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In this section you’ll find a wide range of interesting and informative articles to help you stay in the best of health. Plus you can share your experiences and advice with other members of the Silversurfers community.
In this section you’ll find a wide range of interesting and informative articles to help you stay in the best of health. Plus you can share your experiences and advice with other members of the Silversurfers community.
Suffering from a sleep disorder can take a massive toll on a person’s mental...
World Sleep Day: How to sleep if you share a bed with someone who struggles to drift offUnless they’re peddling anti-ageing cream, most beauty and skincare adverts focus on young, glamorous...
Skincare for mature skinGPs and pharmacists have helped slash prescriptions for potentially addictive opioid drugs by 450,000...
Prescriptions for opioids ‘fall by almost half-a-million over last four yearsGetting good sleep could see men live almost five years longer, and women more...
Getting good sleep could add years to your life, study suggestsHere we learn about the science behind depriving ourselves. Starting on February 22 and...
Middle-aged women who have “satisfying” relationships with partners, friends and colleagues are less likely...
Living well is important at any age, but experts say our health priorities can...
Treating chronic pain can be tricky, especially when it comes to chronic primary pain....
A healthy balanced diet isn’t just about what you eat, it’s about portion size...
A ‘BREAKTHROUGH’ innovative home-use device to treat erectile dysfunction which uses radiofrequency technology is...
It’s normal to feel a little bit blue when winter rolls around. Short days,...
Dry January is an initiative that encourages people to abstain from drinking for 30 consecutive...
Things have been changing at your local pharmacy, including the introduction of a range...
Also known as verbal dyspraxia or dyspraxia of speech, apraxia is a speech disorder...
Modern medicine relies on antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs. We use them to treat...
Snoring is often the subject of jokes but for those affected, it’s no laughing...
Colder days are fast approaching Long dark evenings, sniffles, sneezes and that duvet day...
The worst thing about catching a seasonal cold isn’t the fact that you’re constantly...
It’s estimated more than three million people in the UK and Ireland have osteoporosis...
A change of season can leave us feeling thrown off kilter in all sorts...
GPs will start prescribing walking and cycling as part of a trial in England...
A headache can strike at any time, and they’re often more common during the...
Whether you’re a sun worshipper who welcomes every heatwave with open arms, or you...
Are you digging too much? Bending over without bending your knees? Carrying pots that...
However, while it is still the fashion to have a suntan and you may...
Dehydration is the term used when there is not enough water in our body...
Fond of salty snacks? Always sprinkling salt on your dinner? Like many people, you...
Being stung by an insect can be painful and happily, for most of us...
It doesn’t take much to take care of our feet and they can feel,...
A new campaign has brought the topic of sexual health among the over-65s to...
As shortages of some hay fever medicines begin to hit the UK, allergy experts...
It’s been instilled in us since day dot: brushing your teeth twice a day...
An hour a week of heavy gardening could help reduce a person’s risk of...
The fear of failure for some of us is so strong that it can...