Health & Beauty

The “blue light” emitted by street lights including LEDs, and commercial outdoor lighting such as advertising, is linked to a significant increase in the risk of breast and prostate cancer, innovative new research has concluded.

A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) and involving the University of Exeter found that participants living in large cities with heavy exposure to blue lights at night had double the risk of prostate cancer and 1.5 times higher risk of breast cancer. This was compared to populations with less exposure to blue light.

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Education Recruitment Company Class People are helping to highlight the importance of National Stress Awareness Month by holding a yoga class at work. The independent education specialists invited yoga teacher Catherine Brooker-Magee to hold a class which replaced their weekly Monday morning meeting. Teaching has been found to be one of the most stressful professions, and according to a recent national survey 80% of classroom teachers have seriously considered leaving the profession in the past 12 months. Class People invited their teachers, teaching assistants and early years...

Harmonie-Rose Allen is helping to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of meningitis on World Meningitis Day.

The four-year-old from Bath, contracted meningitis when she was 10 months old, and sadly lost all four limbs to the disease.

However, she hasn’t let her tough start in life dampen her spirit, as she confidently stars in Meningitis Now’s new awareness video.

Harmonie-Rose can be seen introducing herself and listing the signs and symptoms of meningitis, before stardom gets too much and she needs to have a little lie down!

The video aims to inform...

If you can’t relax on holiday, when can you? For most of us, a holiday is a rare treat, something that we should treasure and do our best not to squander. And yet, all too often, many of us are guilty of succumbing to the pressures and temptations of modern life. We end up checking our e-mails and responding to work-related requests. And all of this is in spite of the fact that we were very clear with ourselves before we left about not doing this. If we can’t fully unwind and relax on our holiday, then what are we really paying for? No, a good holiday is all about escaping from your...