General Health

2 July 2015

Stay protected in the heatwave

As hard as it is to believe, the met office has predicted a heat wave! With temperatures expected to reach 36°C, the Great British weather will be rivalling that of ...

2 July 2015

How to avoid deep vein thrombosis

Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) is the result of blood clotting whilst it is still inside the blood vessel. In the majority of cases, painful swelling in the leg will be ...

1 July 2015

Alternative Methods and Tips to Quitting Smoking

There are often times in your life where you decide to let go of the stick ruling your life and quit the habit for good. What is troubling for many ...
29 June 2015

Top Tips for Getting a Good Night’s Sleep

Who doesn't love to sleep? It's pure relaxation, no worries, no anything. Bliss. So when it suddenly becomes harder to zip off to the land of nod, things become problematic. ...
25 June 2015

Night time ‘insneezia’ hindering Brits summer shut eye

New research1 from Boots Pharmaceuticals reveals that for the 18 million Brits who suffer from hayfever - problematic pollen does not stop when the sun goes down. In fact, 64% ...
24 June 2015

10 Benefits of using dead sea salts

Karen Davis, Westlab's resident chemist tells us about the benefits of using Westlab Dead Sea Salts. A natural product Simply pure salt from the Dead Sea - nothing else added. ...
24 June 2015

6 Ways to beat the afternoon slump

Whether you're a night owl or an early bird, most of us will have struggled with the afternoon slump. It can creep up on you, even on your most energised ...
23 June 2015

Claire Sweeney exclusive Q&A - dealing with eczema

When did you first suffer with eczema? I think it was in 2000 - my Mum has psoriasis and there is asthma etc. in the family, so it wasn't too ...
18 June 2015

10 Top Tips for a ‘Summer-Ready’ Body!

Now that the sun is finally shining, our thoughts often turn to our body! We all like to feel and look as good as we can during the summer months, ...
16 June 2015

Grey Fever is to hit cities countrywide

You might have heard that this week 'Grey Fever' is sweeping across the country, meaning hayfever sufferers may notice a worsening of their symptoms. Boots Pharmacist Angela Chalmers says, "Grey ...

15 June 2015

10 Reasons To Get On Your Bike This Summer

As celebrations of Bike Week 2015 start around the country, the team at Macmillan Cycletta, the UK's leading women-only cycling sportive series, has outlined their top ten reasons why ladies ...
11 June 2015

Improve your posture and prevent ‘text neck’ with leading fitness expert Gill Stewart

As our reliance on smartphones and tablets continues to rise, recent studies have highlighted a growing problem amongst our modern generation known as 'text neck'. With the human head weighing ...

8 June 2015

Five things everyone should know about IVF

With popular celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and Julia Bradbury speaking out about their own recent struggles with conception, this ever-advancing procedure is garnering more and more attention in the ...

3 June 2015

Let’s Count The Chemicals, Not The Calories! By Dr Sally Norton

So many of us have been conditioned to focus on the calories in food, working under the assumption that by reducing how many calories we consume, we can help to ...

29 May 2015

Top tips on essential vitamins and minerals

To celebrate Healthy Eating Week this June 1st - 5th, Real Health Wholefood's Nutritional Therapist Libby Limon offers her tips on the essential vitamins and minerals needed to keep your ...
29 May 2015

Combat your hangover the natural way this summer

With summer party season approaching, take advantage of our healthy tips from nutritionist Jacquie Newson to keep you in tip top condition! To learn more about the benefits of vitamin ...
11 May 2015

Top 10 Tips and Tricks for Breaking a Bad Habit

Changing your behaviour to break a bad habit can be challenging. Rokfri, the unique stop smoking programme, understands that every smoker and smoking habit is different, which is why it ...
7 May 2015

Life in the Fast Lane: top tips on overcoming jetlag

Whether it's flying her life across the globe, nipping to Paris for a petit voyage or travelling business for a book launch, author and PR guru Lady Terry Robinson aka; ...
14 April 2015

Beating back pain on your lunch break

Many of us are working longer and harder than ever before, but our hectic lifestyles may be having a counterproductive effort - with studies indicating that more days of work ...

9 April 2015

Lucy Mecklenburgh, TV star and fitness entrepreneur, shares her top ten tips for a summer body

Beach bodies need smooth hands and feet! A pre summer manicure and pedicure is the perfect tonic. For summer sometimes I use Shellac as it's long lasting and doesn't chip ...

30 March 2015

How Important Is Vitamin D?

Our bodies produce vitamin D following exposure to sunlight but 10 million of us Brits are simply not getting enough. That's about one in five adults and one in six ...
19 March 2015

Top 5 Tips To Cope With The Clock Change

The clocks spring forward on Sunday 29th March 2015, we lose an hour sleep but hey, British Summer Time is here! But for many parents the clock change and lighter ...
3 March 2015

10 Lower Sugar Food Swaps

A sugar-heavy diet can have a dramatic impact on our health and wellbeing. As a nation, we are consuming a vast amount of the white, sweet granules in our daily ...

26 February 2015

Five Ways To Reduce Your Risk Of Breast Cancer

Cancer is often thought to be a mainly inherited disease. However, research reveals that just 5-10% of all cancer cases can be attributed to genetic defects - the remainder are ...