Health
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Do you know how to use a defibrillator?
Saving someone’s life might be the last thing on your mind when you step out of your front door to go shopping, head to work, pick up the kids or anything else. However, it you’re in the right place at the right time, this might be exactly what you end up doing. Cardiac arrest can strike unexpectedly and if you see someone who you think has suffered one of these medical emergencies, your actions could help to spare their lives. If there is one available, you should use an automated external defibrillator (AED). Firms like Steroplast sell state-of-the-art AEDs and these devices are now widely available in public places such…
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Fun on the School Run with Regatta
Walk to school month continues, and I can happily say that we are still enjoying all the new adventures we are finding to have along the way. For many children though, a walk to school is something that they never get chance to enjoy. Outdoor specialists Regatta have recently published the results of a survey they carried out looking at the school run. The results made interesting reading. Here are a few of the key results:- Despite almost half (47%) of British primary school children living within just one mile of the school gates, over a million1 have never walked to school. Walking to school has declined 62%2 over the…
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The perfect Place for an Autumn Picnic
Summer is the season for picnics, but the fun doesn’t have to end then. There are so many lovely places that are perfect for a leisurely few hours away from the house, and with half term holidays just around the corner, now might be a good time to choose a spot for a yummy picnic in the great outdoors. Vita Coca Kids are asking bloggers to write about their favourite picnic spots in the UK as part of a mission to keep picnicking going post Summer. They put together a fabulous picnic basket, complete with blankets, and lots of their new (and absolutely delicious ) fruit flavoured coconut water that…
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Lupus Awareness Month
There are diseases that are very high profile. Diseases like breast cancer, and, more recently, Motor Neurone disease, have been highlighted by Internet campaigns like the ‘no make-up selfie’ and the Ice bucket challenge. But there are other diseases that many of us know nothing about, despite the fact that they blight thousands of lives all over the world. Lupus is just one of those diseases. Lupus is a disease of the immune system that affects one in 5,000 white women, one in every 1,000 women of Asian origin and one in 625 women who are of African Caribbean descent. Lupus can also affect men. I first became aware of…
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Sk:n helps you find your future face
Have you ever wondered what you would be like if you were transported 50 years into the future? Do you think about what life will be like for a person with your lifestyle, attitudes, hobbies and interests living in the year 2064? If you have answered yes to the questions above, or if the questions have intrigued you enough to make you start to wonder about the non-to-distant future, then a fantastic new App from beauty specialists Sk:n is something that you just have to try out. The App, called ‘Find your future face’, allows you to flash forward 50 years to discover the possible technologies, issues and events that…
