Healthy living

Focus on mental and physical health and improving wellbeing.

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Nutrition & weight management

The diet debate

A controversial new report calls for a reversal in the way we approach obesity and healthy eating.

 

18 Jul 2016 , 4 Min Article

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Older people's health

Help customers enjoy an active older age

Healthy life expectancy is now 66 years for women and 64 for men. Can this be improved?

15 Jul 2016 , 5 Min Article

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Nutrition & weight management

Getting the balance right

If weight loss is simply a matter of eating less and moving more, why do people struggle to achieve a healthy weight?

01 Jun 2016 , 6 Min Article

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Child & teen health

Train your team: child health

This Train Your Team checklist provides support and information to run a team training session on child health.

31 May 2016 , 1 Min Article

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Healthy living

Social media reigns

Social media is increasingly favoured by charities as a way of raising funds and boosting awareness, but how effective is it?

25 Apr 2016 , 4 Min Article

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Healthy living

Pharmacy must get story to stack up

Pharmacies recommended for some public health services but is there a lack of evidence for others?

12 Apr 2016 , 2 Min Article

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Healthy living

Healthy moves

Exercise can cut the risk of major diseases and prolong life expectancy, but only one in three do enough exercise.

11 Apr 2016 , 4 Min Article

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Diabetes

A spoonful of sugar?

Described variously as ‘toxic’ and ‘the new tobacco’, sugar has had a bad press recently

11 Apr 2016 , 3 Min Article

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Diabetes

Energy zappers

One in five people usually feel tired, while one in 10 suffer from prolonged fatigue

11 Apr 2016 , 4 Min Article

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Women's health

A fresh start

The New Year offers the chance to change and improve many aspects of life – including our health

08 Apr 2016 , 4 Min Article

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Diabetes

Diabetes: controlling the crisis

With cases of diabetes in the UK higher than ever before, TM looks at what’s being done to overcome the problem.

24 Feb 2016 , 4 Min Article

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Healthy living

Trends towards health and wellness

The trend towards healthy living presents pharmacy with an ideal opportunity to engage with customers

04 Feb 2016 , 4 Min Article

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Smoking cessation

Health boost

Resolutions to improve health are common at this time of year. But how can customers stick with their best intentions?

20 Jan 2016 , 5 Min Article

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Healthy living

How to treat and manage sports injuries

Advising customers on a range of sports injuries can help them steer clear of long-term muscular pain and joint damage

13 Jan 2016 , 5 Min Article

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Smoking cessation

Stub it out

It can take three or more attempts to successfully quit smoking.

06 Jan 2016 , 4 Min Article

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Healthy living

Healthy headlines: helpful or hype?

With a plethora of headlines about nutrition and supplements, it can be difficult to seperate fact from fiction.

11 Dec 2015 , 5 Min Article

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