Scientific research studies usually trial drugs to reduce hypertension, but one based on spiritual interventions was highly successful.
Churches’ work to individuals and communities is worth over £40 bn a year :let the government help with building repairs and keep their working going.
A substance found in sea squirts renewed the brains of aged mice. The lead Professor was so impressed he now takes a supplement each day.
When we do kind acts for others we are also being kind to ourselves – to our brains and our bodies.
Giving thanks in tough times helps you more than you realise it guards your soul.
How to look for hope in the darkest valleys? The son now in intensive care after being knocked off his bike by a hit and
We are so used to living day by day, just coping and growing in faith that we rarely take time to wonder how life would look if the Serpent hadn’t ‘won’ in the Garden of Eden. Here are some thoughts by one of the world’s best Bible scholars.
Covid-19 tells us that we need to break the conspiracy of silence about dying and death. If we believe that ‘death has lost its sting’ why are we silent?
There’s an interesting item in Premier’s digital newsletter this morning about a study that looked at what happens in the workplace when we treat staff either as ‘resources’ or beings made in God’s image. (See ref below). The report titled ‘Human resources – recognising the personhood of workers in the charity and public sectors’, was supported by the Leech Fellowship Committee and Baptist and Anglican churches.
‘The rhythm of life is a powerful beat,’ Sammy Davis Jr used to sing in the seventies.And, if scientists at Boston University are right, getting that rhythm to the right beat in the brains of older people could restore their short-term working memory to that of 20-year-olds. Our short-term working memory helps us to keep our plates spinning, storing information for around 10 – 15 seconds to allow problem solving, reasoning, planning and decision making, helping us, for example, to keep a telephone number in mind while writing it down.
Shakespeare wrote that music was the food of love but it seems that laughter is the elixir of life. Particularly when prompted by comedian Michael McIntyre.
Deaths from influenza amongst the elderly have risen sharply in recent years, and it’s known that flu vaccinations don’t work for everybody. In 2017 researchers at Nottingham University found that being in a good mood before having a ‘flu vaccination increases its protective power.
We heard from a couple who were having a tough time trying to support an elderly aunt with dementia. She enjoyed living alone in her
‘Is it true that doing puzzles or crosswords won’t prevent metal decline’, asked James, talking to me earlier this week on Transworld Radio. (A good,
Some interesting answers to the question WHAT WOULD YOU DO? asked in an earlier blog. It was about parents moving to a retirement area in
A number of studies have shown that people who go to church tend to live significantly longer than those who don’t. And a leading professor
There’s a story in the news today about a man whose who suffered life changing depression after being misdiagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. It wasn’t an
Knitters do much more than turnout socks and sweaters and baby cardigans! They are also lowering their blood pressure, avoiding or reducing depression, and even
Which is better – happiness or hope? We all wish each other a happy New Year, but what do we mean? At a quick glance
It used to be thought that the 100 year life was science fiction. Not any more. The number of 100 year olds and people
Two decades of research into Alzheimer’s disease have failed to produce any effective therapies and the time has come to change direction, said the director
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