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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Venrock VC leaves to launch China clean energy platform :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/v5rsXj0zVT0/
JP Morgan to pay $1.7bn over Madoff :: JP Morgan Chase has agreed to pay $1.7bn to victims of the Bernard Madoff fraud.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25641476#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Prehistoric Moroccan Teeth Discovered, Fossils Prove Stone Age Hunters Had 'Rotten' Oral Health :: <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 new study of Stone Age human teeth proves that even our ancestors defied dentists' orders. Archaeologists studying 13,700-year-old teeth recovered from Morocco's Grotte des Pigeons found some of the <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/forget-crisps-and-sweets--stone-age-huntergatherers-found-to-suffer-earliest-tooth-decay-after-snacking-on-pine-nuts-and-acorns-9044199.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">earliest evidence for common tooth decay</a>, suggesting that dental caries were widespread much earlier than scientists previously thought.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/prehistoric-moroccan-teeth-discovered-fossils-prove-stone-age-hunters-had-rotten-oral-health-1530142
Xbox One 'Halo' Title Confirmed For 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>Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/MSFT:US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(NASDAQ: MSFT)</a> recently reaffirmed that an upcoming "Halo" game will reach the next-gen Xbox One <a href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/443984/halo-5-reaffirmed-for-2014-release/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sometime in 2014</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/RobSemsey" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft Senior PR Manager of Xbox PR Rob Semsey</a> tweeted yesterday that "rest assured, your next 'Halo' journey WILL begin in 2014," accompanied by the hashtag #staycalm.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/xbox-one-halo-title-confirmed-2014-1530112
NFL 2014 Divisional Playoff Lines: Point Spreads, Totals And Complete Betting Odds For The Second Round :: <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>In the first round of the 2014 playoffs, three of the four games were expected to be decided by a field goal or less. In the second round, the games aren't expected to be nearly as competitive.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/nfl-2014-divisional-playoff-lines-point-spreads-totals-complete-betting-odds-second-round-1530172
Katy Perry Diet Revealed: What Singer Eats To Maintain Weight Loss :: <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>Katy Perry is starting the year on a healthy note, making sure she stays in tip-top shape as the summer approaches. The "Roar" singer often shows off her slim and curvy figure, and has admitted to working out upwards of five times a week.</p>
<p>Her svelte figure is often credited to her fitness regime, which includes hiking, and wearing a pedometer to count her steps, her trainer Harley Pasternak told Hello magazine last May. But now, her eating habits have been revealed.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/katy-perry-diet-revealed-what-singer-eats-maintain-weight-loss-1530162
More Americans Are Excited About Winter Olympics Than This Year's Midterm Elections :: <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 latest nuggets of info from Pew Research's Center For People And The Press show that slightly fewer Americans are dreading this year's midterm elections than are looking forward to them, while they are more excited about the upcoming Winter Olympics than they are about politics.</p>
<p>"As 2014 begins and the midterm election campaigns heat up, about half of the public (51%) is especially looking forward to November's congressional elections while 49% are not looking forward to them," the group said.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/more-americans-are-excited-about-winter-olympics-years-midterm-elections-1530108
Sony announces internet TV service, plans to start testing it later this year :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/sHKTzqnD78Q/
Biz Stone's new app Jelly uses photos to answer questions :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/ojGDscGqAGg/
When tweets become ads, or how Twitter continues to blur the line between speech and publishing :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/7JbY3K44wz4/
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
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