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Helen FranksHealthwise is a regular column on Health and Ageing written especially for laterlife.com members and visitors by Helen Franks, journalist and author.  

Here via the index you can view the articles from previous editions. There is a wide range of material on topics relevant to later life such as regular exercise, walking, running, arthritis, muscle tone, thinning bones, reducing bone loss, vitamin c and other vitamins, cod liver oil, dietary supplements, cholesterol, healthy heart, hip and knee replacement, oiling the joints, wrists, thrombosis, sex and love in later life, digestive health, bran, diabetes, food and health, osteoporosis, sleep problems and much more       


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Edition 45

Aspirin - good or not?

What`s best for neck pain?

Red wine without hangover

Exercise for Breast cancer prevention?

Latest on arthritis

HRT and heart disease

Drinking fluids and exercise

 

2004 editions

 

Edition 46

 

The drugs don`t work

`A`type personalities

In favour of soya beans

Ring in the new

Female sexual dysfunction

 

Edition 47

 

Salmon is not the only fish

You don`t need a firm mattress

What vitamin D does

All in the genes

OK for steroids

Don`t ignore cystitis

Getting fit & cheating

 

Edition 48

 

 

Signs of a stroke

Treating depression helps arthritis

New breast cancer drug

Get well sooner

Want to know how long you are likely to live?

Sex and the fifty-plus

Allergy sufferers get new magazine

 

 

Edition 49

 

New thoughts on DVT

White coat syndrome

Do Echinacea & borage oil work?

Problems of obesity

Self-examination of breasts?

Bristol cancer care latest

Pet care industry

New non-laser eye treatment

Free eye tests at home

 

 

Edition 50

 

Show time for allergies

Success with bladder control treatment

Helpline for bad backs

New class of drugs for breast cancer

The end of jet lag?

When you can`t stay awake

Mind control

 

 

Edition 51

 

Not only viagra

Trouble with men and health

Reporting side effects

Vitamin B12 & Osteoporosis

Drinking and Diabetes

Success for chest pain units

 

 

Edition 52

 

New drug for asthma

Goodness in the rind

Taking care of travelling legs

Bad chair days

Whiter than white

Is obesity in the genes

 

Edition 53

 

Knowledge is power

The Anti-jet-lag diet

How to be a healthy traveller

Heart attack symptoms: different for men and women

Feeling dizzy

Drinking is good for twins (and everyone else too)

 

Edition 54

 

What to do about ear wax

More good news about fish

Quick fix for migraine

Drugs that fool the brain

Know what you`re taking

New online service from Help the Aged

 

Edition 55

 

Salt - more than a pinch too much

Flu jab time again

Beer and curry

Latest on prostate

Asthmatics and aspirin

 

Edition 56

 

Dangers for elderly drug users

Glucosamine for vegetarians

Pain: how much is it in the mind?

Jokey and Blokey

Asthma breathing technique

More trouble for HRT

Whatever next? Flower Essences for animals

 

 

Edition 57

 

When to see your dentist

How to sell bowel cancer screening to men

Bones out of balance

Meanwhile, bones tests make it at pharmacies

A cuppa is good for you

Bad news for drug companies

 

2005 Editions

 

 

Edition 58

 

Why do older people fall over?

Three questions that could save a life

Heart attack - self help

HRT (again)

And a new drug for osteoporosis

Hearing aids of the future

Heard the one about GORD

Hangover cure? Call it detox

Relief for the bedfellow of snorers

 

 

Edition 59

 

Acupuncture works

And so do copper bracelets

Polarised light therapy

Over the counter heart treatment

Breast cancer drug

Sexually high and dry

Free bone mass density testing

 

 

Edition 60

 

Fighting MRSA

Yes, we are cutting down on salt

Alzheimer`s test

Lay off the liver

Alternative for menopause symptoms

A new way to treat osteoporosis

Free leg health checks

A trick in time

 

 

Edition 61

 

Early screening for breast cancer works for all age groups

Safer from side effects

Costing less to call the doctor

Doctors - for sports injuries

Tofu tasting

Arnica makes it as a painkiller

Magnetic attraction

NSAIDs - the good and the bad

Holiday on the NHS

Green tea is good

Warts and all

Hidden salt

Websites for medical know-how

 

 

 

Edition 62

 

Three drinks warning

Another drug withdrawn

Antioxidants and the over 65s

Horse-chestnut seeds for varicose veins

One in ten

Why women live longer

 

 

Edition 63

 

Acupuncture proof

Sleeping sickness

Simple check for breast cancer

Coeliac sufferers eat out

Snore danger

Colon cancer in the family

Life with a bag

Don`t take these before surgery

 

Edition 64

 

Living with diabetes

Ageing population & cancer rates

Are you taking five?

