9 ways to keep your bones strong

No nonsense trends, no impossible goals, just simple, straightforward advice for good health-keeping. This issue… With a rise in the number of younger people being diagnosed with thinning bones, Louise Atkinson asks the experts what you can do

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Being slim isn’t always as healthy as it may appear to be… We hear a lot about the risks of being overweight, but often little is said about how being underweight can impact us. Like it or loathe it,

Probably the most common question I’m asked by patients who are feeling tired or have put on weight is, “Do I have a slow metabolism?” The answer is complicated. Your metabolism is the name for all th

DR HAZEL WALLACE EXPLAINS WHY WHAT YOU EAT, HOW YOU MOVE AND WHEN YOU SLEEP, AT EACH STAGE OF YOUR MENSTRUAL CYCLE, CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE TO YOUR WELLBEING

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