Mountain magic

Jan 22, 2019

Mountain magic

I first came across the VivaMayr Clinic in Altaussee in Austria just over two years ago, after it had been repeatedly recommended to me by…

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Stem Cells

Run to stay young

According to a recent study in Germany, regular aerobic exercise actually helps to prevent your cells from shrivelling up as you get older. Inside the…

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Don’t shoulder the pain | Physio

Don’t shoulder the pain

Shoulder pain is incredibly common. Some studies suggest that it accounts for anything up to 70% of musculoskeletal attendances at a GP surgery. One of…

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Ankle Instability/Lateral Ligament Instability

Every day, one in 10,000 people worldwide sustain a lateral ligament injury of the ankle – making this by far the commonest ligament injury seen…

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High risk

High risk

A new study has indicated that the taller you are, the greater your risk of getting cancer – and it’s purely down to the number…

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Childhood obesity | Exercise

Childhood obesity

Research from the University of Glasgow shows that in the past three years alone, the number of patients requiring specialist treatment for Type 2 diabetes…

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Sleep in, die young | Owl

Sleep in, die young

We all know that sleep is vital for our physical and mental health. But new research has taken that idea one step further by clearly…

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Patients denied knee and hip surgery

Patients denied knee and hip surgery

A recent report from the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has revealed a worrying finding: more and more patients in England are being refused knee and…

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Surgeons and the good old animal instinct

Surgeons are only human, and humans are animals – and subject to animal behaviour. Dr Frans de Waal, an expert on animal behaviour, has looked…

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10,000 steps a day? And the rest.

When it comes to daily exercise goals, anyone with a FitBit knows that 10,000 steps a day is the holy grail. But according to a…

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