Health News

Want to lose weight? Exercise at the SAME TIME every day

Exercising at the SAME TIME every day is key to losing weight: Scientists discover people are more likely to work out if it becomes a ‘habit’ ‘Consistent exercisers’ worked out for 4.8 days a week and 285 minutes   Compared to 4.4 days and 285 minutes among the ‘inconsistent exercisers’  Once a habit, the ‘attention, effort […]

Health News

MPs want to raise legal smoking age to 21

Ban cigarettes for anyone under 21, ministers are urged amid calls for tobacco taxes to be increased Raising limit could help to stop people trying out cigarettes at a young age Ministers are considering levy on tobacco firms to fund services for quitting  Rules tightened on showing smoking on TV and in films, the group […]

Health Problems

Time to stop cancer screenings: what do patients want to hear?

(HealthDay)—Older adults prefer explanations about stopping cancer screening that emphasize the shift to focus on other health issues, according to a research letter published in the August issue of JAMA Oncology. Nancy L. Schoenborn, M.D., M.H.S., from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, and colleagues conducted a cross-sectional survey of 881 U.S. […]

Kids Health

School Supplies You'll Want to Steal From Your Kids

Pin Back-to-school often means a shopping excursion specifically for, well, office supplies for kids. But too often, school supplies leave something to be desired. Boring composition notebooks, bland folders and run-of-the-mill markers probably run rampant at your local office supply store. After all, pencils and paper aren’t exactly beautiful food for the aesthetic soul — […]

Personal Health

Want More Affection In Your Relationship? Do This.

If you’re after some extra TLC in your relationship, recent research has found the answer. And it’s a fun one.  Basically, more sex equals more affection and greater relationship satisfaction. The series of studies looked at a range of factors influencing committed couples in the United States and Switzerland. In the first two studies, a […]