Exercise is medicine, and doctors are starting to prescribe it
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"There is a movement afoot (pun intended) to get more people exercising by involving their family doctors."
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Health Check: how to soothe yourself to sleep
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"Getting a good night of sleep can seem like the most effortless and natural thing in the world, but when we can’t fall asleep it can quickly feel elusive and frustrating. There are a few techniques we can use to help us fall asleep, and some things we should always practise before we go to bed to give ourselves the best chance of being able to drop off easily."
Read MoreBlogs For Massage Therapists
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Here we break down a list of blogs that give insights into the body or the massage therapy profession. The idea of a list was to impose constraint that forced me be decisive with what blogs I included. As an added bonus I have included links that give a idea of the types of content featured on each blog.
Read MoreFact Check: is it bad for your health to eat food fried in olive oil?
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"It recently has been suggested that using vegetable oils to fry food may be bad for your health due to the production of toxic chemicals called aldehydes during the heating process. Aldehydes are simple organic structures – compounds which contain a carbon-oxygen double bond – and are abundant in nature. They are formed in the human body in small amounts as by-products of normal fructose and alcohol metabolism. Consumption of dietary aldehydes is thought to contribute to human diseases including diabetes and heart disease. But what about olive oil? Is it classed as a vegetable oil, and is it safe to fry food with it?"
Read MoreGet headaches? Here’s five things to eat or avoid
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"Headaches are really common, so here are five things the research evidence indicates are worth trying to help manage or avoid them."
Read MoreJune 2017 - monthly list of noteworthy finds
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I have committed myself to compiling a monthly list of recent noteworthy finds applicable to massage therapy. Posts are designed to be short and will go out the first friday of every month. As always, please let me know your requests and suggestions through email or social media.
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