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.
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Medical and surgical management of chronic pelvic pain :: Abstract: Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) affects over 1 million women in the UK, with subsequent impact on ability to work and the economy. It is often debilitating and can be difficult to treat. Gynaecologists have traditionally focussed on the organ-specific approach to the diagnosis of pain. Endometriosis is common as is chronic pelvic inflammatory disease and adenomyosis. Some causes are non-gynaecological such as irritable bowel syndrome and interstitial cystitis. However, as many as 55% of women presenting with CPP will have no obvious underlying pathology following completion of all investigations.This review focuses on the appropriate investigations, diagnosis and management of women with identified pathological causes of pelvic pain. It also considers the holistic approach to the manag...
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Yoga boss sticks to his principles :: John Schumacher, one of the best-known US yoga teachers, is losing customers to more modern rivals, but he won't change his methods, as the BBC's Jane O'Brien reports.
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With food safety bill, U.S. government will spend nearly $1 million per person to prevent food-borne illness deaths :: (NaturalNews) The recently-passed Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed in order to prevent food-borne illness deaths in the USA, will cost $1.4 billion over the first five years. But nobody thinks about the economics of the issue. How many people are we going to save by spending this $1.4 billion, even assuming it works?To answer that question, let's look at the food illness fatality figures offered by the CDC:• Out of the 5,000 food-borne illness deaths each year in the United States, only 1,809 are "attributable to foodborne transmission" according to the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no5/mead.htm#Table%203).• E.coli, which is often quoted in the big scare stories about food safety, only kills 78 people a year through food-borne transmission (52 plus 26, fro...
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Samsung forecasts 18% fall in profit :: Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest maker of mobile phones and TVs, forecasts a fall in profit for the October-to-December quarter.
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Epson launches wearable Pulsense heath trackers. (Yes, Epson!) :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/MRZPfaD-R-g/
AT&T passes the 500-market milestone in its LTE rollout :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/W6wSzfUy8Gc/
Hands on with the Sony Xperia Z1s, a waterproof smartphone with a 20.7MP camera for T-Mobile :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/7YZ37Xd1Kp8/
Time For Google To Be Your Official Copilot [VIDEO] :: <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 dir="ltr">You kids with your fancy baby tablets, junior Bluetooths, your Facespaces reading texts in your car!</p>
<p dir="ltr">Much as I don't like it, you're the future of car buyers. So manufacturers have been paying attention, and what they're planning -- not that I have to like it, despite my "Millennial" age tag -- is going to give you more of what you want. Following Microsoft's lead with its Ford partnership, Google is collaborating with Honda, GM, and Audi to bring OEM infotainment systems to new cars.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/time-google-be-your-official-copilot-video-1528884
What Is Frostbite? How To Recognize It And 7 Ways To Keep Yourself Safe During 'Life-Threatening' Winter Storm :: <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 first week of 2014 has brought brutal weather conditions to much of the U.S. Last week, a blizzard (dubbed Hercules by the Weather Channel) blanketed the Northeast in dense snow, with some areas receiving as much as 20 inches. Then came Winter Storm Ion, which pummeled the Midwest and East over the weekend with heavy snow and rain, all ahead of an Arctic air mass that is pushing temperatures to well below zero.</p></div></div></div>
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VIDEO: How bad is the national deficit? :: A further £25bn spending cuts, much of it from the welfare budget, will be needed after the next election, Chancellor George Osborne has warned.
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After-Hours News: Apple Inc (AAPL), Twitter Inc (TWTR), Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) [VIDEO] :: <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>Wall Street closed lower Monday, with the S&P 500 declining for a third straight session, as mixed data weighed on investors ahead of Wednesday's release of the Federal Open Market Committee's latest minutes from its policy meeting last month, along with the highly anticipated December employment report on Friday. </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/after-hours-news-apple-inc-aapl-twitter-inc-twtr-amazoncom-inc-amzn-video-1528920
Did Farrah Abraham Lie About Brian Dawe For 'Couples Therapy?' 'Boyfriend' Says Relationship Was Fake :: <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>This season of VH1's "Couples Therapy" got a little awkward when former "Teen Mom" turned porn star Farrah Abraham walked into the therapy house by herself. Abraham told Dr. Jennifer Berman that her "boyfriend," DJ Brian Dawe, was supposed to meet her on the plane but then never showed up.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/did-farrah-abraham-lie-about-brian-dawe-couples-therapy-boyfriend-says-relationship-was-fake-1528824
Car sales to hit five-year high :: The UK's car industry body, the SMMT, is expected to announce that 2.26m vehicles were registered last year, the industry's best year since 2007.
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