Health Blog

A lazy eye is medically known as amblyopia and is a type of reduced vision that occurs in one eye.  It is called a lazy eye because the stronger eye works best.

This condition is the most common cause of visual impairment in children, usually occurring between birth and seven years of age.

We share the symptoms and what treatment is available...

I recently had the opportunity to enjoy several sessions in an infrared sauna and found it to be very relaxing and beneficial.

Sharing the host of benefits from this top of the range technology...

A recent study published in the journal PLUS ONE has found that dryers are providing a significant source of plastic pollution.  This has previously been overlooked or ignored.  

dryers have been found to spray thousands of tiny plastic clothing fragments over distances of up to twenty seven feet every time they are used.

So is there anything we can do to rectify this situation?

Whether shopping at a store or online, you might have noticed the appearance of various products using bamboo in their manufacture.

And that is a good thing...

We explain all the reasons why.

Isn't it strange how, time and time again, we go back to the older and original ways of doing things?

Now it is the turn of the humble light bulb

A few years ago, we were all persuaded to ditch the incandescent light bulbs because they were wasteful of energy with a short life span. In came the really ugly-looking energy-saving bulbs which had the bright strident light beam. They were expensive but long lasting and we were told they were better for the environment. We were also told that incandescents would be faded out.