What to do about prostrate cancer

Travel bug precautions

 

 

Edition 65

 

New for menopause

More menopause alternatives

Smoking and gum disease

Knowing about hepatitis C

Herbal painkiller

Putting power into your step

Breathing easier

 

Edition 66

 

Men in denial

Death by postcode

Women in denial too

Cancer treatment needs funds

New bowel cancer screening programme

 

 

Edition 67

 

New NHS campaign raises awareness of invisible killer

Get the jabs now

Forget plasters - choose a spray

Foot care in later life

Powers of suggestion

Back pain again

New look for hearing aids

Don`t suffer in silence

 

 

 

Edition 68

 

If you knew about flu you`d get the jab

Double whammy of IBS

Liver and vitamin A

Eye problems sorted

Short and not so sweet

So you think heart attacks only happen to other people

Allergic to being indoors

 

 

Edition 69

 

Eat fish, keep alert

Reducing cancer risk

Men warned against buying prescription medicines on the internet

Sunlight robbery

SAD and winter blues

Avian flu test

And finally, when it comes to Christmas....

 

 

2006

 

Edition 70

 

What is heartburn?

The menopause exchange

Get over it

Support groups and charities

Are you at risk of heart attack?

Survival improvement for pancreatic cancer

Dementia treatment

 

 

Edition 71

 

Heart disease can be inherited

Pain - it`s all in the brain

Allergy shock

Herbals for stress

Reducing cholesterol levels without drugs

Eating fats is not all bad

Meningitis check list

 

 

Edition 72

 

 

Breathing technique for chest problems

Self-monitoring hypertension

Calling all allergy sufferers

Dangers of an underactive thyroid

Still trying to give up smoking

New online befriending service from Cancer Research UK

 

 

Edition 73

 

Fish oils and statins

Not a dry eye in the house

HRT latest

Read all about it

Latest on Asthma

 

Edition 74

 

Sex and the prostate

Online weight reduction a success

Air purifiers - next generation

laughing out loud

World's first built-in pain medication

More or less water?

New for arthritis

For latest on bird flu

Tricks to teach your body

  

Edition 75

 

Time to get an eye test

Spots before the eyes

Dryness in the eye

News from Arthritis Care

Five-minute oral work-out

Cancer Research e-newsletter

 

Edition 76

 

Relief from Psoriasis and arthritis

Osteoporosis: Don't stop taking the treatment

Vitamin D and calcium reduce falls

First signs of dementia

The heatwave plan

Plaster casting

High doses of painkillers and risk of heart attack

 

Edition 77

 

Women are neglecting their health

Things you might not know about high blood pressure

Jumping for joints

Laughter: the best medicine

And then there's music

Useful websites

 

Edition 78

 

Taking exercise can cut Alzheimer's & dementia

Ginkgo Biloba & alzheimer's

You need veg for your eyes

NICE approves psoriasis treatments

New complementary treatment for psoriasis

Fish oils and exercise

New rheumatoid arthritis drug

Websites of interest

 

 

Edition 79

 

Prevention of Alzheimer's

And then there's curry

The Bristol approach

Prostate cancer

Highly stressed?

Websites of interest

 

 

Edition 80

 

Is green tea good for lowering heart disease?

 

New vits and herbs

 

Premixed, prefilled syringes for arthritis

 

Homeopathic podiatry

Relax your eyes

 

Link between hot flushes and insomnia

 

Had your flu jab yet?

