralympics will change perceptions about disability, as reported in The Guardian: Pistorius, the South African star of the Games, believes other countries will learn a lot from Britain’s enlightened approach to hosting the 2012 Paralympics. “The UK is definitely a country which deals with disability…

  • olympictrivia: Istanbul, Tokyo, or Madrid?  Which one do YOU think will host the 2020 Olympics?

  • The FHT will be eagerly following Paralympic swimmer and sports massage fan, Graham Edmunds, who the FHT interviewed for International Therapist journal (IT April 2012). Click here to log in to the Sports section of our Reading Room to read Graham’s article.

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  • Could broccoli really be a superfood? A recent article published by the Daily Mail says that sulforaphane, a chemical found in broccoli, could prevent the spread of breast cancer. A laboratory study at the University of Michigan carried out directly on breast cancer cells and mice injected with cancer cells found that sulforaphane halted the progression of tumours…

  • Echinacea has hit the headlines, based on a press release issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Further information can be found on the NHS, BBC and Daily Mail websites, links below. http://www.nhs.uk/news/2012/08august/Pages/echinacea-allergy-warning-for-children-under-12.aspx http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19318309 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2191024/Echinacea-trigger-allergies-children-12-warns-UK-drugs-watchdog.html

  • The truth about cereal bars: Recent research by the consumer group Which? has found that most cereal bars are high in sugar and fat, making their healthy image a “myth”, according to the BBC and The Independent. This story has been covered by a number of other newspapers, including the Sun, which calls the snack…

  • Update on The Royal College of Midwives e-petition for 5,000 more midwives

    A little while ago we posted about an e-petition from The Royal College of Midwives calling for 5,000 more midwives. The petition closed today (22nd August 2012) at 11:53am with a staggering 75,723 in support of the Government taking action to recruit more midwives. Although not the 100,000 signatures RCM was calling for, the petition…

  • New campaign urges middle-aged to check their sun-damaged skin: A striking new campaign was launched today urging people with the common condition actinic keratoses to have any suspicious lesions checked out by a GP for fear of developing a form of skin cancer. The national skin disease research charity, the British Skin Foundation is launching…