Lifestyle

A 12-year-old girl has been left paralysed from the neck down after suffering an alleged reaction to the HPV vaccine. Tragic Mia Blesky has no feeling in her arms or legs and is unable to lift her head or do anything but blink, talk and sing. Video clips filmed days before she fell ill shows the talented youngster - who dreams of being a popstar - standing, clutching a microphone and belting out a tune. Harrowing videos show how her...

In the last few decades what is considered acceptable office dress code has changed considerably; according to a 2016 survey released by OfficeTeam, half of senior managers believe their workers wear less formal clothing than they did five years ago. For better or worse, notions of ‘acceptable work attire’ are changing and more people are wearing denim to work. Even Starbucks have released a lookbook that references selvedge denim as suitable attire. Does this mean denim is in danger of...

Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental condition experienced by more one in 100 people in the UK. Individuals with this condition experience persistent difficulties in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts and restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests and activities which may include stereotyped or repetitive motor movements; insistence on sameness; highly restricted and fixated interests, and hyper or hypo reactivity to sensory input (e.g. sound, smell, taste and touch). Despite extensive research, including numerous neuroimaging studies, we still...

Speed dating? Give it a try today and start your journey towards not being single. There is no doubt about it: being single has its benefits. But if you are desperately searching for a partner, that little bit of love and magic in your life, it's possible to become despondent after yo you do a tour of the different bars offering the singles nights London has to offer. Or perhaps you've seemingly 'swiped right' to the entire population of Tinder who...

Modern life really does kill after a remote tribe living deep in the Amazon were found to have the healthiest arteries ever studied. A new study estimates that an 80-year-old from the Tsimane has the same vascular age as an American in their mid-fifties. Heart rate, blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood glucose were also much lower, probably as a result of the tribe's lifestyle, according to the researchers. The indigenous Tsimane people, who live in the Bolivian Amazon, have the...

We all love a good celebration; a chance to get our glad-rags on, catch up with friends and show off our best dance moves. And Brits find plenty of excuses to throw a big bash, too, but which ones are our favourites? In a lifetime of celebrations it’s really the weddings that stick with us, a new study has revealed. A survey of 1,000 over-50s showed that a third believe that their wedding day was the best celebration of their lives,...

A good night's kip is as good as winning £200,000 on the lottery, according to new research. A study found boosting slumber would make Brits as happy as scooping the jackpot. Scientists analysed the sleep patterns of more than 30,500 people and calculated what it would be worth in terms of mental and physical wellbeing. Improved quality and quantity of shut eye over four years were linked with higher scores on the General Health Questionnaire - a tool used by...

Not every divorce has to end in a bitter court dispute. If you and your spouse or partner are still able to communicate and would like to resolve the financial and children issues that come with your separation without the involvement of the courts, then 'Collaborative Practice' can work for you. Collaborative practice means that you and your spouse reach an agreement in a series of round-table meetings with your respective solicitors without the need to step foot inside a...

There is a certain sort of person who likes to talk a great deal about the importance of etiquette. There is also a lot of discussion about the decline of modern manners. At the same time we live in a time of the decline of ritual – if you want an emblem, my former employer, the House of Commons, has decided that the clerks should no longer wear wigs and court dress (the House of Lords has not followed suit,...