Health

How the Everyday Products Your Family Uses Stay Safe

If you have ever stood in a supermarket aisle turning a jar of baby food over to check the seal, or squinting at the date on a pack of nappies, you already care about the same thing manufacturers spend a fortune on: making sure the products your family uses are exactly as they should be. Most parents never see it, but almost everything in that trolley was checked by machine vision technology by VA...

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A New Campaign Aims to Encourage Mums to be Kind to Themselves and Take Notice of all their Small Achievements

Milk Your Milestone and Celebrate Little Wins with Medela A New Campaign Launching Today Aims to Encourage Mums to be Kind to Themselves and Take Notice of all their Small Achievements – They Matter too.

Inspired by the results of a recent social survey, world leading breastfeeding brand, Medela has launched a new initiative today to empower mums to recognise their everyday achievements in...

Caring for your breasts when breastfeeding

Breasts change a lot during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Your nipples may darken and get bigger, and pregnancy hormones will trigger the production of milk – making your breasts grow and prepare to produce breast milk. Then, with the birth of your baby, milk production kicks in and your breasts will fill up with milk.

When you’re breastfeeding and/or pumping, breasts don’t require...

Best Food for Brain Health

Experts reveal the best foods for brain health, plentiful in omega-3s, that you should add to your shopping cart today.

Omega-3s are especially beneficial for kids’ brain health. Many clinical studies even suggest that omega-3’s may also aid sleep quality and reduce symptoms of ADHD.
Salmon, mackerel, and sardines have some of the highest levels of omega-3s
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CHILDREN FINDING IT HARDER TO SLEEP SINCE THE PANDEMIC, SAY PARENTS

Research from tonies® reveals pandemic’s impact on UK children’s sleep and biggest fears at bedtime, with monsters in the bedroom the most common theme of nightmares · With 39% of UK children believing that there is a monster in their bedroom, tonies® has launched its ‘ Only Monsters Can Hear This ’ audio to help children shoo away naughty night time monsters

Children’s audio system tonies®...

Five things every parent needs to know when the clocks change

Sleep expert unveils five things every parent needs to know when the clocks change From gradually changing bedtimes to naps, here’s how to keep your child well-rested Lack of sleep can have health implications for young children

A sleep psychologist is offering tips to parents who may be feeling nervous about the upcoming clocks changing on 27th March.

Young children need sleep as...

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Healthy Body, Happy Me week: supporting children right from the start

“Right from the Start” is the theme of this year’s Healthy Body, Happy Me week, an annual March campaign run by National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) to support children’s health and wellbeing.

The week highlights the essential building blocks for children’s development and focusses on a different area each day to ensure practitioners are equipped with the knowledge and...

£11.6m boost for local authorities to tackle air pollution

Air Quality Grants awarded across England to fund local projects for cleaner air.

From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs , Department for Transport , Trudy Harrison MP , and Jo Churchill MP

Local authorities across England have been granted more than £11 million in government funding to deliver projects to improve air quality.

The money, from the...

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Childline launches mental health campaign aimed at boys

Boys less likely to talk to Childline about mental health issues than girls
National data in 2020 shows more than 120 boys died by suicide
Childline launches ‘We All Feel It’ campaign to help boys who are struggling to ask for help with their mental health

Childline has found boys are five times less likely to talk with the service’s trained...

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MENINGITIS NOW URGES YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE UP LIFESAVING VACCINE

CHARITY MENINGITIS NOW are urging young people to take up a potentially lifesaving vaccination to protect against the disease.

The latest Government figures on the uptake of the routine school-based MenACWY teenage vaccination show an increase from 58.3% of those eligible to receive it in 2019-20 to 76.5% last year.

Whilst the charity has welcomed the increase in take up the figure...

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Devon’s NHS launch online health and wellbeing app library

The NHS in Devon has announced the launch of a new health and wellbeing app library for local people, powered by the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps (ORCHA).

Effectively a comparison website, the localised site for Devon allows patients and healthcare professionals to search and download from a wide range of apps, making it quicker and easier for people across Devon to...