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NHS bosses look to overhaul cancer screening

Cancer screening programmes are to be reviewed following high-profile mistakes that have put thousands of patients in England at risk. NHS England has asked former government cancer tsar Sir Mike Richards to look at what changes are needed. Three national schemes cover breast, cervical and bowel cancers. On Wednesday, it emerged letters about the cervical… Read More »

Vitamin D deficiency – does your hair look like this? Signs to eat more ‘sunshine’ vitamin

Vitamin D is used by the body to keep the muscles, teeth and bones healthy, said the NHS. It uses the vitamin to regulate the amount of calcium or phosphate in the body. Not getting enough vitamin D can lead to severe bone deformities, rickets, or even osteomalacia. You could be at risk of a vitamin D… Read More »

When did you last look at what was IN your drinking water?

by William Fryer MA OxonHuman Scientist & director of www.megahome-distillers.co.uk More and more people are taking the quality of their drinking water seriously. While it is important to maintain good hydration at all times and although some health gurus suggest you should consume 2+litres per day, in reality, your body’s requirements will alter with size, diet… Read More »

Step-Ups: Not As Simple As They Look

While it may sometimes be challenging to see immediately how some resistance exercises translate in real life, it certainly isn’t the case with step-ups. After all, we do some on an everyday basis simply climbing up stairs, don’t we? Yes. And no. Step-ups seem like a really simple exercise, but there are a couple of… Read More »