Bees don’t get hay fever
For most of us, lovely summer days are a welcome relief after the long dark days of winter but for around 12 million people it is the start of months of misery as allergic reactions to tree pollen and grasses are felt with sneezing, wheezes, itchy streaming eyes and a general feeling of being tired and run down. So even if you’re not suffering, you’re probably surrounded by colleagues who are. Continue reading »
Handling stress at work
Are you finding office jokes are no longer part of your sense of humour? Do you spend more time at your desk yawning than talking? Perhaps you’re taking more sick days than holidays?
These are only some of the signs that could mean you are one of the many workers dealing with stress. Continue reading »
Making sense of the office environment
Feeling lethargic and sluggish at work lately? Find it hard to concentrate or to get motivated?
You might think you need more caffeine or nicotine, but the problem could lie with the amount of stimulation your senses are receiving. Continue reading »
Be Happy
Happiness seems to be the state many of us seek, but all too often find elusive. Even more confusingly it seems that while life’s stresses and strains seem to constantly knock some people for six, others ride the storms and still come up smiling. Continue reading »
Exercise and Healthy Eating
We’ve partnered with Fitness First to provide you with regular health tips and advice. Here’s their advice on exercise and healthy eating:
You may be saying to yourself, “It’s obvious!” But, there’s more to consider about healthy eating than you may at first think… Continue reading »
Top tips for a great 2008
Whatever you have aspired to do this year, you’re not alone if it is already proving a tough intent to follow. The New Year, loaded with anticipation and expectation, is not good news for all of us. But every journey starts with a single step, and it doesn’t have to be big one.
Top tips for dealing with a hangover
Hard as we try, most of us cannot avoid the occasional evening of excess - and we know we are not alone.
But with high flying careers at stake and reputations to uphold, we know how to put our best feet forward the morning after. Read on to find out what some of our colleagues had in the way of advice…
Blood pressure
We’ve partnered with Fitness First to provide you with regular health tips and advice. Here’s their advice on Blood Pressure
Blood is carried from the heart around your body in vessels called arteries. Blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing against the walls of these arteries. Every time the heart beats (roughly 60-70 times a minute at rest), it pumps out blood into the arteries. Your blood pressure is at its highest as the heart beats, pumping the blood around the body.
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