Walking holidays for over 50′s- Any Advice?
When it comes to Walking Holidays, Presentation, Practice and Performance are considered top tips in management. Silver Travel Advisor has come up with 10 ‘P’s to prepare for prolonged perambulation during walking holidays and when trekking with friends. Prepare: buy your boots early. Half a size bigger than normal, your feet will swell (flights, age, […]
Too many headers ‘can damage the brain’- Football
Footballers, who have a high rate of heading the ball during games and practices can have brain abnormalities and cognitive problems. Heading is believed to have killed the English footballer Jeff Astle. Astle, 59, who died in 2002, developed cognitive problems after years of playing for England and West Bromwich Albion. The coroner ruled that […]
Physical Education alongside Mathematics and Reading?
Sports medicine specialists say governments across the UK have squandered the chance to create an Olympic legacy of fitness. They have called for mandatory “physical literacy” tests in schools, alongside reading and mathematics, to help children with health problems and identify future sports stars. Leading Sports Medicine Specialist, Dr Andy Franklyn-Miller warns that the physical […]
Is Marathon Training a Risk for Your Heart?
Marathon runners who are less fit or lack the proper training can impair their heart with the stress of long-distance running, new Canadian research, presented on October 25, shows. Good news is that injury to the cardiovascular muscles for most runners is temporary and reversible, says cardiologist Dr. Eric Larose, a professor of medicine at […]
Do you find time to Exercise?
Unless you are a professional athlete who gets paid to train, it can be tough to fit your workouts into an already full schedule. Very few people enjoy working out, unless it’s done in a fun way (biking, swimming, hiking). Most of you are stuck in your living rooms with a treadmill or some weights, […]
Why are College-Age Youth at High Risk of Suicide?
It is often said that the teen and college years (Age group: 15 to 24 years) should be the best time in a person’s life. The risk of suicide is high among these young people all around the world, due to various reasons. Why do people, especially the young, take their own lives? The most […]
Status of Women in elections at Saudi Arabia!
Elections in Saudi Arabia have been historically rare. The first municipal elections in Saudi Arabia took place in 1939. After the Municipal elections in 2005 the next elections were planned for 2009. After two years’ delay, they were held in 2011. Elections for seats in some municipalities were held during the 1960s. Municipal elections for […]
Practice Hypnotherapy to Quit Smoking?
Hypnosis is a good way to get past the mental barriers that are in your way. More and more people are turning to hypnotherapy to stop smoking. If you’re trying to give up smoking, lose weight, or just booster self-confidence, you’ll succeed with hypnosis. However, you need to find a therapist to guide you doing this […]
Organ Donation?
Organ donation is a big debate. By donating your organs, you are providing the possibility of renewed life for someone else in desperate need. There are some facts you should know about organ donation so you can make an informed and most important decision in your (and possibly someone else’s) life. The demand is far […]
How do you have ‘the talk’ with your kids?
You live in an increasingly complex world that challenges you every day with a wide range of issues that can be difficult for children to understand and for adults to explain to them. Raising a child is probably the most gratifying job any of you will ever have—and one of the toughest. These practical tips […]
German Police Identified ‘Forest Boy’?
Andreas Grassl is a German man found in England in April 2005, who remained unidentified for a long time due to his refusal to speak. He was communicating instead through drawing and playing the piano. He claimed he had spent the past five years living rough in woods. During the more than four months that […]
End to Clerical Celibacy?
Clerical celibacy is the discipline by which, in some Churches, only unmarried men are ordained to the priesthood. Chief of the Catholic Churches that follow this discipline is the Latin Church or Roman Catholic Church. This rule applies to the Eastern Catholic Churches also. In this context, “celibacy” retains its original meaning of remaining unmarried. […]
Does Power of suggestion affect Heart Arteries?
Simply suggesting that a treatment will ease chest pain may not only dampen the pain, but directly alters heart arteries. Among 30 patients having a procedure to evaluate their chest pain, researchers found that those who were told they were being given an infusion of a pain-relieving drug did, on average, report a decrease in […]
Do you have restful ‘sleep’ in a haunted hotel?
Ghosts are pretty good for business, even in hotel industry. Hotels that claim to have a resident ghost or two will oftentimes jack up the price of that room for any brave soul who would dare to lay their head down for a restful night’s sleep among the dead. Hotels, like any other business, are […]
Ditch Dating Rules?
The path from courtship to marriage was clear, years ago. Women waited for men to ask them out, allowed men to pay for every date, and breathlessly anticipated a marriage proposal. Then, the rules of courtship were clearly defined. Many of today’s so-called “time-tested secrets” for meeting and attracting Mr. Right come from that era, […]