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Una Healey has told how the support of her husband helped her overcome post-natal depression
Saturdays singer Una Healey has told how the support of her husband and family helped her overcome post-natal depression after having son Tadhg, now two.
The Irish-born 35-year-old is married to England rugby player Ben Foden, and the couple also have a daughter Aoife, five.
Una says: ‘I went through a rough patch after my second baby. I had this numb and foggy feeling you have when you become a new mum. It’s sleep deprivation and hormones and it takes ages to get back feeling normal.’
Una, who released her first solo album in February, has previously spoken about taking anti-depressants for a short time after the birth.
But she says: ‘I am in a much better place now. I feel that love and support around me and don’t feel as lost as I did before.’
Most Britons underestimate how much added sugar they are allowed to eat, a survey has found.
NHS guidelines state that adults should limit themselves to 28g of added sugar – seven teaspoons – each day. But a survey of 1,000 men and women found that half (47 per cent) believed they could have just two teaspoons of added sugar a day, and three in ten thought the allowance was five teaspoons.
Only just over one in ten knew the correct amount, according to the survey carried out by gym chain DW Fitness Clubs.
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A drug used to treat epilepsy may offer a new way to tackle persistent hiccups – often a side effect of chemotherapy – in cancer patients. Doctors have reported the successful use of pregabalin to combat hiccups in a patient being treated for lung cancer. ‘It’s a possible therapeutic option,’ the journal Cancer Chemotherapy reported.
Doctors at Asahikawa Medical University Hospital, Japan, tried three different drugs to stop persistent hiccups suffered by their patient, but all were unsuccessful. After pregabalin, his hiccups subsided immediately. Subsequently, he took pregabalin during four courses of anti-cancer treatment without persistent hiccups. The researchers say more research is still needed to support use of the drug for this purpose.
Stroke help in a game
A ‘movement board’ invented by a son to support his father’s recovery following a brain aneurism is being used to help rehabilitate stroke patients.
The kit, called RydaMablet, is designed to stimulate brain activity and promote movement by moving a stick around a maze-like groove on a wooden board.
RydaMablet is designed to stimulate brain activity and promote movement by moving a stick around a maze-like groove on a wooden board
It was designed by Andrew Marshall, 60, from Mulbarton, Norfolk, to help his father Clifford, 82, regain movement in his arms after a stroke. The system comprises a hand-held grip (the Ryda) and the movement board (the Mablet).
As the Ryda is moved along the groove-pattern in the board, the brain is encouraged to create new nerve pathways. The board also develops muscle strength, hand-to-eye co-ordination and dexterity.
Gadgets ruining sleep
The recent increase in the number of teenagers being admitted to hospital with sleep-related illnesses has been blamed largely on their addiction to social media, but new research has found that it is not just youngsters whose nights are disturbed by smartphone use.
Nearly four in ten 35- to 50-year-olds and 15 per cent of people aged 50 to 64 admit to waking up in the night to check social media, a new survey by mattress company SilentNight has found.
About 46 per cent of respondents aged 35 to 50 said they considered themselves ‘addicted’ to social media, and one in five 50- to 64-year-olds said they never went a day without checking their feeds.
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