 

New interactive healthcare website

 

 

Edition 81

 

A real headache

 

Exercise and bowel cancer

 

NICE recommends drug for NHL

 

Eat lots of veg and stay mentally alert

 

Osteoporosis risk formula

 

Useful websites

 

Index to healthwise previous editions

April 2001

Edition 1

Keep on Running
...............Or at least walking briskly three times a week for about half an hour. You’ll not only add years to your life, but ............

The Vit C spin
Oiling the Joints
Get that Cholesterol down

Edition 2

Help wanted for sleepless nights
As we get older, we tend to sleep less in the night, often waking in time to appreciate.............

Exercise - what's stopping you?
Excuse Number 1..............

Anything but bran?
Work less, live longer?
Where good bones come from

Edition 3

Don't forget your pacemaker
One thing you can’t leave at home when you go on holiday is any..................

Where have all the minerals gone?
The colours of age
Exercise - what's stopping you? -
Excuse Number 2.........

Edition 4

Exercise - what's stopping you?
The latest excuse number 3 & 4 for not exercising, along with
Sex for Oldies,
New fingers for old,
In flight safety precaution &
Computer Buffs beware!

Edition 5

Your chance to try Red Clover
Do you drink enough
Don't get indigestion
Tailor made for women

plus  - excuse number 5.

Edition 6

Alcohol is anti-aging
Answer to ulcers
Get energy with ginko
What do they mean by obesity?
plus  - excuse number 6.

Edition 7

Bad scene for coffee lovers
But coffee can also be good for you
Tea drinkers should definitely go for it
Things you might not know about garlic
Flattening the tum - an impossible aim?

plus excuse number 7

Edition 8

Happiness is a regular work-out
Do GPs and pharmacists use herbal medicines?
Don't give up on the blood pressure pills
Time for the flu jab

Getting better after breast cancer
plus excuse number 8.

Edition 9

Aches and pains? Try our free offer

And then there`s chicken soup

Catch that cold before it starts

Never too late

plus excuse number 9

 

2001 editions

Edition 10

Screen test 1-  

Screen test 2 -

Postscript on cold cures

Skin deep findings

The blushing cure

Slip of the tongue

Drinking to your health

Eating less means more

 

plus excuse number 10 

 

Edition 11

 

Just nuts

Have a slice of menopause cake

Need your eyes tested?

Got a spare hearing aid?

Cut sugar craving

Healing powers

plus excuse number 11

 

Edition 12

 

Come fly with me

The pocket sized gym

Here comes the hay fever season

When peeing isn`t easy

plus the final one in the series of excuses for not exercising

 

 

Edition 13

 

Fibre for diabetes   

Impotence explained  

Medicine muddles  

Do phytoestrogens work?

 

Edition 14

 

HRT helps memory 

Post menopause fractures

Ban on ageism in the NHS

Introducing the dental facelift 

Greens for good eyesight 

Relatives and residents   

 

Edition 15

 

All that rich food

Sex and the older woman

Socks for safer flying

Coming soon(ish)

A tomato a day

 

Edition 16

 

Giving up on HRT

The benefits of power napping

Sun on older skin

New thoughts on drinking water

Folic acid- the heart connection

Vitamin C - danger or false alarm?

 

Edition 17

Exercise for those who think they can`t

Herbs to help you sleep

Healing scars

Get bone friendly

The vitamin C saga (contd.)

Treatment for impotence

Never too late

 

Edition 18

 

Can`t eat Wheat 

Food or mood: causes of IBS 

News for knees 

What older people want

HRT for men

 

 

Edition 19

 

Feet in laterlife

Fishy verdict

Incontinence offer

Managing migraine

Gelatin-free capsules

 

 

Edition 20

 

Autumn is bad for eczema

Don`t suffer in silence

Time for the big sneeze again

Smoking makes wrinkles

Gut reactions

Need for choice in managing menopause symptoms

 

 

Edition 21

 

Update on cold cures

A potato peps up sex life?

Heartbooster

Asthma, inhaled steroids and osteoporosis

More on asthma treatments

 

 

2002 Editions

 

 

Edition 22

 

Got a cold sore?

Brittle bones - men get them too

Not getting the nutrients

Crucial questions about cancer

Signs of a stroke

   

Edition 23

 

Asthma and apple-eaters 

Vision on

National Impotence Day 

Supplements make sense 

Ironing out a cough 

A list of embarrassing problems

 

Edition 24

 

Anti-ageing for rats

Lending a hand - try our FREE offer

Tea, wine, chocolate, coffee - good or bad?

