The ironic thing about hypochondria is that it’s actually a medical condition itself. People with health anxiety may not be suffering from the illnesses they imagine they have but they may be suffering from a mental health condition which can seriously affect their wellbeing. Hypochondria or health anxiety is defined as excessive worrying about health,…

With the weather finally improving, we’re all itching to get out into our gardens and make up for lost time over what seems to have been a very long winter. With clearing, digging and planting there is always the risk of the odd small injury, but did you know that a scratch, scrape or any…

World Immunisation Week (24-30 April) celebrates the value of vaccines and how they save millions of lives across the globe every year. Here we look at one of particular interest to older people – the shingles vaccine. The theme of World Immunisation Week this year is #VaccinesWork – which aims to encourage anyone from any area of society…