A Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body. That's everyone's ideal; but sometimes we need a bit of help. Keep your body in good shape with advice from experts in various fields. For mental health, keep yourself alert with our puzzles.
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COPD: Know it. Check it. Treat it.
COPD: Know it. Check it. Treat it, a campaign to raise awareness of a lung disease called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been launched by NHS Lothian in collaboration with Livingston Football Club to help find people in West Lothian who may have the disease, but are unaware of it.
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Autumn Health
As the season changes from Summer to Autumn, the shortening days can tend to make us feel a bit less chirpy. Symptoms which begin to increase around this time of year range from the depression associated with SAD to general low energy, fatigue and lethargy. In this month’s column, practitioners from Napiers the Herbalists give some advice on how to make this seasonal transition a healthy one.
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Stop Smoking
Breaking addictions is never easy but with the right mind set and the right tools it can be done. We all know how bad smoking is for our health, ‘Smoking Kills’ is the phrase blazened across packets of cigarettes and there is a lot of information out there about the damage it does to our lungs and the cancer risks, to say nothing of the changes to our skin and facial expressions from smoking. In this month’s column, three practitioners from Napiers the Herbalists look at how to get to grips with quitting the deadly weed.
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Twin Your Toilet!
2.6 billion people – that’s 40% of the world’s population – don’t have somewhere safe, clean and hygienic to go to the loo. But you can help change that by twinning your toilet!
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