Lifestyle
Compassion meditation can work on stress, racial prejudice, anxiety, autism with kind thoughts
The study suggests that it helps people become calmer in the face of suffering - and may benefit conditions ranging from social anxiety disorder to autism
Why we’re flying home to vote yes in Ireland’s abortion referendum
Voxpops of Irish women travelling from Scotland back to Ireland to take part in historic vote
Conflict? Solutions not problems
How would your life look if you could resolve conflict on behalf of others and for yourself? My favourite phrase is ‘solutions not problems’ and to resolve conflict this should be at the forefront of our minds and decision making.
14-y-o girl, battling cancer for third time, has successful surgery after raising over £340,000
Kira Noble first battled Neuroblastoma, a rare type of cancer that forms in certain types of nerve tissue, in 2014.
Almost half the population of Britain will be clinically obese within 30 years
A study also forecasts that almost a quarter of the world's population will be obese by 2045 - and one in eight will have type 2 diabetes
Touching moment wheelchair-bound groom overcome with emotion as bride walks down the aisle
Cerebral palsy sufferer Justin Boisvert, 30, couldn’t hold back the tears as bride Sabrina Raposo, 27, walks into church
Study confirms light smokers more at risk than heavy smokers who quit
Findings provide further evidence there is no safe level for smoking and smokers should stop not cut back
Just two and a half vegetable portions can prevent middle age spread
Results come from 10 year study involving 10,000 people.
Closing down coal and oil-fired power stations ‘leads to healthier babies’
Study shows closing coal and oil-fired power plants lowers the rate of premature births in neighbouring communities - as well as improving fertility