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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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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Apple brings iBooks Textbooks and iTunes U Course Manager to more countries :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Nq1hu4SqBS4/
Dow Chemical (DOW) Should Sell Upstream, Downstream Petrochemical Operations, Says Third Point's Dan Loeb, Who Has Bought Up DOW Shares :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Activist investor Dan Loeb said Tuesday that Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW), which is now the largest holding in Loeb's Third Point LLC investment vehicle, needs to spin off its upstream and downstream petrochemical operations.</p>
<p>Loeb, according to Zero Hedge, wants the giant U.S. chemical company to back off from its vertical integration business model, according to a letter Loeb released Tuesday.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/dow-chemical-dow-should-sell-upstream-downstream-petrochemical-operations-says-third-points-dan-loeb
Madison Holleran Suicide: UPenn Freshman Jumps To Death Over Grades At Ivy league College :: <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>Madison Holleran, a 19-year-old University of Pennsylvania freshman, died in Philadelphia Friday night in what police called an apparent suicide. Her father later said her death was linked to the "stress" of keeping good grades at her Ivy League school.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/madison-holleran-suicide-upenn-freshman-jumps-death-over-grades-ivy-league-college-1544739
Sarah Palin Tells President Obama To Stop 'Playing The Race Card' On Martin Luther King Day [PHOTO] :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/sarah-palin-tells-president-obama-stop-playing-race-card-martin-luther-king-day-photo-1544708
Lloyds accused of 'bad faith' :: Lloyds Banking Group and the government have been accused of acting in "bad faith" in the way they handled the sell-off of 600 Lloyds bank branches.
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IMF raises UK growth forecast :: The International Monetary Fund raises its growth forecast for the global economy, and the UK economy in particular.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25823217#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Joan Rivers Attacks North West: 'That Baby Is Ugly,' Comedian Says About Kim Kardashian's Daughter :: <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>North West may be adorable, but not everyone thinks so. Comedienne Joan Rivers, 80, recently joked about the seven-month-old, calling her "ugly." The rude comment comes as North is looking increasingly like a combination of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian -- with pronounced features of both parents -- every time a new picture is released of her.</p>
<p>Lately, her mother has not been shy about sharing pictures of her daughter. On the "Ellen DeGeneres" show last week, the new mother showed off new snapshots of her baby girl.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/joan-rivers-attacks-north-west-baby-ugly-comedian-says-about-kim-kardashians-daughter-1544710
Another freebie bites the dust: LogMeIn pulls free remote access :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/R_kIJzxz9ck/
Sony Xperia Z2 specs and screenshots purportedly leaked :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/YenBBsdMog4/
Report: Teens love Instagram, but aren't abandoning Facebook :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Y9ys3MKMCX0/
EBay Inc (EBAY) Earnings Preview: Analysts Downbeat On Q4 Profits :: <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>EBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY), operator of the world's largest online marketplace, is expected to post a 16.1 percent profit increase in the fourth quarter, on modest deceleration in Marketplaces revenue growth from eBay.com, offset by slight revenue acceleration from PayPal.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/ebay-inc-ebay-earnings-preview-analysts-downbeat-q4-profits-1544705
Chris Christie Has More Problems Than Bridgegate: New Jersey Dead Last In Study Of States' Budget Solvency :: <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>As if New Jersey Governor Chris Christie did not have enough problems dealing with the Bridgegate scandal, a new study by Sarah Arnett, a Ph.D. in Public Policy at the Georgia State University, ranks New Jersey dead last among the 50 U.S. states for financial stability.<br />
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url: http://www.ibtimes.com/chris-christie-has-more-problems-bridgegate-new-jersey-dead-last-study-states-budget-solvency
Robin Thicke Cheats On Paula Patton? Singer Caught With Another Mystery Woman While In Paris [PHOTO] :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/robin-thicke-cheats-paula-patton-singer-caught-another-mystery-woman-while-paris-photo-1544678
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