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3 Lightning-Fast New Workouts

If the most exercise you did today was walking from your office to the cafeteria to get lunch, you’re not alone: According to a survey from the United Health Foundation, 26.2 percent of Americans haven’t gotten off their butts outside of going to work in the past month—up from 23.9 percent a year ago. There’s [...]

December 30, 2012No CommentRead More

Breast Cancer Hero S Lakshmi

When I first met Sheela Prabhu about 15 years ago, (she was 55 then), she struck me as the most energetic, social and enthusiastic person I had ever come across. Smiling continuously and offering hope to any problem, she was the indeed the epitome of optimism, resolve and good cheer. Later that evening, I came [...]

November 13, 2012No CommentRead More

15 Tips to Burn Fat

You’ve tried nearly everything from different exercise routines to staying off junk food . But you still find it hard to lose those few extra inches of flab. Here are some tips that will help you burn fat. Include these tips in your routine and watch the inches melt away. Include good fats in your [...]

November 1, 2012No CommentRead More

Breast Cancer Hero Sadhana Sarkar

For me, my mom has always been the person who would cheer me up in the direst of situations. Be it exam stress, heart break or worries about the future, I could count on my mom to listen to me and make me see the lighter side of the situation. At the end of the [...]

November 1, 2012No CommentRead More

Breast Cancer Hero: Preeti Soin

Preeti Soin Preeti found it difficult to accept the truth when she found out that she had been diagnosed with cancer just a few days before her wedding. But she braved it all; the chemo, the surgery, the pain that followed the lesions and more, and has come out a survivor. One day while watching [...]

November 1, 2012No CommentRead More

How to Tone Yourself for the Festive Season

This festive season, don’t hide behind those boring long sleeve kurtas. Your wardrobe can get more experimental, sensual and sexy. Okay, you have flabby arms and are embarrassed to flaunt them. Then trim them up. Try this simple exercise regime that will help you get stronger and sexier arms. The key, say fitness experts, is [...]

November 1, 2012No CommentRead More

Concerns over care home ratings

Concerns have been raised about the consistency of independent assessments of care homes. Care homes with five-star ratings are receiving premium fees despite not meeting essential standards set out by the care regulator.Local authorities pay higher fees to care homes awarded top ratings. But critics say this is a “cheque book system” open to any [...]

October 28, 2012No CommentRead More

Women who quit smoking ‘cut risk’

Dr Peter Mackereth: “It’s important to get the message to young people not to start smoking in the first places” Women who give up smoking by the age of 30 will almost completely avoid the risks of dying early from tobacco-related diseases, according to a study of more than a million women in the UK. [...]

October 28, 2012No CommentRead More

Trust ‘should be split’ over debt

Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The department only opened six months ago A London hospital trust which ran up debts of £150m should be divided up, a report will say next week. Spiralling debts led to South London Healthcare Trust becoming the first NHS trust to be put into administration. A [...]

October 28, 2012No CommentRead More

Abuse home care workers jailed

Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Workers from Winterbourne View were filmed pinning down and hitting patients Six out of 11 care workers who admitted a total of 38 charges of neglect or abuse of patients at a private hospital have been jailed.Five other workers from Winterbourne View near Bristol were given [...]

October 28, 2012No CommentRead More