Health and Spiritual – Page 8

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...

Mental Health.It’s in the mind and the body, too

ENC News 14 Nov 2017

Something is stirring in the world of mental health and for once the news is positive. This month, British scientists began testing a radically new approach to treating schizophrenia based...

How A Scientist’s Slick Discovery Helped Save Preemies’ Lives

ENC News 31 Oct 2017

In 1953, Dr. John Clements realized something fundamental about the way the lung functions — an insight that would ultimately save the lives of millions of premature babies. The story...

The War against Air Pollution Has Begun

ENC News 23 Oct 2017

“You never see ‘air pollution’ written as the cause on death certificates,” an expert once told Damian Carrington, Environment Editor at the Guardian. If it was, she suggested, the enormous...

Owning a Dog Could Be Key to Keeping Older People Healthy and Active, Study Finds

ENC News 26 Sep 2017

Man’s best friends make us less stressed, more active and more content at work, owners believe. Dog walking could be key to keeping older people more active, a new study...

Antibiotic-resistant genes are being spread all over the world in animal feed, scientists discover

ENC News 04 Sep 2017

Antibiotic-resistant genes are being spread around the world in animal feed, according to new research that adds to fears humanity could lose one of our most important medicines. A Government-commissioned...

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