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
Beanie Babies creator sentenced :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/HT6cWpcNREA/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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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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Why so few women at Davos? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/jXwzJRjpprY/qmb-davos-2014-gender-inequality-klaus-schwab-intv.cnn.html
WEF founder: 'No complacency' :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/uH7_Q0l4Nnk/qmb-davos-2014-klaus-schwab-interview.cnn.html
Mexican Couple Arrested Near Border In Connection With Target Customers' Data Breach; 96 Credit Cards With Stolen Data Retrieved :: <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>Customs and border protection officials apprehended a Mexican couple at the international border in McAllen, Texas, and turned them over to authorities investigating the breach into Target Corporation's (NYSE:TGT) systems and the theft of customer data at the retail giant over the holiday season, media reports said on Monday.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/mexican-couple-arrested-near-border-connection-target-customers-data-breach-96-credit-cards-stolen
Lenovo shares up on IBM deal reports :: Shares in China's Lenovo - the world's biggest PC maker - rise after reports say it is in talks to buy IBM's low-end server business.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25822557#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Lindsay Lohan Announces New Film 'Inconceivable' At The Sundance Film Festival :: <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>Lindsay Lohan, appearing for the first time at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, announced her upcoming psychological thriller, "Inconceivable."</p>
<p>The 27-year-old star, who is also the producer of the $5 million budget film, was joined by Emmett/Furla Films Chief Executive Randall Emmett, who reportedly said that he chose Sundance to make the announcement of the film as it was "just a special place for us" and called Lohan "one of the greatest young actresses of her generation."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/lindsay-lohan-announces-new-film-inconceivable-sundance-film-festival-1544445
ILO warns global joblessness set to rise. :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/NKi5_sLrIEI/
Sunanda Pushkar, Wife Of Indian Politician Shashi Tharoor, Died From Poisoning That Was Not Accidental; Doctors Say Police Will Determine If Death Was Suicide Or Homicide :: <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>Sunanda Pushkar, the wife of Indian politician Shashi Tharoor, who was found dead in a New Delhi hotel room on Friday evening, died from drug poisoning that was not an accident, local media reports said late on Monday, citing a forensic report and sources at a hospital in the nation's capital.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/sunanda-pushkar-wife-indian-politician-shashi-tharoor-died-poisoning-was-not-accidental-doctors-say
Kelly Clarkson Reveals Via Twitter That She Is Having A Girl With Husband Brandon Blackstock :: <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>Kelly Clarkson revealed on Monday that she is expecting a girl. The pop singer, who is married to talent manager, Brandon Blackstock, took to Twitter to reveal the sex of her child.</p>
<p>"We just found out we're having a girl officially! I knew it! Only a girl could cause this much drama with all this vomiting ha!" Clarkson <a href="https://twitter.com/kelly_clarkson/status/425321507146182656" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wrote</a> on Twitter.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/kelly-clarkson-reveals-twitter-she-having-girl-husband-brandon-blackstock-1544433
'Teen Mom 2' Jenelle Evans' Ex, Courtland Rogers, Didn't Know About Star's Abortion :: <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>"Teen Mom 2" star Jenelle Evans is pregnant with her new boyfriend Nathan Griffith's child, but that news only follows her stunning admission that she had an abortion.</p>
<p>Estranged husband Courtland Rogers claimed he knew nothing of it and told Radar Online that he was shocked by the news and only found out through commercials for Evans' MTV reality show.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/teen-mom-2-jenelle-evans-ex-courtland-rogers-didnt-know-about-stars-abortion-1544428
China injects fresh cash into banks :: China's central bank injects fresh liquidity into the country's large commercial banks ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday later this month.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25822544#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
US Military To Have Warships And Transport Aircraft At Hand In Response To Terrorist Threats Of An Attack During Sochi Winter Olympics :: <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>Even as Russia tightens up security arrangements in response to terrorist threats to the upcoming winter Olympics in the Black Sea town of Sochi, the United States on Monday offered to help the Russian government to prepare for any contingencies.</p>
<p>"Air and naval assets, to include two Navy ships in the Black Sea, will be available if requested for all manner of contingencies in support of -- and in consultation with -- the Russian government," the Pentagon said in a statement.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-military-have-warships-transport-aircraft-hand-response-terrorist-threats-attack-during-sochi
Android 4.4 KitKat Update: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N900) Rollout Continues As Kernel Source And Second Firmware Leak Surfaces :: <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 Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/android-44-kitkat-update-arrives-samsung-galaxy-note-3-sm-n9005-receives-os-shortly-after-leaked" target="_blank">began last week</a> with the SM-N9005 model in Poland – now the update continues in Russia for the SM-900 model.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/android-44-kitkat-update-samsung-galaxy-note-3-sm-n900-rollout-continues-kernel-source-second
Davos: World's most exclusive meeting :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/J5nXt-n1VEk/index.html
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