Healthy parents

Plot your course to a healthy life is the subtitle of a book which came into being as a result of GP Beth de Sousa's quest for a title she could recommend to her patients. The Health Compass is a guide to making permanent healthy lifestyle changes.

PMS charity the National Association for Premenstrual Syndrome (NAPS) announces new findings after years of research - changes to diet and lifestyle can help lessen the PMS symptoms. NAPS has produced the unique PMS Seven Day Nutrition Plan, providing advice, meal plans and recipes together with dietician, author and broadcaster Nigel Denby.

Dr Jane Zuckerman, Director of WHO Collaborating Centre for Travel Medicine, has put together a list of holiday first aid essentials we should all be packing this summer to help combat holiday health problems.

With so many books published about diet and nutrition it's sometimes hard to know what to believe. Patrick Holford is recognised as a leading expert in his field and Anne Coates unreservedly recommends his latest tome: Optimum Nutrition Made Easy.

Dr Keith Souter suggests some homeopathic remedies for rosacea.

With the government highlighting how little we should be drinking, Georgia Foster’s workshops offer informed guidelines and support through her book, The Drink Less Mind™, CD and hypnotherapy sessions.

As many as one person in six suffers from anxiety and depression and for many people this impacts on their work and family life – facts that the Depression Alliance wants to highlight this week. Anne Coates recommends some books which may help sufferers.

A CD from the Serenity Series, Relaxation for Calm Pregnancy  aims to help you create a "Calm Space For You To Connect with Your Body and Your Baby" - Nicole Burroughs puts it to the test.

In The Drink Less Mind: The truth behind overdrinking, Georgia Foster explains how heavy drinking becomes an emotional habit which hides low self-esteem, social anxiety, fear and rejection. Discover how strong your Inner Critic is with this questionnaire from the book.

Dr Keith Souter discusses  panic attacks and how homeopathy can relieve them with a reader who has suffered since she was a teenager.

Stopping smoking is probably the most important single thing that you can do for your family and help is at hand!

Healthspan has launched NutriProfile, the UK’s first, free online personal nutritional analysis – developed by doctors and leading nutrition experts.

Researchers at Slimming World say the secret to losing weight lies in choosing the foods which fill you up the most and keep you fullest longest.

Spatone has teamed up with midwife Maggie Evans to develop a free and concise guide to nutrition during pregnancy.

One in ten women in the UK is expected to develop breast cancer. The aim of The Genesis Appeal is to create a future without breast cancer, by making one in ten, none in ten. Preventative lifestyle changes, as outlined in the Appeal’s Ten Commandments, can help make this aim a reality.

Eye fact - statistics suggest that by the time we reach 60, one in 12 of us will be blind or partially-sighted, rising to one in six at age 75!

Many people have a problem with heights and it can affect you at any time. A PWT member describes her symptoms to Dr Keith Souter  who discusses the homeopathic treatment of vertigo.