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Best ice baths for cold-water therapy at home

Best ice baths for cold-water therapy at home

Best for: Beginners    Weight: 3.5kg empty, 320kg full  Dimensions: 80cm diameter x 75cm height     Capacity: 320 litres  Height restriction: This ice bath is suitable for users up to 6ft 7in The cold-water curious will have heard of the Lumi Recovery Pod Portable Ice Bath. A great entry-level ice bath, it’s the brand’s smallest and most affordable option.  With easy-to-follow instructions, I set the Lumi Recovery Pod up in less than 10 minutes – something I appreciated while standing outside in the middle of February with the garden hose. Its thermo lid maintains the water’s temperature whilst you get ready, and the inflatable top ring made my experience surprisingly comfortable, with ample room to rest my head.    After the ice bath, I used the All-Weather Cover to store my Lumi Recovery Pod away and yes, it has survived snow, rain, and hail so far – impressive for the price tag.    If you’re an ice bath devotee looking for something more advanced, the Lumi Recovery Pod Max has a thermometer and doesn’t even require ice to reap the …

Four ways to eat less meat that are better for the planet, your health and your bank balance

Four ways to eat less meat that are better for the planet, your health and your bank balance

Do I choose the meat in my local store or drive out of town for tofu instead? Shall I add honey to my winter porridge or would strawberries or mango be better? Should I choose to drink oat milk or organic goat’s milk? Most people are familiar with the idea that food consumption will affect their health. But food consumption also contributes between 20% and 30% of the environmental footprint from daily life, with impacts from production, processing, transport and retail. For many of us, our diet could be healthier and more sustainable, but it can be hard to know which options will have the biggest positive effect. As part of our research into healthy and sustainable eating, interviews with predominantly young adults found that UK consumers are willing to make small changes that would improve the health and environmental footprint of their diet, if these changes will have some benefit and are of little cost to them. Small dietary changes tend to be easier to maintain in the longer term than larger changes, but …

Jabra Enhance Select 300 Hearing Aids Review: Some of the Best We’ve Tested

Jabra Enhance Select 300 Hearing Aids Review: Some of the Best We’ve Tested

I’ve been covering hearing aids for WIRED for nearly three years now, and I regularly talk to users and prospects about them when I wear them in public. Regardless of what I’m testing, one brand name has consistently and repeatedly popped up during that time: Jabra. The Danish brand has a long history making a variety of audio gear, but I’ve always associated it mostly with the Bluetooth headset craze of the aughts. The brand made an early entrance into the over-the-counter hearing aid market (via an acquisition), and it hasn’t let up since, releasing new OTC models at a steady clip. The latest of these is the Jabra Enhance Select 300, the brand’s smallest and most advanced model yet. You wouldn’t really know it just from the look of the aids. These are fairly standard behind-the-ear models that, while quite small (2.64 grams each), don’t offer any obvious surprises. The demure gray chassis sits close to the back of the ear and snakes a silver cable to the ear canal. Each aid carries a …

Bruce Willis, Demi Moore’s daughter Tallulah’s past health battles explained amid autism diagnosis revelation

Bruce Willis, Demi Moore’s daughter Tallulah’s past health battles explained amid autism diagnosis revelation

Bruce Willis and Demi Moore’s youngest daughter Tallulah Willis is opening up for the first time about the health diagnosis she received that has changed her life. Over the weekend, the former actress took to Instagram and posted a throwback video with her father, where she appears hoisted on his hip while he gives an interview on the red carpet. She captioned the post with: “Tell me [you’re] autistic without telling me [you’re] autistic,” prompting fans to both inquire about the apparent health revelation, and gush about the Die Hard actor’s calm and caring demeanor in the clip. After one of Tallulah’s followers wrote: “Not sure how much of your journey you’ve shared but would love to read more. You’re brave and inspiring and this is a very sweet video,” she candidly replied with insight into her relatively recent autism diagnosis. WATCH: All About Bruce Willis’ Health “Actually this is the first time I’ve ever publicly shared my diagnosis. Found out this summer and it’s changed my life,” she wrote alongside a sun emoji. Autism …

