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Zara Baker looks into the hows and whys of arthritis and finds ways to ease the pain

Pain in the neck? And I don’t mean your over-excited kids eagerly anticipating 25 December. Arthritis is a pain that worsens in the winter, and if you have it, it can hinder your day to day life and activities. It’s an inflammation of the joints (hands, arms, feet, knees etc) and a condition that affects 10 million people in the UK. Contrary to popular belief, it’s not something that just occurs as we get older too: 12,000 children under the age of six have arthritis in the UK, so it’s not just a sign of getting old.
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Prepare for the long, wintery road ahead by safeguarding yourself against the flu virus

Won’t the flu vaccine give me the flu?
It is a common misconception that having the flu jab will actually give you the flu. We’ve all heard the stories from someone who knows someone: they had the annual flu vaccination and then came down with the flu a few days later, making the flu jab redundant.
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Clare and Richard Brown, owners of Revitalise in Hove, are celebrating after winning the Clinic of the Year award in the UK’s only dedicated professional CAM show – camexpo.

Organised by Diversified Business Communications UK, camexpo attracted a total of 5333 attendees over 22-23 October at Earls Court, London.
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Kirsty Taylor from Uniquely Organic EcoSpa, Hove

Why use certified organic cosmetics?
Going organic is not a sales gimmick; it really is excellent for your health and wellbeing. Yet, while many of us have embraced the organic food ethic, not so many have cottoned on to certified organic cosmetics. Why not, I wonder? If you choose not to eat something laden with chemicals from fertilisers and pesticides, why would you want to massage these into your skin?
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