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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Smarter ways to board a plane :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/u7AMcpf1NOs/index.html
How airlines are getting to know you :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/yhc1ZIolPVs/index.html
The Upside of Starting Your Career in a Recession :: In at least one sense, people who graduate in a tough economy are better offread more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
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Speech therapy could help save NHS cash :: INVESTMENT in speech and language therapy could help boost the Edinburgh economy by more than £10 million a year, a report has found. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)
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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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It will hurt to lose Red Lobster :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/YD6U1XfK2bI/index.html
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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Eurozone's inflation rate falls :: Eurozone inflation slowed to 0.8% last month, official figures show, moving further away from the European Central Bank's inflation target.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25636441#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Android 4.3 Jelly Bean Update For Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300: How To Install Official XXUGMK7 Firmware Manually [Tutorial] :: <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 international version of the Samsung (KRX:005935) Galaxy S3 that comes with the model number GT-I9300 has received a new build of the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean.</p>
<p>The new firmware I9300XXUGMK7 is now available through <a href="https://twitter.com/SamKiesUpdates" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Samsung Kies</a> while users can also upgrade their devices via official over-the-air updates. If users face problems while installing the new firmware through the official channels, they can also update their devices by performing a manual installation.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/android-43-jelly-bean-update-samsung-galaxy-s3-gt-i9300-how-install-official-xxugmk7-firmware
US Stock Futures Suggest Stocks Are Preparing For A Positive Open; Trade Balance Data Is Expected To Show Domestic Demand Boosted Imports :: <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>Stock futures suggested an upbeat opening for U.S. markets, which ended 2013 in style but have since been buffeted by some corrective moves in the first few trading sessions of the new year.</p>
<p>Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.25 percent while futures on the S&P 500 were up 0.4 percent but those on the Nasdaq 100 were up 0.43 percent.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-stock-futures-suggest-stocks-are-preparing-positive-open-trade-balance-data-expected-show-1529202
FCA says Co-op boss was right choice :: The financial watchdog that appointed disgraced Co-op Bank boss Paul Flowers says it was the right decision at that time.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25637998#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
UK carrier EE claims fastest 4G sign-up rate outside South Korea :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/AlhQ45XBN8M/
Smart window startup View kicks into overdrive with $100M from Madrone (those Walmart guys) :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/4LbtUh00n74/
Euro Zone Consumer Inflation Declines In December, Producer Prices In EU Drop As Expected :: <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>A flash estimate released by Eurostat showed annual euro zone inflation in December dropped to 0.8 percent, down from 0.9 percent in November, remaining significantly below the European Central Bank, or ECB's, inflation ceiling of 2 percent, for the eleventh consecutive month. Analysts had expected annual consumer inflation to remain unchanged at November levels. </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/euro-zone-consumer-inflation-declines-december-producer-prices-eu-drop-expected-1529192
Blindfolding innovation: Why trust is perceptual computing's biggest problem :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/ZFv0tf4f8hA/
Madonna Posts Photo Of Son Rocco, 13, With Liquor Bottle On Instagram :: <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>"Material Girl" Madonna has stirred up controversy after posting a photo, on her Instagram account, of her 13-year-old son, Rocco, posing with a liquor bottle in hand.</p>
<p>The recent Instagram post featured her underage son, Rocco Ritchie, holding a Bombay Sapphire gin bottle alongside two of his friends, who looked the same age, who posed with Belvedere vodka bottles.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/madonna-posts-photo-son-rocco-13-liquor-bottle-instagram-1529180
Germany's Unemployment Rate Holds Steady In November :: <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 unemployment rate in Germany held steady in November, in line with expectations, while on an annual basis the number of unemployed in Europe's largest economy declined by 3.7 percent, the data released by the Federal Statistical Office showed on Tuesday.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/germanys-unemployment-rate-holds-steady-november-1529158
UK car sales highest since 2007 :: UK car sales in 2013 recorded their best year since 2007, the car industry's body says, with 2.26 million vehicles registered.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25632668#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Run Run Shaw, Pioneering Hong Kong Movie Producer, Dies at 106 :: <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>Run Run Shaw, a Hong Kong movie producer who was one of the most influential figures in Asia's entertainment industry and is credited with popularizing the kung-fu genre in the West, died at the age of 106 on Tuesday.</p>
<p>The cause of his death was not revealed but he died at his home in Hong Kong surrounded by his family, his company, Television Broadcasts Limited, or TVB, reportedly said in a statement. </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/run-run-shaw-pioneering-hong-kong-movie-producer-dies-106-1529132
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