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We all know that exercise is important in our fight against ageing but if you had to choose one form of exercise, then a regime involving exercises to strengthen core muscles would have to be top of the list. But I already do exercise! Many of us do not realise just how essential our core…

In the range of anti-ageing skin treatments, soft tissue augmentation has become one of the most popular and widely used anti ageing procedures. It involves injecting or implanting materials under the skin to soften, fill out and erase wrinkles and deep skin folds, as well as plumping up skin and lips. The idea of using…

While we are bombarded with many creams and procedures promising effective anti ageing treatments for skin, it is important to remember that nutrition can also play an important role in fighting ageing – in other words, you can also fight skin ageing by nourishing your skin from the inside through the foods that you eat.…

Women may often be known as “the weaker sex” but when it comes to health and life-expectancy, women have the upper hand. In almost every country in the world, women live longer than men and have been doing so for centuries. In fact, amongst people over 100 years old, 85% of them are women. Men…

As women age, it is common that they will have to deal with a few sexual health issues. This is particularly due to the decrease in the female hormone oestrogen which occurs as women age and approach menopause – leading to problems like poor vaginal lubrication and decreased genital sensation. The male hormone, testosterone, is…

For many men, the best anti-ageing feature is a full head of thick, glossy hair and their biggest fear is hair loss and male pattern baldness as their age. While hair loss is not life-threatening, it can have serious ramifications for a person’s self-confidence, which can then lead to others issues in life. However, the…

In the quest for an anti ageing miracle cure, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been a big contender, seeming to offer benefits that not only make you look younger but feel younger too. Touted by many as a cure-all for middle-age problems, it has recently come under fire following two major trials in the US…

While many women readily and easily make changes to their wardrobe as they approach and pass middle-age, the one item of clothing they often struggle with is jeans. Many are reluctant to give up the practical comfort and easy adaptability of jeans but at the same time, they worry that denim is not age-appropriate wear…