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New campaign launch reveals 6 major health benefits to losing weight
New Better Health campaign offers free support and guidance to those working towards a healthier weight.
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The Health and Environmental Benefits of Seaweed Are Beyond Impressive
The beloved marine plant sequesters carbon from the atmosphere, and it's been deemed a superfood, providing numerous health benefits to those who eat it. That's why a number of companies in California are currently dedicating time, space, energy, and money to growing it.
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The Picture of Green
Rosy Daniel calls for the inclusion of human health on the environmental agenda. Dr Rosy Daniel is a holistic doctor, executive health coach, workplace wellness consultant, broadcaster, speaker, teacher and author, specialising in new paradigm models for proactive health creation. Her own health and wellbeing stems from a lifelong practice of yoga. She trains holistic health coaches to support, guide and motivate people in changing to healthier, happier lifestyles
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How a lifetime of recording the world’s wild places is leaving a unique legacy of sound
The life's work of British audio recordist Martyn Stewart captured tens of thousands of hours of pristine soundscapes brimming with life, some from sonic environments now lost. Now it's being preserved to help the planet – and its people.
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Will Omicron end the pandemic? Here’s what experts say
The variant’s rapid spread, different vaccine strategies and varying levels of immunity worldwide make the pandemic’s future difficult to model.
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Complementary medicine in palliative care
Many years ago, I was working with a client dying from cancer. She was in hospital for the last months of her life. Her doctor agreed that it was okay to treat her with complementary medicine to comfort her in her last days.
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Ethical carbon offsetting has a role to play in tackling the climate crisis
George Monbiot makes important points about the role of nature-based solutions (Carbon offsetting is not warding off environmental collapse – it’s accelerating it, 26 January).
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Plastics in soil threaten food security, health, and environment: FAO
While plastic refuse littering beaches and oceans draws high-profile attention, the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Assessment of agricultural plastics and their sustainability: a call for action suggests that the land we use to grow our food is contaminated with even larger quantities of plastic pollutants.
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Climate change and mental health: How do we mitigate the risks?
A major literature review highlights the connections that researchers have found between climate change and mental health.
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Keen to switch to renewable energy but not sure where to start?
If you want to reduce your family’s carbon footprint, making the switch to green power is the right move. Here’s how to get started.
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10 key global health moments from 2021
It has been a year of colossal efforts in global health, here are 10 global highlights from 2021, including a few issues you might have missed.
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