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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Razer's Nabu smart band is an inexpensive cross between smartwatch and activity tracker :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/LzUCBTsZ830/
Captive Goodyear managers freed :: Workers at a Goodyear plant in Northern France free two managers who had been held captive in a dispute over the plant's closure.
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Face To Face: Can Addis Ababa Talks Stem The Violence In South Sudan? :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/face-face-can-addis-ababa-talks-stem-violence-south-sudan-1529636
Xbox One Sells 3 Million In 2013; Will The Console Beat PlayStation 4 In 2014? :: <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 href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft</a> recently announced its Xbox One, which launched in 13 countries on Nov. 22, <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-one-sold-3-million-units-in-2013-microsoft-says/1100-6416955/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sold 3 million units worldwide</a> before the end of 2013. The next-gen console, which hit shelves in Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Austria, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Ireland, Mexico, the U.K., The U.S.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/xbox-one-sells-3-million-2013-will-console-beat-playstation-4-2014-1529912
Dennis Rodman Interview Meltdown: Former NBA Star Rants At CNN Host Chris Cuomo After Kenneth Bae Question [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>CNN host Chris Cuomo's interview with former NBA star Dennis Rodman took a bizarre turn on Tuesday when Cuomo asked the North Korean national team's basketball coach about his relationship with Kim Jong Un.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/dennis-rodman-interview-meltdown-former-nba-star-rants-cnn-host-chris-cuomo-after-kenneth-bae
Why we must apply big data analytics to human-generated data :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/9Wv-xgDUaPw/
SSE confirms reductions in bills :: Energy supplier SSE confirms it is to cut its prices from 24 March, following changes to the green levies on bills.
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Omicia raises $6.8M for service that lets doctors analyze genomes for free :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/uw4Ax5P109A/
See You In Hell, Polar Vortex 2014? Even Hell (Michigan) Can't Escape Cold Weather [PHOTO] :: <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>Remember that crazy thing you said you wouldn't do until hell froze over? Well, now it's time to put your money where your mouth is because even Hell couldn't escape the wrath of the polar vortex.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/hell-mi/48169/weather-forecast/2211114" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">recorded temperature in Hell</a>, an unincorporated area in Michigan, was -9 degrees as of late Tuesday morning. With wind chill factored in, it felt like -37 degrees in Hell, according to Accuweather.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/see-you-hell-polar-vortex-2014-even-hell-michigan-cant-escape-cold-weather-photo-1529844
Emma Roberts, Evan Peters And 8 Other Celeb Couples Who Got Engaged, Married Young [PHOTOS] :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/emma-roberts-evan-peters-8-other-celeb-couples-who-got-engaged-married-young-photos-1529712
Velveeta Shortage 2014: Kraft Running Out Of Its Cheesy Goodness, Is This The 'Cheesepocalypse?' :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/velveeta-shortage-2014-kraft-running-out-its-cheesy-goodness-cheesepocalypse-1529850
China To Set Up Five Private Banks In 2014 :: <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 decades of relying on state banks, China is finally ready to open up the financial sector to private capital. Regulators <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2014-01/07/c_125965824.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">announced</a> it will roll out a "pilot project" to allow the creation of up to five privately financed banks this year to support economic growth.</p></div></div></div>
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