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)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridB38371&cid=ct_15_26_f&fid#276&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.scotsman.com%2Fhealth%2FSpeech-therapy-could-help-save.6653832.jp
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...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridB93595&cid=ct_15_91_f&fid6976&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.NaturalNews.com%2F030853_food_safety_government_spending.html
Study shows 99% of mobile malware in 2013 targeted Android devices :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/E6T9K8bz97A/
Is French Official Data Overstating Economic Growth? :: <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>French official data on the country's economic growth diverges from surveys of French businesses and may have overstated growth in France's economy since 2012, according to <a href="http://www.markit.com/assets/en/docs/commentary/markit-economics/2014/jan/France_economy_14_01_21.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">an analysis</a> released Tuesday from financial information company Markit.com.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/french-official-data-overstating-economic-growth-1545081
Bitcoin Vs. Bank Of Finland: Cryptocurrencies Ruled As Commodities After Failing Money Test :: <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 digital currency bitcoin is no more, according to Finland it is now a digital commodity instead. "Considering the definition of an official currency as set out in law, it's not that. It's also not a payment instrument, because the law stipulates that a payment instrument must have an issuer responsible for its operation," Paeivi Heikkinen, head of oversight at the Bank of Finland in Helsinki, told Bloomberg recently. "At this stage it's more comparable to a commodity."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/bitcoin-vs-bank-finland-cryptocurrencies-ruled-commodities-after-failing-money-test-1545072
'Bates Motel' Season 2 Spoilers: Miss Watson Lives In New Promo Video; Sneak Peek Shows 'B' Before School Dance In Season 1 Finale :: <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><strong>WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD</strong></p>
<p>"Bates Motel" returns to A&E on Monday, Mar. 3, and the network is busy keeping fans occupied with a haunting new season 2 video. The sneak peek, which clocks in at a little over two minutes long, brings a deceased character back to life.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/bates-motel-season-2-spoilers-miss-watson-lives-new-promo-video-sneak-peek-shows-b-school-dance
Tesla installs its chargers across German Autobahn, Austrian Alps :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/T8nda0wPZzk/
F1 heiress loses Lamborghini battle :: Formula 1 heiress Tamara Ecclestone loses a custody battle over a rare "super car" she gave to an ex-boyfriend as a birthday gift.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25831455#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
NASA Sends 800 Ants To ISS, 'Ants In Space' Program Aims To Understand Insect Behavior In Low-Gravity :: <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>Rather than being the title of a classic cult horror movie, "Ants in Space" is actually the name of a NASA program aimed at establishing a colony of ants on the International Space Station, or ISS. In partnership with the BioServe Space Technologies Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder, scientists at NASA have <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/orbital-sciences-cygnus-commercial-resupply-craft-docks-international-space-station-1535972">successfully sent 800 ants</a> into space in order to study how the little critters react in low-gravity environments.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/nasa-sends-800-ants-iss-ants-space-program-aims-understand-insect-behavior-low-gravity-1545048
Man Stabs Brother Over Pepsi: Michael Charles Arrested For Allegedly Hitting Brother With Pipe During Argument Over Soda In Jersey City :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>An argument over who could drink the last can of Pepsi led a Jersey City, N.J., man to stab his brother after his kin hit him in the head with a pipe.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/man-stabs-brother-over-pepsi-michael-charles-arrested-allegedly-hitting-brother-pipe-during-argument
Sun Kings: Can Solar Power Solve Pakistan's Energy Crisis? :: <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>Amidst an ever-worsening energy shortage in Pakistan, the country's parliament has chosen an alternative source of power: solar. A 1.8-megawatt (MW) solar power plant funded by the Chinese is being installed in Parliament House in Islamabad, which the Pakistan government hopes will save some $1 million in its annual energy utility bills and also reduce greenhouse gas emissions. AlertNet, part of the Guardian newspaper's Environment Network, reported that construction of the solar panels commenced in the first week of the New Year.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/sun-kings-can-solar-power-solve-pakistans-energy-crisis-1545046
Margot Robbie Kisses Orlando Bloom? Actors Reportedly Kiss At Golden Globes After-Party :: <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>Orlando Bloom may be over supermodel Miranda Kerr, three months after the couple announced their separation. The 37-year-old actor was reportedly flirting with actress of the moment Margot Robbie at CAA's Golden Globes after-party at the Sunset Tower Hotel in Los Angeles.</p>
<p>The attractive pair ended the night by kissing in a corner, the New York Post reports.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/margot-robbie-kisses-orlando-bloom-actors-reportedly-kiss-golden-globes-after-party-1545043
Through A Glass, Monochromatically: MIT Researchers Make See-Through Projection Screen :: <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>We're closer than ever to the kind of see-through projection screens that are a staple in science-fiction portrayals of the future.</p>
<p>Transparent screens could be the key to a lot of "augmented reality" applications, from shop window displays to smart glasses and car windshields (imagine if your GPS lit up, not on a tiny screen above you, but right in front of you).</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/through-glass-monochromatically-mit-researchers-make-see-through-projection-screen-1545041
I Want TheBlaze TV: Glenn Beck Fanatics Take To Twitter And Facebook, Demand Cable Providers Carry Conservative Network :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/i-want-theblaze-tv-glenn-beck-fanatics-take-twitter-facebook-demand-cable-providers-carry-1545035
Potential Near-Earth Object Threat, Asteroid 2009 FD, Is Less Likely To Hit Earth Than Previously Believed :: <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 European Space Agency and the European Southern Observatory <a href="http://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann14004/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">launched</a> a program to track potentially threating near-Earth objects, NEOs. As part of the Space Situational Awareness program, asteroid 2009 FD was observed and observed to be less likely to hit Earth than previously believed.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/potential-near-earth-object-threat-asteroid-2009-fd-less-likely-hit-earth-previously-believed
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