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November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, a campaign that aims to raise awareness of...

Tips to keep your lungs strong and healthy

Movember is about to begin, a popular campaign that encourages people to raise awareness...

Increase your prostate cancer awareness this Movember

There’s been a shift in the beauty industry in recent years, away from the...

The 4 types of wrinkles and what you can do about them

Specsavers Audiologists are accredited by more than half the NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups in...

NHS hearing aids available at Specsavers
3 simple ways to organise your medication

But when you need to take a number of different medicines or vitamins a...

Ear Barotrauma – Causes and Treatment

Symptoms include feelings of pressure, fullness or discomfort in the ear and some difficulty...

Why would you turn this invitation down?

On my 55th birthday not only did I receive some cards in the post...

Video: How to spot the signs of breast cancer

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so it’s as good a time as any...

Lorraine Kelly: My menopause left me feeling joyless

TV host Lorraine Kelly has told how she felt there was no joy in...

Earwax – Causes, Dangers and Treatment

Earwax is an efficient, self-cleaning service for your ears and helps to protect the...

5 things you might not know about dementia

Throughout September, the Alzheimer’s Society is raising awareness for dementia with World Alzheimer’s Month....

3 unique ways to stay active and energised in your golden years

A wise philosopher once said, “How old would you be, if you didn’t know...

Digital Hearing Aids Gave Me a New Lease of Life

Having struggled with her hearing for nearly two decades, actress Pearl Marsland is enjoying...

3 Ways to Manage Tinnitus

Almost everyone will have experienced a ringing in their ears after going to a...

Bowel cancer screening age to be lowered to 50 in England

The age at which bowel cancer screening starts in England is to be lowered...

Routine hearing test picks up Cancer

Geoff Harrison (73) from Coventry has regular hearing tests and asked his audiologist to...

How our Nutritional Requirements Change as We Get Older

Our muscles aren’t as strong as they once were, and the natural process of...

Vital signs to check for bladder and kidney cancer

The majority of us don’t pay any attention to the comings and goings of...

Advances in Hearing Aid Technology

For some people, the words hearing aids still conjure up the image of a...

Eamonn Holmes reveals hearing loss

He has spent almost 40 years bringing news and entertainment to our TV screens...

Busting myths for Diabetes Week

It’s Diabetes Week – an annual campaign to raise awareness about the condition. Never...

8 common signs of hearing loss

Hearing loss is something that affects most people eventually but social stigma around it...

What is health anxiety and how can you overcome it?

If you think every ache or pain is a sign of something serious, you...

Boost your health and wellbeing with swimming

Gentle on joints yet providing a powerful punch when it comes to aerobic exercise,...

Celebrate National Vegetarian Week 2018

It’s National Vegetarian Week; people across the UK are celebrating the benefits of choosing a vegetarian diet...

World Meditation Day: A beginner’s guide to get you started

You know that feeling when you’ve had a really great night’s sleep and you...

Amanda Barrie on her life changing discovery

Actress Amanda Barrie has spent a long glittering career in the theatre, film and...

What actually happens at a breast cancer screening?

As it’s revealed thousands of women were not invited to screenings in error, we...

Why Kim left a gift in her Will for dementia research

When her mother-in-law passed away in 2015, five years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s...

4 Ways Technology Helps Maintain Independence with Age

Technology is changing the way every one of us lives – from those first...

What you need to know about bowel cancer screening

April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, so here’s everything you need to know about...

Recognising common warning signs of mental illness

Better awareness means more than ever we know that a mental illness can be...

Tackling Common Misconceptions About Care at Home

Care at home is an increasingly popular alternative to moving into a care home...

Looking after your teeth over 50

Dental care has come so far in the last century that today we often...

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