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  • Laughter yoga featured on This Morning

    Laughter yoga was recently featured on ITV’s This Morning, as hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield took part in a demonstration led by Louise Claire Gates. Louise introduced them to the therapy, explaining its origins and health benefits, saying that belly laughter can produce similar benefits to running and other exercises. She explained that when…

  • The importance of touch

    GP, Author and TV presenter, Dr Rangan Chatterjee talks about the importance of human touch in his latest Feel Better, Live More podcast. Rangan speaks to leading researcher, Professor Francis McGlone, who explains why touch is essential to the healthy brain development of humans and other mammals, and what the consequences are when we don’t…

  • High-fibre diets linked with lower heart disease risk

    Eating plenty of fibre reduces the risk of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and cancer, according to a landmark review commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO). As reported in The Guardian, the study will inform forthcoming WHO guidance and was led by a team at the University of Otago in New Zealand, whose last…

  • Conference to address the integration of yoga within the NHS

    Tickets are said to be selling fast for the Yoga In Healthcare Conference, held from 15 to 17 February 2019. The conference will bring together leaders and pioneers in yoga, healthcare, research and government to express yoga’s value in public health. One of the speakers at the event is Dr Michael Dixon, a leading figure…

  • Report calls for complementary, traditional and natural medicine to rescue NHS from financial crisis

    A new report released by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Integrated Healthcare (PGIH) warns that the growing number of people suffering from long-term illness poses significant threats to the future sustainability of the NHS. The report, titled ‘Integrated healthcare: putting the pieces together’, is based on the findings of an extensive consultation carried out by…

  • Here’s to a happy 2019

    Action for Happiness (AFH) suggests we all try to make 2019 as joyful as possible from the start, with its Happy New Year Calendar for January. AFH publishes monthly calendars, offering daily affirmations on the theme of the respective month. The ‘Happy New Year Calendar’ follows ‘Do Good December’, ‘New Things November’, ‘Optimistic October’, ‘Self-care…

  • Top fitness trends for 2019

    Wearable technology is expected to be the top fitness trend of 2019, according to a worldwide survey conducted by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). Identifying 20 trends that will shape the global fitness industry in the year ahead, the ACSM surveyed more than 2,000 health and fitness experts, who were asked to rank…

  • Dr Chatterjee looks at foot health in new podcast

    In this latest instalment of his Feel Better, Live More podcast series, GP, Author and TV presenter, Dr Rangan Chatterjee talks to Nick and Mike from The Foot Collective, a group of Canadian physical therapists on a mission to help people reclaim strong, functional and pain-free feet through foot health education. Dr Chatterjee says that…

  • Hypnotherapy highlighted by Metro

    Daily newspaper, Metro, highlights the use of hypnotherapy for fertility and the Accredited Register in a recent article on its website. The article discusses whether hypnosis improves the odds of conception, saying that ‘research has shown that hypnotherapy tends to work for around 72% of people in relation to fertility’. Furthermore, a fertility expert quoted…

  • Do good things this December

    Spreading good will through acts of kindness is the theme of Action for Happiness’ (AFH) Do Good December’ action calendar. AFH publishes monthly calendars, offering daily affirmations on the theme of the respective month. ‘Do Good December’ follows ‘New Things November’, ‘Optimistic October’, ‘Self-care September’, ‘Altruistic August’, ‘Jump Back July’, ‘Joyful June’, ‘Meaningful May’, ‘Active…

  • UK doctors at greater risk of anxiety than the public

    A growing body of evidence indicates that GPs need more support from the wider workforce, due to the increasing demands of their job and the toll this takes on their health and wellbeing. The latest report by the Society of Occupational Medicine and The Louise Tebboth Foundation found evidence to suggest that UK doctors are…

  • Integrating mindfulness with art

    National charity Paintings in Hospitals has partnered with Imperial Health Charity, the Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust and emerging curator Briana Oliver to develop ‘Linear Meditations’, a new mindful hospital exhibition featuring the works of influential British abstract artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham. At Charing Cross Hospital, London, from the 14 November 2018, ‘Linear Meditations’ dives into the representations…