As you may have already experienced, the benefits of exercise spread far and wide. Although trying to bring up small children and staying fit can sometimes be mission impossible. Sound familiar?
What a lot of people don’t realise is that several short bursts of exercise can be just as effective as a longer session. So, if you do have that spare moment, grab the opportunity to jump onto your mat…
How do you deal with cancer? Paul’s Cancer Support Centre offers FREE support to people interested in
learning relaxation and coping skills.
It is a rare person who is not challenged by cancer and the experience
affects people in many different ways. Paul’s Cancer Support
Services, a registered charity based in Wandsworth, London, will be
running a free online course “Coping with Cancer…
Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity is once again encouraging people to sign up to their flagship mass participation challenge event RBC Race for the Kids.
From fitness enthusiasts to fun-seekers, the RBC Race for the Kids is the fundraising event for all to enjoy. The fun 5km race takes place in London’s beautiful Battersea Park on Sunday 9 June 2013 and will raise vital funds…
March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month so we have gathered important information on how to prevent it and how to recognise potential symptoms.
Prevention
General advice for all cancers is a healthy diet rich in fruit and veg, exercise and maintaining a healthy weight. However, some specific advice for ovarian cancer prevention include:
– stop smoking
– if a woman has the choice…
New research shows that ‘pretend play’ is the defining childhood activity of the last 50 years, uniting the generations.
The research, which was carried out by Sainsbury’s Active Kids scheme among children and adults across the UK, examined the favourite childhood activities of each generation from those born from 1940 onwards.
Beating off competition from computer games and the latest…
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been religiously using my new cleansers and moisturisers. So why haven’t my pores disappeared, and why am I getting so many new pimples?
Well, you’ll probably be as surprised as me to learn that you can’t make your pores go away – isn’t this what a lot of products claim to do? You can’t get rid of your pores as they are either…
This week (11 – 17 February 2013) is Eating Disorder Awareness week. Dr Nihara Krause, a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Lecturer as well as founder of the charity STEM4 that raises awareness and offer early intervention in four areas of teenage mental health through workshops in schools, talks to London Mums about eating disorders and prevention.
What are eating disorders?
Eating…
Last year’s sporting success had a real impact on young people’s perceptions of female athletes. So Clare Balding has now kick-started npower What’s Your Goal?, an initiative that offers young people once-in-a-lifetime opportunities in the football industry. Clare is leading an exclusively female line up of 11 inspirational and successful women currently working within the football industry…
At this time of year it’s easy to forget your beauty routine, to hide away behind a thick hat and scarf. The drop in air temperature, biting wind and blasts of central heating will dry out even the most supple of skin. It’s definitely time to take stock and redefine your beauty regime for the winter. With the long nights ahead what better way to relax than soaking in a long hot bath…
With heavy snow and ice predicted across all parts of the UK this weekend and into next week, The Royal Life Saving Society UK, Britain’s leading lifesaving and lifeguarding organisation, warns motorists to be extra vigilant in snow and bad weather and for parents to teach their children not to go on to frozen lakes, ponds, canals and reservoirs under any circumstances. Media coverage has…