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Quote of the week
“Some pursue happiness; others create it.” Author unknown Do you have a favourite quote or saying?
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9 most common dreams explained
What are the most common dreams and what do they mean? The Independent has produced a video explaining what the nine most common dreams are and what they mean, according to Ian Wallace, a psychologist who has interpreted more than 150,000 dreams over 30 years of practice. Watch the video here Image
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Quote of the week
“Good people bring out the good in other people.” Author unknown Do you have a favourite quote or saying?
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Active commuting associated with a reduced BMI
Active commuting is associated with a reduced BMI and lower percentage of body fat, when compared with travelling by car, according to a recent study published in The Lancet: Diabetes and Endocrinology. Those cycling, walking, or travelling by train or bus to work were all found to weigh less on average than those commuting by car. The…
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Differences in young people’s health and well-being across Europe
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently published a book with a series of reports on young people’s health. The book entitled, ‘Growing up unequal: gender and socioeconomic differences in young people’s health and well-being. Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study: international report from the 2013/2014 survey’, compares children at ages 11, 13 and…
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Quote of the week
“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” Confucius Do you have a favourite quote or saying?
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Making a case for integrated care
A new report, published by the King’s Fund, has highlighted that bringing mental and physical problems together could potentially save the NHS a substantial amount of money, while simultaneously improving patient outcomes. Collectively, it costs £11 billion each year to treat mental ill health for people with long term physical conditions, a figure the report states…
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Promoting you to the public
Look out for the FHT’s advert on Natural Health magazine’s brand new website, www.naturalhealthmagazine.co.uk, launched on 11 March. It is our mission to make the public more aware of our members, with adverts directing them to findatherapist.fht.org.uk where they can search for a practitioner in their area. The advert also emphasises accreditation of the FHT’s…
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Research reveals workplace interventions to combat burnout and work-related stress
A report undertaken by health researchers at Leeds Beckett University has reviewed the most effective ways to treat and prevent burnout and work-related stress, and revealed organisational interventions in the workplace may be more effective than individual interventions alone. The report, commissioned by Public Health England and prepared by the Centre for Health Promotion…
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Quote of the week
“When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy.” Paulo Coelho Do you have a favourite quote or saying?
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Dementia: ‘illness’ label can lower mood
People who perceive dementia symptoms as an illness feel more negative than those who see it as an inevitable part of getting older, a new study indicates. Research led by the University of Exeter looked at people who had recently been diagnosed with dementia, and encountered symptoms such as memory loss, difficulty concentrating or carrying…
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Shocking amount of sugar found in High Street hot drinks
With an estimated 1.7 billion cups of coffee sold each year in the UK from over 18,000 outlets and one in five of the population (including teenagers) visiting a coffee shop daily[1], campaign group Action on Sugar is warning of the dangerously high sugar content of certain hot beverages found in many high street coffee…
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