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This may sound unlikely, but the happiest teenagers are those who spend just under an hour a day on social and other digital media. A recent survey of more than a million children aged 13 to 18 found that their unhappiness began to increase after they had spent more than an hour looking at screens. ...

If you are retired, or about to retire, beware:  brain function declines rapidly as soon as people stop work and decide to put their feet up. Recent research that tracked 3,400 retired civil servants found that short-term memory declined nearly 40 per cent faster once employees become pensioners.  It seems that when you stop being...

When your children get hungry between meals, what do you do?  Public Health England (PHE) advises just two snacks a day, each of 100 calories or less. PHE points out that the erosion of meal times has meant that children are snacking throughout the day.  Each year, a child on average gets through 400 biscuits,...

Here’s a fairly easy way to diet – just eat more slowly, cut out after-meal snacks, and don’t eat for two hours before going to bed. Research has found that people who eat at a normal speed are 29 per cent less likely to be obese than those who eat quickly.  The research was done...

Here’s a tip:  try coughing to minimise any pain you might feel.  Researchers have found that jabs often cause less discomfort if you cough just as the needle pierces your skin. Hope it works for you!

Rub a little petroleum jelly inside your nostril can often stop a runny nose caused by hay fever.  Hope it works for you!

Do you talk to your dog as if it were a baby?  You know how your voice goes a bit higher, and gets warm and emotional?   Well, that is good – your dog will appreciate it. In fact, scientists at the University of York have found that such ‘dog speak’ is important for helping owners...

Here is an unexpected problem: children are struggling to use pencils these days, because the excessive use of touchscreen phones is damaging their dexterity. Now paediatric doctors, handwriting experts and orthopaedic therapists are warning that although kids may swipe a screen, they no longer have the hand strength and agility to learn to write correctly...

Is your home just too full of STUFF?  Lost the plot?  (Lost the dog or even children under all that stuff?)  Then why not start sorting out your home – and life. You could start by reading a new book on decluttering.  It is full of understanding of how you got into this mess in...

Eat some doughnuts – and help raise money to help desperately ill children through the Children’s Trust. That is the aim of National Doughnut Week, and this year you will find about 600 participating bakeries, cafes and shops, all over the country. There you can choose from all sorts of doughnuts with various toppings and...

Decluttering a small space is on a par with spring cleaning. A more significant, grand-scale declutter is about completely changing the way you live. As I write this I am facing the prospect of moving to a new house. What shall I pack? How much will fit into the new house? It is brand new...

How do you get a normal nine-year-old to sit perfectly still for 7.25 hours a day?  Put him or her in front of a television. And, over time, watch his or her health deteriorate. Such is the message from a recent study on children and obesity.   A group of European child-health experts have found a...