I knew it! Spring cleaning is bad for your family's health
As experts reveal that household bleach is a 'public health risk', creating breeding grounds for infection, self-confessed slattern Judith Woods sits back and watches the dirt collect... (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - April 4, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: children health bleach spring clean bad for your health exposure housework germs immunity Source Type: news
If you value your intelligence, don't 'just Google it'
The trouble with search engines is all in the mind, says Jane Shilling (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - April 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: yale Noah Baumbach ben stiller just google it naomi watts think you're clever internet search While We're Young amanda seyfried stupid Source Type: news
How your 'healthy' flavoured water contains more sugar than cola
Consumers are ditching fizzy drinks for flavoured waters, but many don't realise how full of sugar these drinks are - shockingly, some contain up to 13g per serving (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 31, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: flavoured water health healthy sugar Source Type: news
'Impractical' to use Medical Detection Dogs? Wrong
Doctors and scientists worldwide are putting their faith in dogs' ability to sniff out cancer - so it's time Cancer Research UK changed its attitude towards them (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: early detection Judith Potts medical detection dogs cancer research Source Type: news
Was it the drugs, the champagne or an Easter miracle?
A dialysis patient who received a kidney transplant 25 years ago is celebrating his good fortune with an artwork that honours all the organ donors who have restored the gift of life to so many (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Guy's Hospital dialysis transplant Canterbury Cathedral organ donor Source Type: news
The Angelina effect
This week Max Pemberton applauds Angelina, berates NICE and welcomes new guidelines on the management of very premature babies (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Max Pemberton NICE premature babies breast cancer Angelina Jolie diabetes ovarian cancer Source Type: news
Record numbers of British parents are turning to surrogacy
As it is reported that Elle MacPherson is considering a surrogate, Antonia Hoyle talks to one couple who realised their dream of becoming parents with an egg donor and host mother (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: IVF Elle MacPherson Dolce and Gabbana Nigel and Caroline Griffiths surrogacy Sarah Jessica Parker Nicole Kidman Baby Gammy Elton John Antonia Hoyle Source Type: news
Doctor's Diary: Doctors have to ensure that patients are aware of all the risks
The recent Supreme Court ruling on doctors' duty of care will lead to a rise in medical negligence cases; low levels of vitamin D have been linked to mental illness and giving up apples may help ease pain (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nadine Montgomery gin and raisins Doctor's Diary Dina McLellan hydrocephalus vitamin D apples James Le Fanu cerebral palsy medical paternalism Source Type: news
Parents of clinically obese kids 'don't see' their offspring as unhealthily fat
Parents of very obese children are extremely unlikely to recognise the problem, a study including almost 3,000 parents found (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 29, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Doctors reveal most bizarre requests from patients
Family doctors say they are becoming increasingly overloaded by patients turning to them for advice on everything under the sun (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 29, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: bizarre gp nhs doctor Source Type: news
What losing an hour's sleep will do to your body
As the clocks go forward, here's how your body will react to an hour's less sleep. Plus 13 tips on how to sleep better (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 27, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: bed spring forward tired when do the clocks fall back clocks turn back british summer time when do the clocks change rest less sleep what time do the clocks change when do the clocks go back what time is it why do clocks go back Source Type: news
The best DIY wellbeing tools
Wellbeing might be about feeling and thinking better from the inside out, but these tools can help us all on the path to enlightenment (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 24, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: meditation apps fitness wellbeing running yoga spiraliser Pilates foam roller training sleep anxiety stress Barry's Bootcamp Marathon Source Type: news
Why your daily cup of tea could be bad for your health
Rsearch suggests that drinking tea could cause frequent nosebleeds and brittle bones (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 24, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: tea bad for you brittle bones drinking tea nosebleeds tea good for you Source Type: news
GP receptionists should be trained in compassion
Receptionists are the only remaining untrained members of surgeries and it's time we changed that, says Judith Potts (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: gp gp receptionists nhs nhs receptionists Source Type: news
The healing nature of poetry
Poetry workshops held in prisons, libraries and bookshops are becoming increasingly important therapy for those who suffer from anxiety and depression (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - March 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: poetry Black Rainbow mental health Derek Walcott Rachel Kelly Source Type: news
