Category: Health

  • How to live with osteoarthritis

    How to live with osteoarthritis

    It is likely that we all know someone with osteoarthritis. As we get older our bodies suffer from wear and tear. After seventy years you would expect a door hinge to become stiff and worn. Something similar happens to our joints. The cartilage between the bones of a joint becomes stiffer and thinner meaning that…

  • Tips to help maintain good cognitive health

    Tips to help maintain  good cognitive health

    We have all heard the term use it or lose it. Like most older people I have been bombarded with advice: to learn another language, to do jigsaws and crosswords, to take up Zumba or Pilates. But does it work? Can we really help to prevent dementia or at least delay the symptoms? I spent…

  • How to reduce your risk of falls after 70

    How to reduce your risk of falls after 70

    Everybody has fallen at some point, it is part of the process of learning to walk. Toddlers have very poor balance, you can see how they walk with their feet wide apart to help maintain their balance. As our bodies learn and adapt to being up on two feet, falling becomes a normal part of…

  • How to make healthy more affordable

    How to make healthy more affordable

    It is not always easy or cheap to live a healthy life. When people say that healthy eating is easy enough to do, it’s not always the case for those who are living in poverty. Your health should never have a price tag on it and yet it does. The insurance you pay, the appointment…

  • Easy ways for seniors to stay healthy this winter

    Easy ways for seniors to stay healthy this winter

    The NHS will be under a lot of pressure this winter so if older people can stay healthy they should. Try to stay warm Cold weather can make some health problems worse especially if you are over 65.  If you are not very mobile or have a health condition that is  made worse by cold…

  • How to control emotional eating with diabetes

    How to control emotional eating with diabetes

    Stress, depression or boredom often alter your eating habits. You might not want to eat and lose weight or conversely you might find that you turn to high calorie snacks to provide comfort. For most people it is not too serious if you change your diet for a few weeks. When you are feeling better…

  • Why some people get asthma in later life

    Why some people get asthma in later life

    Most people who have asthma in later life would have likely developed the condition as a child. However, for some people, the symptoms of the breathing condition can actually appear much later on in life. Where this happens, it is known as adult asthma. Some people have even developed the condition in their 50s and…