Rickets: on the increase
Although a term that’s familiar to us, there’s still a world of unknown that surrounds rickets. Claudia MacCurvin explores the condition and how it became apparent to her everyday life.
ntil recently, when I...
Healthy Hybernation
We all find it hard to get things done in the Winter, it seems like more effort but you must keep moving. It’s a fitness trap to think that you can deal...
Oh we do love to be beside the seaside
A holiday at the seaside could be a healthy choice, as Lawrence McNeela discovers.
he traditional British seaside has never been more popular. Thanks to a curious set of circumstances involving both the recession...
Healthy Eating and Education
Over the 30 years and more during which I have been a secondary school teacher and a parent of two girls and two boys, I have seen a number of fads and fancies...
MS and Pregnancy
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is more common than most people realise. It has a long history and is well documented through the centuries. Specialists at Southampton hospital tell us more.
Who gets MS,...
Health: Coping With Miscarriage
Rachel Connors was 37 when she miscarried. She was ten weeks into her second pregnancy. She said, “If I had known I was bleeding I would never have been leaping around at the park...
Health: Infertility
After you’ve had one child it is only natural that you would like to give your child a sibling. However, more and more couples are suffering with a problem called secondary infertility. Secondary infertility...
Cycling with Tots in London
We have some fantastic cycle trails right across London. Forget weaving through traffic and instead imagine the joy of the open road with no cars! You can breathe in the fresh autumn air on...
