Caring for the family in old age
In many other countries, the care of an older family member is accepted as the norm and no self-respecting son or daughter would dream of putting their aged parent into a nursing or care home. It is m ...
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The Lady in the Van
Joyce Glasser reviews The Lady in the Van As we watch Nicholas Hytner’s (History Boys, The Madness of George III) film The Lady in the Van, with its screenplay from 81-year-old Alan Bennett and its 80 ...
Good news in the battle to quit
According to a recent report “E-cigarettes are 95% less harmful than tobacco and could be prescribed on the NHS in future to help smokers quit,”. This is the main finding of an evidence review c ...
Do ‘superfoods’ exist?
We all know that a good diet is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle, so it’s not surprising that newspapers, magazines and the internet are full of stories about miracle superfoods and killer sna ...