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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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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Chinese camps eyed in ivory war :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/wuxgbb8Tjo4/index.html
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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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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What you need to know about the court decision that just struck down net neutrality :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/ITOI1jPjAwc/
Lions To Hire Caldwell As Head Coach: Report :: <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 Detroit Lions will hire Jim Caldwell as their head coach, according to a report on the NFL's website on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Former Indianapolis Colts head coach Caldwell will succeed Jim Schwartz, who was fired after Detroit went 7-9 in the 2013 season, the article said, citing an informed source and a senior writer of the Lions' website.</p>
<p>Caldwell, 58, spent three seasons as the Colts' coach from 2009 to 2011, leading the team to a berth in the 2010 Super Bowl before spending the past two seasons as the quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator with the Baltimore Ravens.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/lions-hire-caldwell-head-coach-report-1539912
'Family Style' Meals Teach Kids Healthy Food Habits: Study :: <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>Day care centers may want to take some feeding cues from Italian "family style" restaurants, scientists say. Passing bowls around the dining table and allowing children to serve themselves may be one way for children to develop a healthier relationship with food, and be extension help combat childhood obesity.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/family-style-meals-teach-kids-healthy-food-habits-study-1539868
Empire State Building Lawsuit: Topless Photos Of Shelby Carter Trigger Support For Photographer Allen Henson :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/empire-state-building-lawsuit-topless-photos-shelby-carter-trigger-support-photographer-allen-henson
Humans And Primates Burn 50 Percent Fewer Calories Each Day Than Other Mammals :: <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>Primates may have their slow metabolisms to thank for their long lifespan, a new study suggests.</p>
<p>The findings, <a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/01/09/1316940111" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</a>, reveals that humans and other primates burn 50 percent fewer calories each day than other mammals. Scientists credit the primates' slow metabolism to explain why primates have long lives and grow up slowly compared to other mammals.</p></div></div></div>
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Unreal: patent troll sues FTC for harming its right to be a troll :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/7L4yB1H-hMQ/
Reddit Evolution: How 'Front Page Of The Internet' Went From 'NSFW' To 'WTF' :: <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>Randy Olson, a PhD student at Michigan State University's Computer Science program, has been trying to make sense of the vast, sprawling and sometimes lurid digital community that is Reddit, the self-proclaimed "front page of the Internet."</p>
<p>His graphs not only show the most popular categories, or "subreddits," on Reddit, but also how the bulletin-board style forum changed since it went live in 2005. Olson shows how Reddit evolved from a place for users to share porn to a place for funny and weird content.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/reddit-evolution-how-front-page-internet-went-nsfw-wtf-1539798
Ancient Antarctic Trench Larger Than Grand Canyon Found Under Miles Of Ice, Discovery Is 'Incredibly Exciting' :: <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>Underneath Antarctica's ancient, frozen landscape lies a hidden subglacial valley larger than the Grand Canyon. The recently discovered Antarctic trench, sculpted millions of years ago, is nearly two miles deep and plunges to more than 6,500 feet below sea level. Researchers say the ancient trough could provide invaluable clues about what the West Antarctic ice sheet could look like in a warmer global climate.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/ancient-antarctic-trench-larger-grand-canyon-found-under-miles-ice-discovery-incredibly-exciting
Is Net Neutrality Dead? DC District Court Of Appeals Tells FCC No More 'Open Internet Order' :: <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 Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Open Internet Rules set forth by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had no legal grounds and thus are unenforceable. "We're disappointed that the court came to this conclusion. Its ruling means that Internet users will be pitted against the biggest phone and cable companies," <a href="http://www.freepress.net/press-release/105543/court-strikes-down-fcc-open-internet-order" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">said</a> Free Press' President and CEO Craig Aaron.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/net-neutrality-dead-dc-district-court-appeals-tells-fcc-no-more-open-internet-order-1539732
Off With Their Heads: Saudi Arabia Executes Two Pakistani Drug Smugglers :: <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>Saudi Arabia beheaded two Pakistanis convicted of drug smuggling, marking the first executions of the New Year, the kingdom's interior ministry announced. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported that Abrar Hussain Nizar Hussain was executed in the city of Jeddah after he was caught attempting to smuggle heroin hidden in his stomach into the country. The other doomed man, Zahid Khan Barakat, was beheaded in the town of Qatif, in the Eastern Province, also for drug violations.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/their-heads-saudi-arabia-executes-two-pakistani-drug-smugglers-1539856
French economy 'still looking weak' :: France's Francois Hollande has promised to revitalise the economy. It's a boost that is certainly needed, says BBC correspondent Andrew Walker.
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Rivals chip, chip, chip away at VMware hypervisor dominance :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/bL6n2cqIwvc/
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