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Keep calm, and keep kind, if you want to live longer. It seems that being sarcastic and irritable only makes heart attack victims more likely to die from a second coronary. A recent study in the US on the personality traits of patients who had had heart attacks found that hostile personality traits (sarcasm, cynicism,...

It seems that many of us started as early as September this year, aiming to spread our costs during the financial stress of the pandemic. As for amounts we intend to spend? According to research carried out by American Express, more than 25 per cent of us will spend less than we did last year,...

Where do you put your parsnips and eggs, and what about the potatoes and onions? The correct answers, according to new government guidelines, are that the first two below in your fridge and the second two belong in your cupboard. More guidance on storing food safely can now be found on Wrap, the Government’s food...

Don’t live on processed food if you want to stay looking young. It seems that a high intake of unhealthy ready meals and other convenience food will age the cells in your body and increase the risk of a host of diseases. Such poor food can also lead to depression, high blood pressure, and even...

Fly-tipping Is your face mask making your skin break out? One in five of us suffer depression We love milk, but from where? Beauty ranges left on the shelves Honey, honey! Why singing in church is the same as shouting at the pub Average debt fell by £2,000 during lockdown ** Editor:  David Pickup, a...

‘ …The king sent them after the Aramean army. He commanded the drivers, ‘Go and find out what has happened.’ They followed them as far as the Jordan, and they found the whole road strewn with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown away in their headlong flight. So the messengers returned and reported to the...

Face masks are giving us skin complaints. In fact, so many of us are now suffering that the complaint has been given its own name: ‘maskne’. The causes are obvious. Our breath is warm and moist, and every time we exhale into our masks this humid air gets trapped. Masks move, and so we have...

The pandemic has doubled our rates of depression. Now one in five adults are struggling with the symptoms. And yet the peak of the Covid-19 mental health crisis is ‘yet to come’, according to NHS bosses. In June the Office for National Statistics released data showing that 19.2 percent of adults were experiencing some form...

Dairy cows have serious competition these days: a third of young people are now opting for vegan milk instead. Recent data from the global market research firm, Mintel, has found that 23 per cent of Britons now use plant-based milk. It has become most popular among the 16 to 24-year-olds. Many millennials have switched to...

Covid-19 has even affected women’s make-up routines. In many cases, they simply haven’t bothered. The lack of demand for foundation, lipstick, eye makeup and hair-dye has been so great in recent months that 350 products have been pulled from supermarket shelves. Research from Edge by Ascential, the ecommerce consultancy, found that overall, there was a...

If your grannie gave you honey when you had a cold, she was right. Research published in The British Medical Journal has found that honey is especially good for treating upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) such as the common cold. Honey has anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory properties. These do better at soothing your cough and sniffles...

How dangerous is it to sing in church, when it comes to spreading coronavirus? About the same as it is to speak loudly in a pub. So say researchers at the University of Bristol. They have found that speaking loudly and singing generate about the same amounts of aerosol droplet – tiny particles of liquid...