Or high alcohol intakes, which can reduce the efficacy of natural gut microbiomes, which help our immunity. Eat food within use-by dates, don’t risk food with damaged covering or that smells odd. Don’t refreeze foods and always ensure thorough cooki

The genetic risk of pre-eclampsia is related to blood pressure and body mass index, according to a large-scale meta-analysis of maternal pre-eclampsia, alongside the findings of an international pregnancy genetics study led by UK researchers. By unde

True. A long-term study – GAIT – compared the combination of glucosamine hydrochloride and chondroitin, celecoxib and a placebo in knee osteoarthritis. The first phase found the combination of glucosamine and chondroitin didn’t offer significant reli

Start germinating basil seeds indoors, sowing a few more seeds than you need. Water lightly and place in a propagator or on a bright windowsill. Sow broad beans, like ‘Aquadulce Claudia’, outdoors in southern, sheltered areas. Put directly in well-d

The safety committee of the European Medicines Agency has issued an alert on psychiatric disorders and suicidal behaviour risk with chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine. The link was noted after the Spanish Agency of Medicines studied patients with COVI

The follow-up to Laura’s award-winning debut Blood & Sugar, this enthralling novel sweeps us back to the late eighteenth century, and into a world of pleasure gardens, brothels and masquerade balls. When Caroline ‘Caro’ Corsham finds a well-dressed w

I wanted to make something that my grandchildren would enjoy and that would also be educational. I found this old WW pattern for an alphabet blanket (which can also be hung on the wall), and I’m delighted with the result. I put the knitted toys that

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My husband Alan and I were married in Stowmarket. Considering it was half a century ago, the style is still quite relevant compared with today. ✣ We’d love to see how great you looked in any era up to and including the 1980s. Please send a good-qual

Take time out to enjoy the smaller pleasures in life. You can become too caught up in fulfilling your ‘to do’ list. This week is a wonderful time for developing your ideas into a new project, or as the basis for launching a business. An important rel

Holly Hepburn whisks us off to the Orkney Islands, where her latest novel is set. Merina Wilde thought she had it all – a writing career and the love of a childhood sweetheart – until it was all taken away. To rediscover her passion for writing she h

A Sing Along CD is available from Alzheimer’s Society’s online shop for £10.49, and contains 21 well-loved songs, including: ✣ John Brown’s Body ✣ My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean ✣ I Love a Lassie ✣ Men of Harlech ✣ The White Cliffs of Dover ✣ Auld La

With a beautiful scent and buttery-yellow blooms, this little beauty heralds the start of spring from our hedgerows. A later spring delight, the white or purple-streaked flowers peek out prettily from near to the ground in ancient woodland. Otherwi

WHERE I’VE BEEN Nowhere! But I’ve sat in my pink car outside my flat to charge the battery, as it hasn’t moved since you know what. WHO I’VE MET Nobody. Well, I shouted to Tony our postman through the letter box yesterday, which was a highlight. WH

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“Mr Dear could not have looked more shifty if he’d been spotted outside a jeweller’s shop at midnight in a Sid James mask, a striped top, and carrying a large sack marked with the word ÔSwag’. And it was such a simple question too. ‘Hello, dear,’ I’

‘The advice is no longer bed rest for a bad back,’ says physio Neil Velleman. ‘Generally the advice used to be to lie down and rest until the pain went. But now we like to keep people moving – in the right way.’ There are guidelines about the best ex

It is said that you can roughly date a British hedgerow by the amount of woody plants to be found in a 30m length – generally speaking, a new species is added every 100 years – and it seems many of our field boundaries are truly ancient. It’s soberin