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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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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Devastated Vonn Out Of Sochi Games With Injury :: <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>Olympic downhill champion Lindsey Vonn, one of the biggest attractions in winter sport, will miss next month's Sochi Games because she requires surgery on her injured knee. </p>
<p>The 29-year-old American broke the news on her <a href="http://www.reuters.com/subjects/facebook?lc=int_mb_1001" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page on Tuesday. </p>
<p>"I am devastated to announce I will not be able to compete in Sochi," said Vonn, the girlfriend of world number one golfer <a href="http://www.reuters.com/people/tiger-woods?lc=int_mb_1001" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tiger Woods</a>. </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/devastated-vonn-out-sochi-games-injury-1530106
London Market Report :: Royal Mail shares fall after City firm Cantor Fitzgerald gives the firm's shares a "sell" rating.
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'Buy British' to boost UK - minister :: Shoppers should buy more British fruit and vegetables to boost the economy, the environment secretary says.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25633611#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Jessical Biel To Divorce Justin Timberlake Over Baby Drama? Singer Accused of Pregnancy Commitment Issues, Cheating :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/jessical-biel-divorce-justin-timberlake-over-baby-drama-singer-accused-pregnancy-commitment-issues
A Short History of Chicago's Battles With The Courts Over Gun Control :: <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 federal judge Monday ruled against Chicago's ordinance banning gun sales within the city, and it's far from the first time the courts have challenged Chicago's tough gun control measures. Here's a timeline of Chicago's duel with the justice system over who can buy and sell guns, starting with the event that triggered it all.</p>
<p>1963: President John F. Kennedy is shot and assassinated.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/short-history-chicagos-battles-courts-over-gun-control-1530100
Cold Snap Boosts Commodity Prices, From Orange Juice To Cattle To Natural Gas :: <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 severe U.S. cold snap is lifting up commodity markets almost across the board, boosting wheat, natural gas, and cattle futures, as East Coast weather worsened on Tuesday.</p>
<p> The lowest temperatures in decades will damage agricultural crops and mean cattle are tougher to transport and keep warm. Consumers are likely to burn more natural gas to keep homes warm.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/cold-snap-boosts-commodity-prices-orange-juice-cattle-natural-gas-1530098
Frostbite Physiology: How Bitter Cold Can Freeze You Down To The Bone :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </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 frigid blast of Arctic air, carried south by a meandering <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/polar-vortex-climate-change-why-cold-weather-doesnt-disprove-global-warming-1528596" target="_blank">polar vortex</a>, is sending temperatures diving across the U.S. and Canada, and bringing the threat of frostbite. Record low temperatures have already sent some people to hospitals in Chicago and elsewhere with the first signs of this dangerous condition.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/frostbite-physiology-how-bitter-cold-can-freeze-you-down-bone-1530056
Toshiba Chromebook hands-on: A solid effort with more roominess :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/hDmvzsicig4/
Ford's connected car won't deliver a pizza, but it can order one :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/6Y8aV5P7z7g/
Nvidia Unveils Mobile Chip 'Faster' Than PS3: 5 Fast Facts About The Tegra K1 :: <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>Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) has unveiled the Tegra K1 in Las Vegas at the 2014 International CES. At a press event, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang made bold claims for the Tegra K1, and said that the new system-on-a-chip (SOC) would see a release this year.</p>
<p>Nvidia decided against following the naming scheme that led up to 2013's Tegra 4. This was because, Huang says, the company decided it would be "almost inappropriate to call it Tegra 5," since the K1 was so much more powerful than its predecessor.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/nvidia-unveils-mobile-chip-faster-ps3-5-fast-facts-about-tegra-k1-1529128
China cautiously opens up to foreign investment in telecoms and online businesses :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/aRlmh_Z7VxM/
The folks at Sleep Number embrace the internet of things with a pricey bed :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/zXRMGkZK0ZE/
Robert Vick, Escaped Kentucky Prisoner, Can't Deal With Polar Vortex 2014: Frostbitten Inmate Returns To Blackburn Correctional Complex [VIDEO] :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><iframe frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.lex18.com/videoplayer/?video_idA270&categories#3&player_widthx7&player_heightD2&has_playlist�lse&total_playlist_items=1&items_per_page=1&will_stretch_videos�lse&has_autoplay�lse&auto_hide=always&show_info=true&show_companions=true&live�lse&iframe=true"></iframe></p>
<p>The polar vortex was too much for escaped convict Robert Vick to handle, as authorities in Kentucky say the frostbitten prisoner cited the cold weather for why he decided to turn himself in.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/robert-vick-escaped-kentucky-prisoner-cant-deal-polar-vortex-2014-frostbitten-inmate-returns-1530094
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