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January 2021: Immunosenescence
“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. Life is long enough, and a sufficiently generous amount has been given to us for the highest achievements if it were all well invested. But when it is wasted in heedless luxury and spent on no…
Read MoreMarch 2020: The life saving nature of Friendship
Love and Connection: A fundamental Human Need “The world’s longest-lived people chose–or were born into–social circles that supported healthy behaviours, Okinawans created “moais”–groups of five friends that committed to each other for life. Research from the Framingham Studies shows that smoking, obesity, happiness, and even loneliness are contagious. So, the social networks of long-lived people have favourably…
Read MoreXmas Opening Hours and December 2019 Blog:
From all at Helix House, we wish you all good health, a merry Xmas and a happy year coming up. Helix House’s opening hours over the festive period are as follows: Monday 23 December – Helix House is open – Reception service is available 9am – 3pm Tuesday 24 December – Helix House is closed…
Read MoreChanging Hands & Another Coast to Coast – October 2019, blog
If you have tried to access the website or blog over the summer and found it unavailable we apologise, we have suffered some technical difficulties that took far longer to sort than we could ever have expected. However if you are seeing this now that should mean we are back on line as before. Summer…
Read MoreDecember 2018 – What should we eat now?
As October’s autumn fruitfulness is lost in November rains, December days get shorter and we start to look towards a midwinter feast to stave off the gloom. December is not only the lead up to Christmas, but these days it is also when thousands gather for two weeks at the United Nations Climate Change conference,…
Read MoreMarch 2018: Waist measurements. Lets get clear where we can start the change.
A fifth of UK population is on a diet at any one time, yet over the last 40 years the size of us is steadily rising. The average male and female Briton now has a 38-inch and 34-inch waist respectively but they are expanding, on average, by an inch every decade. According the NHS choices…
Read MoreJuly 2017: End2End, Lands End to John o'Groats cycle trip
The three Score Year and Ten tour! A big thank you to everyone who have so generously sponsored Mark and Clive to cycle this journey in aid of The Sunflower Trust. If you are inspired and would like to support us in this, there may be still time to add your contribution at; https://mydonate.bt.com/events/sunflowerbikeride/436142…
Read MoreOctober 2017. The End of the End2End!
If you have been reading these occasional blog spots from Helix House this year you cannot have escaped hearing that Clive, along with three friends, cycled from Lands End to John o’Groats this last summer, which he reported on in July’s blog. Being the story teller that he is, Clive later turned the blog into…
Read MoreOctober 2017. The End of the End2End!
If you have been reading these occasional blog spots from Helix House this year you cannot have escaped hearing that Clive, along with three friends, cycled from Lands End to John o’Groats this last summer, which he reported on in July’s blog. Being the story teller that he is, Clive later turned the blog into…
Read MoreOctober 2017. The End of the End2End!
If you have been reading these occasional blog spots from Helix House this year you cannot have escaped hearing that Clive, along with three friends, cycled from Lands End to John o’Groats this last summer, which he reported on in July’s blog. Being the story teller that he is, Clive later turned the blog into…
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