Health and Spiritual – Page 7

How can I cope better with stress?

ENC News 22 Jan 2018

How do you feel when bad things happen? Do you bounce back from adversity or sob indefinitely? Emotional resilience, the ability that some people have to withstand stress, was once...

Seven ways to avoid eyestrain.

ENC News 17 Jan 2018

The rapid advance of technology over the past two decades has meant that many of us spend a considerable portion of the day staring at screens, whether that’s our smartphone...

How a new technology will help blind people ‘see’ at the cinema

ENC News 08 Jan 2018

Sight loss affects around two million people in the UK, a number that is likely to increase to four million by 2050. Losing sight can of course change many areas...

Girl born with heart outside her body survives surgery in UK first

ENC News 01 Jan 2018

Ectopiacordisis thought to affect 5 to 8 children in every million and chances of survival are less than 10 per cent. A baby that needed surgery within an hour of...

Mindfulness boosts student mental health during exams, study finds

ENC News 25 Dec 2017

Mindfulness training helps build resilience in university students and improve their mental health, particularly during stressful periods of exams, according to research from the University of Cambridge. The study, which...

Is watching sport as good as playing it?

ENC News 18 Dec 2017

I haven’t been to the gym for two weeks, but it’s fine: I just need to watch sport on television. A study from the University of Montreal has found that...

‘We help them flourish and bloom’: using naturetoimprove physical and mental healthof teens

ENC News 11 Dec 2017

In a corner of south London, a group of young people are taking it in turns to smell the leaves of a rose geranium plant in the gardens of Roots...

Beauty on your windowsill

ENC News 05 Dec 2017

For a dramatic display, choose plants that contrast with the background — bright plants against light siding or wood, pale flowers against dark brick walls. Here’s a brief rundown of...

John Locke: The Man Who So Impressively Embodied the English Spirit

ENC News 28 Nov 2017

His celebrated essay, available to its first readers in December 1689, though formally dated 1690, is still of great interest today. It is an examination of the nature of the...

Sir Thomas Browne: “Urn Burial”-an Essay on the Nature of Identity and Humanity’s Quest for immortality

ENC News 20 Nov 2017

Sir Thomas Browne is a writer whose afterlife vindicates the power of an enchanted, idiosyncratic, and – the gift that holds one key to the success of the writing life...

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