If you are 65 or over, it is important to spend most of your time in a warm environment during the winter months. There are a number of things you can do to cope in cold weather.
Keep your main living room at around 18-21°C (65-70°F) and the rest of the house at least 16°C (61°F). If you can't heat all the rooms you use, heat the living room during the day and the bedroom just before you go to sleep.
Make sure you are receiving any benefits you are entitled to, such as the Winter Fuel Payment and Cold Weather Payment.
Regular hot drinks and eating at least one hot meal a day will help keep energy levels up during winter and keep your body warm.
Finally, make sure you get the seasonal flu jab. While not 100% guaranteed, it should reduce your vulnerability to infection...
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Viber takes its battle against Skype to Windows 8 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/zZdsxU4r5r8/
EU probes Hinkley Point nuclear plan :: European Union regulators say they will investigate whether UK support for a plan to build a nuclear power plant breaks state aid rules.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25431160#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
China Says West Can't Afford To Help Myanmar, But Which Rival Should It Fear? :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Western nations cannot afford to help lift Myanmar out of poverty, according to China, but perhaps it isn't the U.S. that China should worry about displacing its influence in Myanmar. </p>
<p>The Communist Party-controlled Global Times ran a commentary that suggested that Washington "will try to foment discord between China and [Myanmar]" to damage Chinese business relations with its neighbor, the <a href="http://www.irrawaddy.org/burma/west-afford-major-economic-aid-burma-says-china-commentary.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Irrawaddy</a>, a Burmese newspaper, reported Tuesday.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/china-says-west-cant-afford-help-myanmar-which-rival-should-it-fear-1512578
South African Company Wants to Build Cheap Phones Locally; Will it Work? :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the world's fastest-growing mobile markets, and smartphones are becoming ever more popular. Though foreign brands dominate the sector, one South African company wants to create an affordable, locally produced device to compete with them. But the smartphone handset set to launch in January may, in fact, be neither of those things.</p>
<p>CZ Electronics, a South African company, recently announced plans to launch the "io," a project that has been in the works for almost two years. </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/south-african-company-wants-build-cheap-phones-locally-will-it-work-1512580
UK jobless rate at lowest since 2009 :: As the UK unemployment rate falls to 7.4%, its lowest level since 2009, the number of people out of work stands at 2.39 million, official data shows.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25428119#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Travel Photographer Of The Year 2013: The Spectacular Winning Shots :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/travel-photographer-year-2013-spectacular-winning-shots-1512968
Plastic banknotes to start in 2016 :: Plastic banknotes that can survive a spin in the washing machine are to be brought into circulation by the Bank of England in 2016.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25427663#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Planet Labs nets $52M in Series B funding to map Earth with tiny satellites :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/AbHFgIUJKq0/
Bitcoin sinks after Chinese action :: China restricts local Bitcoin exchanges from being able to receive yuan-based deposits, causing "panic selling" of the virtual currency.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25428866#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Ukraine saved from bankruptcy - PM :: PM Mykola Azarov says a decision to suspend a deal on EU ties and sign a Russian aid agreement helped Ukraine avoid bankruptcy, as protests continue.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25427706#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Mega Millions Jackpot: Two Winning Tickets Sold In California, Georgia; 20 Tickets Win $1 Million :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>At least two winning tickets, one in California and another in Georgia, have been declared in the $636 million Mega Millions jackpot, lottery officials in the two states said on Wednesday. The jackpot is the second-largest in U.S. history, following a $656 million lottery in March 2012 that was split between three winners.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/mega-millions-jackpot-two-winning-tickets-sold-california-georgia-20-tickets-win-1-million-1513056
NASA Approves 3 Spacewalks To Repair Faulty Cooling System On The International Space Station :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>NASA announced on Tuesday that it has approved three spacewalks in an effort to fix a cooling system glitch that had crippled the International Space Station last week.</p>
<p>While experts, including the "Tiger Teams" that are responsible for fixing the most complex problems for NASA, have been working to repair the cooling loop, two of the Expedition 38 crew members are also preparing to venture outside the space station on Dec. 21, 23 and 25.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/nasa-approves-3-spacewalks-repair-faulty-cooling-system-international-space-station-1513034
UK Jobless Rate Falls More Than Expected, But Low Interest Rates May No Longer Depend On Unemployment Rate, MPC Minutes Suggests :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The jobless rate in the UK in the August-to-October quarter was pegged at 7.4 percent, lower than a consensus forecast of 7.6 percent, and down 0.3 percentage points from the May-to-July quarter, official data released on Wednesday showed.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/uk-jobless-rate-falls-more-expected-low-interest-rates-may-no-longer-depend-unemployment-rate-mpc
Stealth startup Black Pearl Systems reveals Lyve Minds brand, personal media device :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Z303babfmps/
EU benefit changes 'to start early' :: Curbs on EU migrants claiming out-of-work benefits from the moment they arrive in the UK are being brought in early, Prime Minister David Cameron says.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25421086#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
US Stock Futures Suggest Upbeat Open As Markets Await FOMC Announcement; Housing Starts Data Are Due Out Before Trading Begins :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>After weeks and months of anticipation and speculation, markets around the world will finally know the answer to a question that has dogged traders, investors, and even the mildly curious: What is to become of the U.S. Federal Reserve's monthly $85 billion bond-buying program?</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-stock-futures-suggest-upbeat-open-markets-await-fomc-announcement-housing-starts-data-are-due-out
Lloyds Bank share sale 'lost £230m' :: The government lost £230m when it sold a 6% stake in Lloyds in September, the National Audit Office says, but it adds that the sale was value for money.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25426691#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Europe closer on bank failure plan :: Ministers from the 17 eurozone countries make progress towards creating a bank fund for dealing with failing banks.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25426904#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
German IFO Business Climate Index Improves To A 20-Month High While Assessment Of Current Situation Remains Subdued :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>German business confidence improved slightly in December, in line with analysts' expectations, as firms expressed greater optimism about future business developments, although sentiment about current business conditions remained subdued to fall short of a forecast, data released on Wednesday by Munich-based CESifo Group showed.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/german-ifo-business-climate-index-improves-20-month-high-while-assessment-current-situation-remains
India: Where politics, property collide :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/bRyiCkdrq_E/index.html
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