Earlier in the week, we blogged about Prostate Cancer Awareness. The month of March is also Ovarian Cancer Awareness month. At Healthy Performance Towers, we are doing our bit for Target Ovarian Cancer as we #StartMakingNoise about the symptoms of ovarian cancer. Early diagnosis saves lives! How many women are affected by ovarian cancer? About 7,000 women are diagnosed with … Read more
Do you start your morning commute with a hot drink from one of the major chains? You could be drinking up to 25 teaspoons of sugar in one drink, according to new research from the campaign group Action on Sugar. They have found that 98% of the 131 hot flavoured drinks found in the big high street … Read more
Some media outlets reported yesterday that employee stress is taking a heavy toll on the mental health of bank workers in the UK. Almost three-quarters of bank workers said they were suffering from anxiety attacks, insomnia, headaches and depression, according to a recent survey by the trade union Unite. Most cited heavier workloads as the cause of the … Read more
With a growing number of onsite health checks to choose from, it can be a confusing process to decide what is best for your organisation’s health and wellbeing strategy. From the spectrum of tests available, it’s essential to include two key areas when you introduce onsite health checks – blood pressure and (if your budget … Read more
In the UK, it is estimated that there are over 16 million people that have high blood pressure and as many as 5 million may not be aware they are affected. As your heart pumps blood round your body, the blood pushes against the arteries walls, this is your blood pressure. Blood pressure is measured … Read more
Blood lipids? That’s Cholesterol to you and me In recent years cholesterol has become a subject that most people have heard about and have some knowledge of. It is sometimes referred to as the silent killer because of the lack of symptoms associated with it, but make no mistake elevated cholesterol levels pose a real … Read more
Figures released by the Cancer Research UK this week show a huge 45 per cent rise in the number of cases of cancer caused by excess weight in just two decades. On current trends, nearly 3 in 4 adults will be overweight or obese by 2035 – obesity is on course to become “the new normal”! The knock on effect of … Read more
Here at Healthy Performance Towers, we always encourage people to make lifestyle changes to help improve their health and wellbeing. The New Year is the perfect opportunity for a fresh start and getting into new habits and yet, so many people fail to achieve what they set out to do. So, we have come up with … Read more
Happy New Year to all of you and at HP Towers, we’d like to wish all of our clients and readers a healthy and prosperous 2016! Our first news story of 2016 relates to alcohol awareness for employees as many of us return to work following a period of over-indulgence. On New Year’s Day, the UK’s … Read more
With our health assessors having finished all of our employee health checks and most of us are about to break for the Christmas festivities which will soon be in full swing, at Healthy Performance Towers we’d like to remind all motorists about the dangers of drink driving. As well as being against the law, there is lots of … Read more
Nutrition and healthy eating is probably the biggest subject that we encounter during an employee health screening programme and at Healthy Performance, many of our health assessors could dedicate a whole day to the subject if they had the time. At Healthy Performance Towers, we love our food (he says while eating a Salmon quinoa … Read more
Beating Bowel Cancer is the support and campaigning charity for everyone affected by bowel cancer. They provide vital practical and emotional help – on the phone, digitally and face to face. They campaign tirelessly to raise awareness of bowel cancer and ensure people get the highest quality care. Decembeard is Beating Bowel Cancer’s annual initiative to … Read more
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