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Walking is good exercise but timing how you walk, when you walk or where you walk can power up those steps even further. Helen Foster shows how

HAPPY HORMONES Exercise increases levels of the feel-good brain chemicals serotonin and endorphins, giving you a happy ‘high’. Feeling low or lost your motivation? The idea of working out might not fi

After losing her grandfather, Annabel Streets turned to a simple yet restorative practice: walking. Here, she shares the health and healing benefits for us all

Our health writer Jackie Mitchell learns more about this condition. A HERNIA occurs when an internal part of the body (organ or fatty tissue) pushes through a weak spot in its surrounding muscle or ti

Do you feel stuck, sluggish, out of shape or like your spark has dimmed? You’re not alone. It’s all too easy to fall into a rut while the years fly by – especially after decades injecting all your ene

We’ve heard it a thousand times – meditate for your mental health, your blood pressure, your stress levels… yawn. But now? You might finally have a reason to sit still and focus on your breath: better