Health

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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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Top tips to optimise sleep

Top tips from Chenot Palace Weggis to optimise sleep Fight off ‘Coronasomni’

Following a whirlwind, turbulent year, an increasing number of people are reporting sleep disturbances as a result of the pandemic, which some doctors have coined ‘Coronasomni,’ causing negative impacts on people’s daily lives. To help combat this issue, Europe’s latest and most advanced medi-spa, Chenot Palace...

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NHS Opens Online Covid-19 Vaccination Bookings For 12-15 Year Olds

Parents will be able to book covid-19 vaccinations online for their 12-15 year old children from the end of Friday 22nd October with appointments available as soon as the following day, the NHS has announced.

People will be able to go online and check the National Booking Service to see if their local site has appointments to vaccinate children and young people, as the NHS covid-19...

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Kid-Friendly Outdoor Activities Proven To Boost Mental Health

  • The top child friendly activity for benefiting mental health is simply going to the park, with 24,000 average monthly searches
  • A scavenger hunt comes in second, with 12,100 monthly searches
  • Experts at Eden’s Gate provide tips on how to enjoy nature

Exercising outdoors, growing your own food and plants and being around animals can have lots of...

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Research shows UK baby loss taboo stops working parents getting the support they need, as MPs call for policy change

  • 1 in 4 UK parents lose a baby, but widespread stigma creates lack of support
  • With politicians debating pregnancy loss policy changes, Tommy’s campaigners say the country still needs a culture shift and more open conversations
  • Half of bereaved parents said nobody at work acknowledged their loss or asked how they were, and only a third felt able to talk about their
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COVID-19 vaccination programme for children and young people starts in schools

This week parents and guardians of young people aged 12 to 15 years old are being contacted to ask for their consent for the COVID-19 vaccination ahead of the jabs beginning to be administered in schools next week.

Alternative arrangements will be made to ensure those not in school are offered the vaccine, including those who are home schooled or in secure services.

The UK’s Chief...

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12 to 15 year olds to be offered the vaccination

Young people, aged 12 to 15, are to be offered the vaccine , it was announced this week.

The NHS is preparing to deliver a schools-based vaccination programme, supported by GPs and community pharmacies, it is reported.

Parental, guardian or carer consent will be sought by vaccination healthcare staff prior to vaccination.

Healthy school-age children aged 12 to 15 will...

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BACK TO SCHOOL WITH A HEALTHY NUTRITIOUS LUNCHBOX

With summer holidays ending soon, it will be back to the school routine for many families with children.

However, with schools reopening, it is natural for parents to become more pressed for time. So how do you pack a child’s lunch quickly while ensuring it is healthy, nutritious and meets the growth and development needs of your child?

We’ve curated a list of things to...

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Headspace Launches the Back to School Collection to Support Parents and Kids as They Enter a New, Post-Pandemic Academic Year

As we approach a new academic year and there is continued nervousness around being back in the classroom, Headspace has created new in-app guided meditations, for both parents and their children, to help the nation ease back to school anxiety. New users to Headspace will be able to take advantage of a special 40% off offer on annual subscriptions, redeemable from Headspace.com until 17th...

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