Kate Middleton’s health and King Charles’s cancer battle: What experts have said about the royals

Kate Middleton’s health and King Charles’s cancer battle: What experts have said about the royals

Stay ahead of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter Stay ahead of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter With its numerous health struggles, bitter fallouts, high-profile feuds and the never-ending rumour mill capturing the public’s imagination like no other, rarely has scrutiny on the royal family been so high. King Charles being diagnosed with cancer following a routine prostate procedure was followed by the altogether more alarming news that Kate Middleton was to remain in hospital for 14 days following surgery on her abdomen. The Princess of Wales has not attended any public engagements since undergoing surgery in January, opening up the floodgates to wild social media theories about her whereabouts. Social media sleuths were given further cause for concern when Kensington Palace released a family picture on Mother’s Day which was later found out to have been doctored, triggering a further sense of mistrust within the court of public opinion. Charles, meanwhile, has taken a step back from the majority …

Health workers fear it’s profits before protection as CDC revisits airborne transmission

Health workers fear it’s profits before protection as CDC revisits airborne transmission

Four years after hospitals in New York City overflowed with Covid patients, emergency physician Dr. Sonya Stokes remains shaken by how unprepared and misguided the American health system was. Hospital leadership instructed health workers to forgo protective N95 masks in the early months of 2020, as covid cases mounted. “We were watching patients die,” Stokes said, “and being told we didn’t need a high level of protection from people who were not taking these risks.” Droves of front-line workers fell sick as they tried to save lives without proper face masks and other protective measures. More than 3,600 died in the first year. “Nurses were going home to their elderly parents, transmitting Covid to their families,” Stokes recalled. “It was awful.” Across the country, hospital leadership cited advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the limits of airborne transmission. The agency’s early statements backed employers’ insistence that N95 masks, or respirators, were needed only during certain medical procedures conducted at extremely close distances. Such policies were at odds with doctors’ observations, and …

Kent’s Discovery Park programme calls on femtech and women’s health startups

Kent’s Discovery Park programme calls on femtech and women’s health startups

Calling all start-ups in FemTech and women’s health – a special edition Discovery Spark programme is now open for applications. The scheme comes from Kent’s Discovery Park – the county’s life science business park – and was unveiled by Kent & Medway Women’s Health innovation summit, which brought together NHS leaders, clinicians, patients, academics and innovators. READ MORE: Discovery Park launches £100,000 business growth competition To enter, firms must be working in FemTech or addressing Women’s Health with a demonstrated proof of concept and have raised less than £1 million in investment. On offer is tailored mentoring and support for start-ups as well as the chace to win a support package worth over £50,000 including a year of lab or office space at Discovery Park, alongside invaluable support from healthcare partners, Barclays Eagle Labs and six specialist prize partners. The programme is open to both male and female founders and the deadline for applications is April 5, with the next cohort beginning on May 21. The programme is led by Dr Renos Savva, head of …

Oprah Winfrey Shares What She Hopes People Take Away From Her Weight Loss Special (Exclusive)

Oprah Winfrey Shares What She Hopes People Take Away From Her Weight Loss Special (Exclusive)

Oprah Winfrey is set to bring the conversation regarding the radical impact of prescription weight-loss medications to TV with a new special, and the beloved media mogul is looking forward to shedding a light on the stigma, controversy and discomfort surrounding the topic. Winfrey, 70, spoke about the forthcoming TV special with ET’s Kevin Frazier backstage at the 55th Annual NAACP Image Awards, held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Saturday. “I am so excited about this show that I am doing… on shame and blame and the weight loss revolution,” Winfrey shared. “I am so excited about it because, as you know, I’ve spent years in this business and been shamed myself. And I just want people to be liberated, and know that, for so many people in this country who are suffering from weight and obesity, it’s really not your fault — it’s your brain.” “So once you figure that out, you can begin to get help to help you manage it, however you choose to do that,” Winfrey added. “So …