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New research on how to stay cool during heatwaves
Brighton University is researching ways the elderly can stay cool during heatwaves. Visits to hospital emergency rooms for the treatment of heatstroke have been increasing in recent years due to fluctuations in the weather, resulting in mini-heatwaves. Brighton University is conducting research to understand the risk of developing heatstroke in the elderly, one of the population’s…
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The FHT sponsors camexpo’s keynote theatre
The FHT is a proud sponsor of this years’ camexpo, the UK’s leading natural health and wellbeing event. Taking place over two days 24-25 September, the show aims to bring together the whole natural and integrated healthcare community, and we’re pleased to announce the FHT will be sponsoring the keynote theatre, as well as exhibiting at the…
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Yoga could be good for body image
Yoga can be a ‘vehicle for improving self-image’, according to an article published in The Guardian. The article mainly focuses on Jessamyn Stanley, a yoga teacher, who has become an ‘accidental poster girl’ for the body positivity movement that ‘encourages people to accept themselves as they are and to believe they’re capable of achieving their…
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Quote of the week
“With the new day comes new strengths and new thoughts” – Eleanor Roosevelt Do you have a favourite quote or saying?
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NHS case study focuses on staff making informed well-being choices
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust has recently published a case study entitled, ‘Empowering staff to make informed wellbeing choices.’ The Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service set up a dedicated team that introduced a variety of programmes to empower and support people to make informed and balanced choices. The team uses the motto ‘keep…
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Banish that headache!
FHT President Paul Battersby, has contributed to a feature in the September issue of Natural Health magazine, entitled ‘Banish that Headache’. Working to raise the profile of the FHT and it’s members, Paul’s expert insight highlights the benefits of complementary therapies in managing tension-type headaches, while emphasising the importance of the FHT Accredited Register. ‘”Most of…
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Quote of the week
“When you can’t change the direction of the wind, adjust your sails” – H Jackson Brown Jr. Do you have a favourite quote or saying?
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Complementary therapies embraced at Olympics
It’s good to see complementary therapy having a presence at the 2016 Summer Olympics, as a number of athletes show signs of cupping. Cupping has been especially embraced by Team USA and its swimmers and gymnasts. Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time, is perhaps the most notable to have been spotted in Rio with…
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New research released by Macmillan shows positive improvements
More than 170,000 people are living with cancer in the UK who were diagnosed in the 1970s and 1980s, according to new research released by Macmillan Cancer Support and Public Health England’s National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS). In a new report ‘Cancer: Then and Now’, Macmillan reveals for the first time the number…
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Quote of the week
“By doing what you love you inspire and awaken the hearts of others” – Satsuki Shibuya Do you have a favourite quote or saying?
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Collaboration to tackle inactivity in Manchester
Sport England has teamed up with the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership to tackle levels of inactivity in the county. The Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership is made up of 37 NHS organisations and councils in the region and aims to ‘make sport and physical activity a part of daily life.’ More than…
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Vitamin D essential for good health
We all need regular vitamin D for healthy bones and muscles. Vitamin D is made in the skin by sunlight and food containing the vitamin, such as oily fish, red meat, dairy products, orange juice and cereal. Public Health England recommends a daily intake of 10 micrograms and says that if you eat a healthy balanced diet…
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