You can call 111 when you need medical help fast but it’s not a 999 emergency. NHS 111 is a fast and easy way to get the right help, whatever the time. The service is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Calls are free from landlines and mobile phones.
If you think you don’t have time to make breakfast, prepare it the night before. It can still be healthy and filling even if eaten when leaving the house.
Committing to a breakfast each morning reduces the likelihood that you will snack between meals, and the extra breakfast energy boost also translates to more physical activity to burn excess calories.
To counteract the effects of not eating breakfast, many teens resort to eating high-fat, high-sodium snacks to give them a boost during the day.
Skipping breakfast leaves your body and brain feeling tired, depriving your body of all of the nutrients and energy you need for optimum performance throughout the day.
Stoptober is an NHS campaign to give free support to people quitting smoking. Stop smoking for 28 days and you’re five times more likely to stay smokefree for good.
When you move to a new area, it is important to register with the local doctor and dentist as soon as you can, and with the local electoral registration office so you can vote.
Regular sunbed use contributes significant amounts to your annual UV radiation exposure – the exposed skin area is at least twice as large as the average sunbather’s.
The cancer-causing effect of sunbed use over 10 minutes is the same as an exposure to 10 minutes of Mediterranean summer sun.
People who first use a tanning bed before age 35 increase their risk for skin cancer by 75 percent.