A group of volunteers in Cranleigh have been trained to service NHS hearing aids and will be offering drop in sessions in the village where you can have batteries changed, hearing aids re-tubed etc at no cost. We have been trained as part of an initiative called ‘Hearing Champions’, run by the Guildford C of E ...
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Oh dear – I hear you groan - “not another patronising lecture on getting older. If she mentions those F-words (frail and falls) I am ripping this page out and into the bin it will go.” The definition of “*rail elderly” requires an age above 65 years and at least three of these clinical features: loss of strength, ...
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I am often asked what I do when meeting new people, and my reply is usually that I am a health detective and that you’re the crime scene! Just like a crime detective looks for clues as to why, when and how a crime was committed I look at a client with health issues in the same way. Why have you got this issue? When ...
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A new fitness class designed specifically for the over-60s is to be launched in Wonersh Memorial Hall, Wonersh as part of a campaign to help people to stay young by improving strength, balance and overall health as we age. Anna Pritchard is on a mission to keep the over 60s moving by encouraging them to go along to an ...
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According to an old booklet ‘How to Keep Well in Wartime’ published in the 1940s by the Ministry of Health for the Ministry of Information ‘the nation’s stubborn good health has been invaluable to our war effort. Even so, as a nation we are still losing about 22 million weeks’ work every year through common and ...
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WeCare The Glebe Centre Ewhurst GU6 7PY 1st & 3rd Thursday morning, 10am to 12.00 noon Come for Refreshments, Friendship, Chat and Activities. The opportunity for those with memory problems to be entertained and for those who care for them to talk amongst themselves. Just turn up you will be made most welcome. ...
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A weight loss expert from Cranleigh has struck gold for the exceptional work she does in helping more than 250 people to lose weight at her local group every week. Vikki, who runs the Cranleigh Slimming World groups every week, has been awarded ‘Gold’ status by the national slimming club because of her success in ...
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The dictionary definition of blindsided is to surprise someone, usually with harmful results. Have you ever been blindsided by a cancer diagnosis or prognosis? I remember when my late husband received his cancer diagnosis back in July 2014. He had a mole on his back which was checked regularly but I noticed a ...
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Increasing research suggests that it's the sugar rather than the fat in our diets that is the major contributing factor to the obesity epidemic in the UK. White crystalline substances can be deceiving because their chemical structure hits the addictive centres in your brain and gives you that good feeling which you ...
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After the snow a couple of weeks ago, it suddenly feels like Spring is in the air! With lambs being born and rabbits about to start reproducing like crazy it can be very hard for a couple who are trying to get pregnant. New life is all around and yet for some, it’s all just a sad and stark reminder of their failure to ...
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