Lifestyle

Amid all the pouts, glitter and motivational quotes that dominate our Instagram feeds, it’s easy to miss the tobacco advertising which is slyly slipping into the background. New research has shown the tobacco giants have a new favourite marketing trick: using Insta influencers as Trojan horses to infiltrate the youth market. The findings only reinforce the view that the industry will stop at nothing to maintain sales, despite its products’ rather unfortunate tendency to kill its customers. As the world’s...

A new interactive quiz has been launched after a poll of 2,000 Brits revealed 55 per cent of us are unsure what diseases and conditions we are immunised against. Despite a national vaccination programme that aims to protect all young people against a particularly deadly type of meningitis - meningococcal W meningitis and septicaemia (MenW), 76 per cent of 18-25 year olds surveyed were unaware of the disease. And only 22 per cent of people surveyed by OnePoll.com know that teenagers...

Technology evolves everyday more and more without the public ever noticing. Every day we have machines that are faster, smarter, more resistant and efficient and it is impossible to keep up. We see the result of the advancements, but never think about how they come to be. We have smarter phones, smaller computers and even hearing aids implanted directly into our skull, but we never question the technology that makes all this possible. We have all heard about 3D printers,...

Previous studies have shown that the powerful horse tranquiliser used as an illegal dance drug has a rapid, calming and antidepressant effect

Royal Elite Vodka Asks: Want To Live Like The Rich And Famous? Remember the television show “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous?”  Host Robin Leach was famous for his closing, “champagne wishes and caviar dreams." You can live like that, too.  It just takes a little planning and creativity...  oh, and a boat load of money of course! Here are some tongue-in-cheek suggestions from Royal Elite Vodka, a new vodka brand made from a classic vodka recipe, catering to the most distinguished...

Today's modern man is bold, adventurous and on top of the hottest fashion trends. Just a couple of decades ago, men typically had their nine-to-five business attire for Monday through Friday. Weekend wear consisted only of t-shirts and jeans. When it comes to fashion for the modern man, anything goes. “I see a trend in menswear incorporating more contrast aesthetic, in terms of blending pattern design with a respective color story. Several brands have been successful in achieving this already like Marni,...

Women at greater risk of stroke while men are at greater risk of heart attack

Boris Johnson has been revealed to be the celebrity Brits most want to see in a reality show.  A year after his father entered the jungle for I'm a Celebrity the outspoken politician topped a poll of the people Brits most want to see on screen.  Peter Kay and new I'm a Celeb host Holly Willoughby came second and third respectively, with the former Apprentice star Donald Trump and David Walliams making up the top five.  Piers Morgan and Nigel...

No amount of booze is good for your overall health, according to a new analysis of 2016 global alcohol consumption and disease risk. Alcohol was the leading risk factor for disease and premature death in men and women between the ages of 15 and 49 worldwide in 2016, accounting for nearly one in 10 deaths, according to the research. Globally, one in three people drink alcohol - the equivalent to 2.4 billion people. Alcohol is responsible for 2.8 million deaths...