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Having a positive view on life can help you live longer.  A recent study has found that people who are optimistic are more likely to live to 85 or older. The study by the Boston University School of Medicine found that the most optimistic men and women have an 11 per cent to 15 per...

Two in five hospital patients never have any visitors, according to a recent survey. And a recent poll of 200 hospital nurses by the Royal Voluntary Service found that many nurses believe that the lack of social contact hampered patient recovery. People with no visitors are less likely to be stimulated by conversation, or move...

Sorry to nag you, but if you are middle-aged and sitting for more than nine hours a day, you are doubling your risk of early death.  But the solution is simple:  walking briskly for 24 minutes a day can help you extend your life. A recent study by the University of Leicester and the Norwegian...

A recent study by the Office for National Statistics has found that women tend to favour shorter commutes to work, while men are more likely to tolerate a longer journey to the office, if they get higher pay for the effort. This combination has tended to contribute to men doing more high-paid jobs, which in...

Alarming In praise of grandparents! Active social life may help cut risk of dementia Our bankrupt young Hotter with tattoos One third of young children have never been to the butcher’s or greengrocer’s Housework The rise of self-employment You may love him, but….! Good food for you Are you worried that your child likes gaming...

You go to your favourite supermarket on a Saturday to buy your big shop. As you enter the shop the alarm goes off. The alarm continues to sound several times when you are shopping. After you have paid for the shopping and are leaving the alarm goes off. A security guard asks you to go...

6th October is ‘Grandparents Day’.  Grandparents in the UK number about 17 million, or more than one in four of the adult population. Grandparents average out at 68 years of age, have four grandchildren who live 10 miles away, and who spend five hours per visit. Grandparents have multiple roles as their grandchildren grow up:...

If you can continue a healthy social life during middle age and onwards, you might be able to prevent the onset of dementia. It has been found that people of 60 or over who see family and friends almost every day have a 12 per cent lower risk of developing the disease.  According to the...

 The number of young people who go bankrupt has soared, increasing tenfold in just three years.  People from ‘Generation Z’ (aged 18 to 25) now make up one in 15 of all personal insolvencies.  Back in 2016 only one in 100 insolvencies involved a young person. As one accountant explained: “In this climate of low...

Thermal image technology has found that heavily tattooed skin heats up more than normal skin in direct sunlight.  Images of tattoo artists in Shoreditch, taken on a Cat S61 smartphone, showed higher temperatures on sections of skin that were heavily inked – with the black of the tattoo retaining the most heat.

That is the finding of a survey by Nationwide Building Society, who also found that one in four youngsters of primary school age do not even know what a high street is.  More than half have never visited a laundromat, and nearly half have never been to a florist or key-cutter. The survey comes amidst...

Who does most of the housework in your family? Probably the woman, if you are like most families.  That is the finding of a recent analysis of who does household chores, carried out by University College London (UCL). The study found that even among couples where the woman is more qualified and has a more...