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...
by Christine Morgan | Sep 15, 2011 | Fitness, Food and drink, General health, Weightloss
Well I’ve heard everything now. Chocolate – you know, the devil incarnate in terms of blood sugar, weight gain and indeed dental health (plus others, I dare say) – is not only good for your heart (those studies, I’m afraid, are as common as muck these...
by Christine Morgan | Sep 13, 2011 | Food and drink, General health
A new charity has been launched today called Alcohol Research. Sounds like a hoot, doesn’t it? But as much as my twisted imagination would like to think so, it’s not an excuse for a bunch of charity workers to get together and have regular boozing...
