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For some, a cellphone is just a convenient way to keep in touch. But for many, it’s become an ‘essential’ and at times over-dependent lifestyle accessory, one that can have a damaging effect on your health and relationships. Time to take control of your phone and not let the phone control you? Are you tired […]

There’s no shortage of advice out there online, magazines, books, radio on how to have a great relationship. To save you time finding them, PURE Living has selected the best suggestions provided by experts and members of the public. Do your own thing. While it’s great to spend time together, it’s also important to have things […]

A list of inappropriate demands made of GPs has been published on the Resilient GP website. Here are a selection: Is there a pill so I can have a baby boy? Do you have something to make my nails stronger & hair shinier before my holiday tomorrow? Can I have a sick note for six […]

It’s that time of year again. For those of you suffering from environmental allergies, Spring can be bad news. And for those of you with food allergies, well, you have to live with them all the time.  But why do so many more people seem to suffer from both now, compared to those who did […]

There can be humor, even in the middle of a Pandemic. It’s can be a little difficult to see the funny side of things when the news is filled with doom and gloom, peppered with depressing statistics about infection and death rates, plus you’re cocooned at home where the novelty of working on your kitchen […]

In a given year, about 18 percent of U.S. adults have an anxiety disorder. Effective conventional treatments for anxiety disorders, including psychotherapy and medication, are available. Aside from drugs, what other treatments or therapies can help? Research by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health offers these suggestions: Mind and Body Practices Although some […]

*Updated on Friday 13 March. There are several reported cases of Coronavirus in Tennessee, with many of the metro public schools and colleges across the state announcing closures. According to The Tennessean: The Tennessee Department of Health on Wednesday announced there were 9 presumptive cases of the coronavirus in Tennessee. The state has performed 68 […]

Tennessee Tree Day is America’s largest single-day tree planting event and is taking place on Saturday, March 21, 2020. The initiative encourages Tennesse residents to plant native trees across the state. As the organizers explain, “You and thousands of other Tennessee residents will collectively pick up and plant more than 100,000 native tree seedlings in […]

Sweet potato – a new superfood? Cauliflower has been getting the star treatment in the world of healthy eating for a while, but 2020 might be the year of the sweet potato, according to experts. Despite most people associating it with holiday meals, it is actually one of the most nutritious vegetables and a good source […]

According to a report in Brainfacts.org, in 2016, a team of researchers from the Netherlands and Spain used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study what happens inside the brain during pregnancy. Comparing MRI images taken before women became pregnant with images taken after they had given birth, the researchers found pregnancy shrinks the brain’s gray […]

They say that laughter is a form of medicine, so we have curated a list of the best one-line jokes from 2019. A Swedish surrealist comedian and children’s author has won an annual competition to find the funniest jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival – with a one-liner about vegetables. Olaf Falafel’s vegetable-based winning joke, […]

According to a variety of sources, these are some of the most frequently asked questions about sex online. Does ‘size’ really matter? According to research one-third of women who frequently have vaginal orgasms claim they’re more likely to get off when the man is well endowed. But in reality, it’s more about technique than size. […]