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  • Quote of the week

    “If you believe passionately in what you are doing and whom you are doing it with, success is bound to follow.” Anisa Kamadoli Costa Do you have a favourite quote or saying?

  • Hayley McQueen backs £1.5m fund to create new grassroots football teams for underrepresented groups

    Football Foundation Ambassador and Sky Sports News anchor, Hayley McQueen, has announced that £1.5m of funding, designed specifically for grassroots clubs to start new teams and qualify more coaches to cater for under-represented groups, is set to open for applications. The Grow the Game scheme is designed to increase participation in our national game by…

  • Together at the table for healthy hearts and households

    Research shows that there are many health benefits for families that regularly share meal times. Sadly however, this once traditional habit of eating together around the table appears to be falling out of favour. Heart Research UK, in partnership with MatalanDirect.com has launched a new campaign encouraging households to eat together at the table and…

  • Quote of the week

    In the winter issue of International Therapist – landing with members from Tuesday – Maria Mason MFHT offers some useful advice in our ‘On the couch’ interview including, “Understand your market, remain passionate at all times, plan for the long term…” Find out more about the winter issue

  • Pre-pregnancy potato consumption linked with diabetes risk

    Consuming more potatoes before pregnancy is associated with a higher risk of developing gestational diabetes mellitus while pregnant, according to a recently published US study. Researchers from Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and Harvard University followed over 15,500 women, who were pregnant between 1991 and 2001. The team of researchers concluded that substituting potatoes with…

  • 20 Fitness Trends for 2016

    The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has recently published its top 20 fitness trends of 2016, based on findings from a worldwide survey. The ACSM circulated the survey to thousands of professionals across the globe to determine the health and fitness trends for this year. It is believed that the findings will help to inform health…

  • Submissions requested for CAMSTRAND 2016

    8-9 June, 2016 Arden Warwick Conferences, The University of Warwick, Kirby Road, Coventry, CV4 8UW Organised by the Research Council for Complementary Medicine (RCCM), of which FHT is a corporate member, CAMSTRAND 2016 is a fantastic opportunity for researchers, healthcare professionals, therapists, practitioners and students to share their work and knowledge of complementary therapies for…

  • New research shows that exercise to improve skill and coordination can help reduce lower back pain

    A new Cochrane Review shows that targeting exercises to muscles that support and control the spine offers another strategy to reduce pain and disability caused by lower back pain. Lower back pain is one of the most common health conditions worldwide. It can have substantial health and economic costs as people experience disability and general…

  • Complementary therapies at risk of being removed from NICE guidelines – have your say…

    The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is currently reviewing its guideline on supportive and palliative care in adults. As part of this process, it has produced a ‘Draft scope consultation’, in which it proposes to remove the section on complementary therapy services from the updated guideline… It is well established that many…

  • Do something good for you

    Around a quarter of adults in the UK are considered obese, a figure which is set to rise above 50 per cent by 2050. Many people make New Year’s resolutions and fail within just a few weeks. Not this year. Heart Research UK is supporting the National Obesity Forum’s JanUary campaign and is asking you…

  • Quote of the week

    “Do or do not… there is no try.” Yoda Do you have a favourite quote or saying?

  • Diet changes can improve sleep, says US study

    Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have found that weight loss due to dietary changes can improve sleep at any weight. The study, published in the journal Sleep, measured the sleeping patterns of mice over an eight-week period, with one group of mice eating normally and another group on a high fat diet. The latter group…