Jan 10, 2013 15:24 GMT Aspire John Lambert sustained a spinal cord injury in 1981 when he was in a motorcycle accident aged 33. Final Touchdown is a novel that follows his journey through recovering in Stoke Mandeville hospital and all the obstacles he faces in achieving a fully independent lifestyle. Aspire's Jessica Penney has written a review. Final Touchdown is available as an ebook on Amazon.
Subject: Health Care
Blog posts
Jul 27, 2012 14:35 BST Wild About Fitness Celebrate Team GB's success this summer with our Olympic challenge, it's your chance to improve your fitness and lose weight with the help of our Olympic athletes.
Jul 06, 2012 09:50 BST Mindseye Management The latest of saucy books to hit our shelves 'Fifty Shades of Grey' is fast becoming a phenomenon. The British author behind the books creation E.L. James is celebrated for awakening the passions in many stagnant relationships. However, it is also reported her explicit content is expected to hit the pockets of many households - in about nine months time!
Jun 07, 2012 16:03 BST Atos Healthcare OK, you probably don’t need a scientist to tell you that the steam-out-of-your-ears commute you’ve just had to get in to work this morning was potentially bad for your health. But its short lived so surely relatively harmless? Well actually, no.
Jun 06, 2012 17:17 BST Atos Healthcare Earlier this month, the Office for National Statistics calculated that a total of 131 million days were lost because of sickness absence in the UK during 2011. Sounds shocking, but it’s actually part of an ongoing downward trend since 2003 which suggests much of the focus and energy good employers are putting into managing sickness and absence in the workplace is paying dividends
May 25, 2012 18:06 BST Atos Healthcare For most of us, work is something we do for personal satisfaction and enjoyment as well as financial fulfilment but also to ensure we have a way of funding (hopefully relatively comfortably) our old age. But what defines old age now?
May 16, 2012 10:00 BST Wild About Fitness One of the key reasons people let exercise slip is that they simple don’t enjoy it anymore, a great way to avoid this is to mix your exercise programme with alternatives such as swimming and yoga.
May 02, 2012 16:28 BST Wild About Fitness While Military style boot camps generally benefit those who have a good fitness level prior to joining, non-military style boot camps offer a great alternative and are aimed at those looking to increase their fitness levels and weight loss.
Apr 30, 2012 11:00 BST Wild About Fitness Being aware of the food you consume can make the difference between staying healthy and putting on unwanted weight. We are all guilty of overeating from time to time with the evening meal being the main culprit. There are however some simple ways to reduce the amount of food we eat and help with digestion after your evening meal.
Mar 19, 2012 18:32 GMT Atos Healthcare Following on from previous blog posts referring to the quality standards and training initiatives of Atos Healthcare Professionals in the delivery of Work Capability Assessments for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), this post provides further analysis of these areas by drawing on the findings of Professor Malcolm Harrington’s year two Independent Report.