Lifestyle and exercise

Merry Christmas and 'App-y' New Year

Lifestyle and exercise

“FitFu wants to get you exercising at your desk,” states a headline in TechCrunch. “HealthyApps has launched an app to provide people with MRSA and C. difficile infection rates at their local hospitals...

Published date 23 November 2017

Vulnerable urged to have swine flu vaccine

Lifestyle and exercise

Swine flu has claimed the lives of 10 British adults in recent weeks, newspapers report. The Independent and the Daily Mail say there are signs that the virus ‘is back’, raising fears of ‘a new epidemic’.

Published date 23 November 2017

Homeless die 30 years younger than average

Lifestyle and exercise

On a sobering note during the festive period, the BBC today reported that homeless people “die 30 years younger” than the national average. The Daily Telegraph said that “homeless women die ‘by age 43’”...

Published date 23 November 2017

Menopausal symptoms 'last longer' than previously thought

Lifestyle and exercise

"Menopause lasts 'up to 14 years'," the Daily Mail reports, with The Daily Telegraph reporting a similar figure – but according to The Guardian, it's "12 years"…

Published date 23 November 2017

Unemployment and job insecurity linked to increased risk of suicide

Lifestyle and exercise

“Unemployment causes 45,000 suicides a year worldwide,” The Guardian reports. The story comes from a study that looked at the association between suicide rates and unemployment in 63 countries across the world…

Published date 23 November 2017

Does marriage make your bones grow stronger?

Lifestyle and exercise

"Marriage really does make you stronger: Husbands have tougher bones than their single counterparts," reports the Mail Online – but apparently this only applies if the man marries after the age of 25. The news stems from a study of 632 US men and women…

Published date 23 November 2017

New strain blamed for record norovirus outbreak

Lifestyle and exercise

The emergence of a new Australian strain of norovirus – the ‘winter vomiting bug’ – has featured in most newspapers today. The Daily Telegraph reports that the new strain is to blame for the record number of cases of the virus seen this winter...

Published date 23 November 2017

Claims ginseng is 'new Viagra' just don’t stand up

Lifestyle and exercise

'Forget Viagra, a tablet made from ginseng could boost a man's love life' is misleading speculation in the Daily Mail as they report on a study which actually found that the ginseng was no better than placebo in treating erectile dysfunction…

Published date 23 November 2017

US recession saw more Google stress searches

Lifestyle and exercise

"Google searches for stress-related illnesses rose during the recession," the Mail Online reports. The news comes from research looking at how US Google search trends for health complaints changed during the period…

Published date 23 November 2017