Help for bleeding gums

62% fewer migraine days

A gene for osteoporosis

 

Edition 25

 

What are phyto-oestrogens

Guides to much healthier eating

Brainboosters

Detecting diabetes

A condition you might not grow out of

Aid for knees

Morning stroke risk

 

   

Edition 26

 

Zapping cold sores

Hi Tec for cold sores

Does your doctor raise your blood pressure

The secret in tomatoes

Test for bowel cancer

Getting a fast screening

Fish oils -free offer

Walk it off

Natural hair dyes

 

 

Edition 27

 

Healthier hearts 1

Healthier hearts 2

Travelling safeguards

Exercise against osteoporosis

Seasonal sneezes and wheezes

Ten-minute Yoga

Pain and painkillers

 

Edition 28

 

A rival for viagra

Chewing gum helps drivers - free offer

Kiss and don`t tell

Gut reactions -1 Constipation

Gut reactions -2 Digestion

Breath test for ulcers

Osteoporosis update

 

 

 

Edition 29

 

Seaweed instead of salt  

Do doctors take pain seriously? 

Chocolate makes you happy. Official! 

HRT - should you or shouldn`t you? 

Diet - Is low-fat bad after all? 

Vitamin supplements in danger

 

 

Edition 30

 

New aid from aspirin

Natural sleep combo.

No thanks for the memory

Update on Osteoporosis

 

 

Edition 31

 

Men and sex

Five a day

A few things to know about feet

Painful progress

Fast healing for cuts and grazes

 

 

Edition 32

 

The future is here

Melatonin and ageing

Arthritis remedy may help spines

Keeping up the walking

Don`t slip up in the shower

The longevity x-factor

Prostrate cancer latest

 

 

Edition 33

 

Improving eyesight

Stress through the ages

Help slow down Parkinson`s

Do you suffer from Syndrome X?

A teaspoon of honey

And a nice cup of tea

 

2003 Editions

 

Edition 34

 

New treatment for DVT

How are your veins?

Coffee could reduce diabetes

Retraining the bladder

Thermal underwear or heating allowance?

Why you probably won`t get Alzheimers

 

 

Edition 35

 

When a doctor says it`s just your age

Who gets menopausal symptoms

Updates on prostrate problems

Hot peppers aid indigestion

The `white coat` effect

 

 

 

Edition 36

 

Female impotence explained

Natural sex

Another alternative to Viagra

Tried, tested - and unsafe

Fancy a personal diet trainer?

 

 

Edition 37

 

Hayfever without antihistamine

A spoonful of peanut butter

Summer foot hazards

Less irritable

Food/health connections

 

 

 

 

Edition 38 

 

Aspirin scores again

What`s the risk 

Replacement for Warfarin

Top healthy heart supplements

De-stress with essential oil

Websites that make sense

 

Edition 39

 

Hearts and minds

Grape juice -  blood pressure

Prevention of Osteoarthritis

Five day nail rejuvenator

Exercise-be tougher on yourself

More time for tea

Remedies for sea sickness

 

 

Edition 40

 

Site for sore feet

Pain patches that work miracles

Don`t travel without

What are the symptoms of DVT?

New sight saver

Good for women

 

 

Edition 41

 

Reflux action

Is pre-eclampsia a risk 

Pain in the neck

Is bladder control in the mind?

Not only Americans risk heart attack

The drugs don`t work

The anti-malarial no no

 

Edition 42

 

Asthma: how to cut down on steroids

Fruit and veg reduces stroke risk

Change in BP definition

Alternatives to HRT

Good diet during menopause 

 

 

Edition 43

 

Get your flu jab now

DoH has launched another one

More about schizophrenia

Fewer glorious mornings

Worrying about depression returning

New for chronic heart failure

Nation of scatterbrains?

 

 

Edition 44

 

For overactive bladders

Dairy colostrum for colds & flu

Tooth loss & vitamins

Brain Power

Breast cancer prevention

Hip Hoorah

 

 

 

 

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