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Sarah's Health Notes: Macmillan Talking Cancer Podcasts (Post)
I’m sitting in my office down the bottom of our garden in Dorset, looking out at the birds flitting around – a blue tit is sitting on top of a tall shrub like the king of the castle – watching my hus ...
VH Eats – Cooking(Post)‘A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness’ – Elsa Schiaparelli A couple of years ago, I released a section on our site called VH Eats, and as we are entering an ‘entertaining season’, ...
How Your Phone Can Make You Healthy(Post)It suddenly dawned on me the other day that my phone is keeping me fit. And healthy. And less stressed. And I’m a) surprised and b) rather pleased about it. Yes, I know that phones are also the curs ...
The Aunties(Post)You know the way Gill gets over excited when she loves something and immediately turns into a happy lunatic? Of course you do. Well, this month I’m going to join her. Not about the cutting-edge healt ...
Comparing Ourselves to Others(Post)When my daughter was a teenager, she spent a great deal of time thinking about appearance, just like every other teenage girl in the known universe. I’m too fat, my hair is too frizzy, my face is too ...
Weekend Read 12 February 2022(Post)The ongoing story of life. And the life of times of our continuing stance to help support each other through the many differing concerns about our health and wellbeing. So as I welcome you to this ...
Seasonal Affective Disorder(Post)What is Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)? Seasonal Affective Disorder, also referred to as SAD, is a condition that affects over half a million people in the UK. This condition impacts upon the men ...
I Come from a Different World(Post)When I was growing up in the Sixties, we had a black bakelite telephone in the corner of the living room. It had its own allocated table and chair, because that’s where you went for a quiet chat. T ...
Symptoms of Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)(Post)What is Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)? Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) is a concern that occurs in some women between two and fourteen days of the onset of the periodic cycle. Also known as PMS, Premenstr ...
High Blood Pressure(Post)High blood pressure is a common concern as we begin to age. The term ‘silent killer’ describes high blood pressure well because unless you know what the symptoms of high blood pressure are, you would ...
Never Too Late To Learn(Post)Hands up who hated school? I’m rather anticipating a sea of hands, here – but mine will probably be the most eager, the one reaching most determinedly sky-wards – because pretty much as soon as I’d l ...
On Not Giving A Damn What People Think(Post)I grew up with a grandmother who cared a lot about what people thought of her. She was a wonderful woman – incredibly generous, pillar of the various communities where she lived, from India to Malaya ...