Baby-making can add a great deal of pressure to a couples sex life and have a detrimental effect on relationships and health as sex becomes more of a chore than a pleasure. Fertility expert, Acupuncturist and author Emma Cannon explores the dos and don’ts of sex when trying for a baby.
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Make sex a priority. Regularity of sex is important and not just sex at the fertile time.
To support national education during Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, I would like to share my recent experience to make you aware of breast cancer prevention. I have done lots of research and then gathered the best information pages online for you to check. Twenty years ago breast cancer was considered incurable but these days, doctors believe that if caught at the initial stages…
NHS Choices reveals some of the myths around treating a cold and offers advice on how to get well quickly.
According to NHS Choices, on average an adult can expect to catch a cold between two and four times a year, with more people suffering during the winter months. But do you know how best to treat a cold?
Myths about cures for the common cold:
· Vitamin C – according to NHS Choices…
Beautiful beach bodies will be turning heads everywhere this summer, thanks to Personal Trainer and Fitness Expert Dax Moy who is on a mission to share his expert knowledge in advance of holiday season.
Dax says: “Baring all on holiday is often a terrifying prospect. If you feel self-conscious about your hips, thighs, stomach or indeed anywhere else that you’re going to have to bare, then…
Safety advice for regular users of mobile phones and Wi-Fi devices – ideal for all parents.
Mobile phones, just how did we live without them? At about 80 million, there are now more mobiles than people in the UK. But since the Nineties, when their use became more widespread, there have been lots of nagging doubts about their safety and significant evidence now suggests that they pose a…
Are you a first-time mum who ate for two – or more – during pregnancy? Celebrities make it look easy to drop the pounds, but I am a journalist looking for a mum who has just given birth to help tell the truth about trying to shape up when you live in the real world.
So if you’ve given birth to your first within the last month and perhaps put on more weight than you planned…
According to Prof Steven Mithen, of Reading University, Neanderthal man communicated via sound songs long before he could speak language. You can bet your life that one of those songs would have been a lullaby.
Songs sung to babies have been around almost as long as babies have and it’s a simple, but incredibly effective way to bond. Babies first start to hear at around 20 weeks, so by the time…
A to Z on protecting kids’ skin from the sun by Dr David Atherton, Consultant Paediatric Dermatologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
EFFECTS OF THE SUN ON THE SKIN
These effects can conveniently be subdivided into early and late.
Early effects
Sunburn
Sunburn is a reflection of lethal damage to epidermal cells, and to small blood vessels in the underlying dermis.
Hi, I’m Liselotte Rolander and I’ve been a registered homeopath for the past 10 years. My decision to study homeopathy started 15 years ago after my first visit to a homeopath. I had had antibiotics for bronchitis 5 times in a year and things were not getting any better. I was prescribed some remedies , started feeling better almost immediately and have never had bronchitis since! I…
Most of us overdo it at some point in the year whether it’s overeating, eating too much the ‘wrong’ foods, or having one drink too many. It is a good idea to detox and give your system a much -needed break. The best way to assist the cleansing process of the body is to eat certain foods, take supplements or herbs, exercise or practice Yoga. It is common for people to want to start their…