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Always wanted to climb Snowdon? Then join the BaseCamp team for its very popular Snowdon hiking weekend.
We stay at a very comfortable hotel, on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park, set within 30 acres of gardens and woodlands.
On the Friday evening we all meet for...
Set in the panoramic surroundings of the Snowdonia National Park, the BaseCamp 3 Peaks offers an unforgettable experience, and a physically and mentally demanding challenge.
From the village of Llanberis at the foot of Snowdon, the challenge starts with the ascent of Mt Snowdon’s 1085...
National Stress Awareness Day has brought a steady stream of surveys telling us that significant numbers of people who work, suffer symptoms of stress. And numbers are rising. Apparently workers’ stress levels have doubles in the last four years.
Almost 20 per cent...
Relatively small changes to our lives can have huge health benefits. Most of us know that we need to live more healthily, but often the task ahead can seem so daunting that it’s easier to put it off.
A review published this week in the International Journal of Clinical...
A team of academics from the Harvard Medical School (HMS) has a report published in the British Medical Journal today that advocates caution in taking vitamin E supplements to help prevent cardiovascular problems. They strongly recommend that adopting a healthy lifestyle, lowering blood...
So we are on the way to finding a cure for the common cold! The journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science has today published a study of a research project that has discovered our body’s immune system tackles viruses, such as the cold or the winter vomiting norovirus, in...
Depression seems to be the word of the moment. British Summer Time has ended and this is the first week when the evenings draw in. It is also the time when a number of surveys are again highlighting that dark evenings make many of us depressed.
Saga has run just such a survey that...
Even more evidence has emerged to demonstrate that not preparing before you hit the ski slopes will end in tears!
Arthritis Research UK and the Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine have just released a report that says over 50 per cent of people who take part in activities such as skiing,...
Every year as we approach the end of October in the UK there is a flurry of correspondence in newspapers discussing whether or not the clocks should go back to GMT this weekend.
In today’s British Medical Journal Dr Hillman, who is the senior fellow emeritus at the Policy Studies...
An inability to conceive is commonly thought to be a female problem, but the results of a study by Harvard Medical School announced today, indicate that a diet rich in saturated and monounsaturated fats could affect a man’s sperm count.
It is already well documented that a high intake of...
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