by Christine Morgan | Mar 15, 2012 | Food and drink, General health, Weightloss
The Public Health Responsibility Deal is a year old today – hip hip hooray. But hold the celebrations, as according to Which?, the initiative hasn’t exactly been a roaring success. The deal, which calls on food companies to display calorie information on their...
by Christine Morgan | Jan 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
With the global financial situation not looking to get much – if any – better in 2012, it’s encouraging to hear that many people get a dose of happiness from things that cost absolutely nothing. At least that’s according to a poll by UK health insurer...
by Christine Morgan | Nov 12, 2011 | General health
There’s nothing new in the idea that oral health is linked to heart health – there are plenty of studies that suggest the better you look after your teeth, the better your chance of avoiding heart disease. And now there’s a new study that, er, says exactly...
by Christine Morgan | Oct 14, 2011 | Food and drink, General health, Weightloss
Okay, so the health secretary Andrew Lansley announced the government’s big plans to tackle obesity yesterday, and already just about everyone with something to say on the subject has put the boot in. So I’m not going to join them. Oh alright then. I will....
by Christine Morgan | Oct 12, 2011 | General health, Wellbeing
Today’s news about rising unemployment figures in the UK is pretty dismal, I think everyone would agree. But if you’re one of those who are still lucky enough to have a job, then do you feel even more pressure now to perform at work than you used to? I...
by Christine Morgan | Oct 11, 2011 | Fitness, Food and drink, General health, Wellbeing
Well, well. There was me in my little health journalistic bubble thinking that the link between lifestyle and cancer was pretty well known these days. But I was wrong. According to a new study by the British Dental Health Foundation, no less, many of us don’t...
by Christine Morgan | Oct 6, 2011 | General health, Mind/body, psychology, Wellbeing
Riskfactorphobes and hypochondriacs alike are going to love the story published in yesterday’s Daily Mail. ‘Could YOU be a victim of smiling depression?’, it asks. Apparently comedian and all-round national treasure David Walliams recently owned up...
by Christine Morgan | Oct 3, 2011 | Fitness, General health
If, like countless others, you are addicted to your iPhone, here’s one of the ways that it could help make you healthier. By taking it out for a walk. Well, that is, if you download a new app called Healthy (imaginative, eh?), developed by O2 Health. Unveiled at...
by Christine Morgan | Sep 30, 2011 | General health, Wellbeing
I don’t know about you, but I’m certainly enjoying this unseasonally hot weather. It’s hard to believe that it’s almost October – and yet Britain is currently sizzling in the sun. Well, we did have a rubbish summer… And thanks to the...
by Christine Morgan | Sep 22, 2011 | General health
Well tell us something we don’t already know. Over a year ago, I wrote about a study by Imperial College London that suggested being admitted to hospital at the weekend made you more likely to die than if you were taken ill during the week (see When NOT to get...
