The number of deaths from heart attacks has halved in less than a decade, a new study has found. Researchers say the dramatic decline has been sparked by fewer people smoking and improvements in hospital care. Better management of high blood pressure and high cholesterol has also helped to cut the number of people having [...]
BRITONS are living longer than ever, but they are still likely to spend a total of 18 months waiting for doctors’ appointments, suffer 152 migraines and battle 133 coughs and colds. We will also have 210 backaches, have seven stitches and break one bone, as well as falling victim to three accidents requiring medical treatment. [...]
WE all have our favourite hair-care routine – our own way to style and look after our hair. But do you have what I call the basics to keep your hair looking and feeling its best? The most essential needs are your shampoo and conditioner, which are the basics of all hair-care routines, because your [...]
THE former boss of the French company at the centre of a breast implant scandal affecting tens of thousands of women has been arrested. Jean-Claude Mas, who ran the now-defunct Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), was held at his home in Marseilles shortly before dawn. More than 40,000 women across the UK received PIP implants. Fears [...]
By Val Sainsbury BLINK and you’ll miss her! Never has this old saying been more appropriate, than when Ivet Lalova flies past you on the running track. The 27-year-old Bulgarian beauty holds the distinguished title of being the world’s fastest white woman EVER over 100 metres, and the 10th fastest of all time. Just think [...]
A LONG while ago, on the third match week, Division 1 teams accumulated 12 maximums between them. That record was blown out of the window on Week 27 as no fewer than 15 180s were recorded! Those hitting the old lipstick were: Bubbles (Phoenix), Pete (The Pub), Ian (Titans), Mitch x 2/London (Xtreme), JZ (X-Men), [...]
CD TENERIFE axed manager Antonio Calderon immediately after Sunday’s dreadful 3-2 home defeat by Sporting Gijon. It followed their less-than-exciting 1-1 draw on lowly Vecindario’s synthetic pitch the previous week, and his departure will have come as no surprise to the thousands of fans who have been behind the team all season at the Heliodoro [...]
THE five-woman rowing team, who set out from La Gomera in the world’s toughest ocean-rowing race, have broken two world records. Their fund-raising, 3,000-mile journey across the Atlantic Ocean to Barbados took 45 days, 15 hours and 26 minutes, setting a double world record. They were the first five-woman team to row any ocean in [...]
ABTA – The Travel Association, released their Travel Trends Report 2012, developed in association with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, predicting that holidaymakers will be seeking value for money but not necessarily the cheapest holiday. While the mid-market is expected to be squeezed, holidays that offer an authentic or specialist experience, and luxury and all-inclusive [...]
The Times presents Destinations: The Holiday & Travel Show, which will be held at Earls Court, London from Thursday, February 2nd to Sunday, February 5th, 2012 it’s the biggest gathering of travel experts in the UK. If you’re looking for holiday inspiration then the collective of more than 800 experts from 100s of destinations, is [...]
