A recently published study reveals the dangers of taking the ‘hard work won’t kill you’ mantra to the extreme. According to the research, if you frequently work in excess of 11 hours a day then you have an increased of a heart attack. However, it seems that a 67 per cent rise in the risk read more »

We tend to associate the term vitamins with those we get from eating healthy fruit and vegetables, but what about the equally as important sunshine vitamin? Vitamin D has long since been known to play an important role in keeping bones, muscles and the immune system healthy, with a growing body of research even suggesting read more »

Research from the American College of Cardiology in New Orleans has found that exercising consistently throughout life helps to preserve muscle in the heart to the point where they can match that of a younger individual. The study, which involved 121 individuals who had no history of heart disease, set out to find whether physical read more »

In a bid to raise awareness of the importance of sleep in school children, the charity Sleep Scotland is to offer a teaching pack to schools as part of the curriculum for excellence. The charity, which already offers a sleep counselling service, has said that excessive use of T.V computers and mobile phones late at read more »

According to a survey of 1,000 mothers carried out for Procter and Gamble, 56 per cent of mothers believed they had either equal or less free time than their own mothers, with an average of only 26 minutes per day of ‘me time’. Many of the study participants openly told the researchers that they felt read more »

Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine found that individuals who exercised regularly were 30 per cent less likely to develop large polyps most at risk of becoming cancerous. The study itself involved the analysis of 20 previously published studies and has drawn on these findings to produce a new report which now appears in read more »

Poor February has a difficult act to follow after the excitement of Christmas and New Year, and other than being the shortest month it doesn’t really have much else to bring to the table. As the New Year’s resolutions begin to fizzle out and summer still seems but a distant dream, February seems like a read more »

Extreme planning syndrome is the term used to describe a condition which see’s individuals become obsessed with planning every aspect of their lives. Psychologist and agony aunt Susan Qulliam believes this condition is a coping mechanism which helps people to deal with uncertainly and strain because they feel that planning gives them some element of read more »

Recent research has found that women facing high stress levels at work have a 40 per cent increased risk of cardiovascular disease in comparison to those with low pressure jobs. The US study found that women in stressful jobs stand an 88 per cent raised risk of a heart attack alongside a heightened risk of read more »

In a survey of 2,372 people, 99 per cent of participants admitted to feeling stressed out at some point every day. The survey, which was conducted by herbal remedy brand Rescue Remedy, found that one in four people felt stressed for around 30 minutes each day with 49 per cent saying they had gained weight read more »