It is estimated that by the age of 50, one in two women and one in five men have broken a bone as a result of osteoporosis. There are even suggestions for hip protectors to cushion you if you have a fall, poor balance (exercises page 83 and 103), poor eyesight and hearing, dizziness, medication, footwear, slippery surfaces, steep stairs, poor lighting and cold houses, clutter and trailing wires, icy and dark weather. Know the risk factors and make changes, understand better hormones, ethnicity, blood type and body-fat levels, medication and medical conditions, and as you go reward the changes you make for short-term motivation. As we get older our bones become less dense and more prone to breaks and fractures and the condition is known as osteoporosis or 'brittle bone disease'. The good news is that it is possible to slow down the development of the disease whether you are at risk or already have been diagnosed, with a combination of exercise and healthy lifestyle choices. This will strengthen your bones and help you stay independent for longer. Exercise safely and at the right level and there even is included a range of seated and standing exercises, step-by-step instructions and clear illustrations. For standing in balance for example there is a calf raise, rhomboid squeeze between your shoulder blade, an upright rowing motion with cans of baked beans, bicep curls, and some of the exercises you can do as you walk around the park so you are nicely warmed up. Standing stretches for your hamstrings, quadriceps, calf, triceps, chest and there?s a cardiovascular workout which includes side steps and claps, leg curls, knee lifts with a twist, side squats like a plié of a ballet dancer, leg kicks like calf raising, standing behind a sturdy chair with your hands on the back of it and raising onto your toes, repeating 8-12 times. Lovely clear modern layout, 116pp in softback, colour photos.

Sub-titled 'Talks with Your Therapist', this 65 minute audio series of talks with clinical psychologist and panic disorder expert Dr Vijaya Manicavasagar can be listened to over and again from the comfort of your own home. She explains how panic and agoraphobia develop, what prolongs them, and some strategies for dealing with and preventing panic attacks in the future. The talks include lifestyle factors and other triggers, dealing with panicky feelings, overcoming avoidance, starting to face your fears and keeping motivated and maintaining progress and dealing with any setbacks. It really is a sympathetic in-depth health course to understand the experiences, limitations, inhibitions, fears and terrors and the successful treatment of this frightening condition for either yourself or assistance for helping others. Audio CD.

'How A Family Coped With Drug Addiction' is the sub-title of our dear friend the famous cartoonist Tony Husband's second book, a companion to Take Care, Son code 92287. This time Tony turns his attention to his own son Paul, struggling with drug addiction, and how it can be handled with incredible gentleness, grace and honesty. The father and son team simply tell it how it is and Tony's fine drawings are of himself and Paul who thankfully is clean today and has two beautiful daughters, the youngest of whom Daisy is a fine illustrator already under her grandfather's tutelage. The bright, happy, carefree little boy excelled in sport, loved music, but his spirit and confidence were broken when the bullying at school began. Then he started drinking and messing with drugs, needing somewhere to hide. Depression, self-harming, drink, drugs - by 21 Paul was using heroin. Stealing and borrowing money from his family, his room was a tip and Paul sunk to smoking heroin in a public toilet and never got his stuff back out of the pawn shop. After a police caution, prescriptions, he was then injecting crack, flirting with death and he knew it. He finally asked his Dad for help and in rehabilitation knew he was ravaged, destroyed with fear and guilt; detox was hard and every joint screamed in pain. Nine months later and out, he slipped back into his old ways and OD'd: 'The LUF group were amazing. I felt I was part of a movement. No one judged me because they were all in the same boat. Their love and energy was infectious.' Today Paul is a successful photographer. Another uplifting and helpful book from dear Tony with his poignant cartoon colour illustrations throughout. 60 pages, softback, ALL COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND HIS SON, PAUL.

Sub-titled 'A Practical Guide to Mental Health', the Sunday Times bestselling author provides a lively accessible guide which is comforting, reassuring and insightful with her wise and warm words. Bryony Gordon is one of Britain's most high-profile and trusted mental health campaigners. In her book she shares advice and guidance based on her own experience of mental illness which far from damaging her has left her stronger, wiser and more resilient. Here are the basics from sleep, food and drink to work and even breathing, understanding your relationship to these key parts of life being vital to addressing your mental health. There are thoughts about different types of therapy, medication and support options which can be overwhelming. Knowing who to ask for help and how can make all the difference. Exploring day to day anxiety, stress and intrusive thoughts, Bryony tackles worry head-on and provides tools and tips for how to manage it. From the isolation of lockdown and the COVID-19 pandemic, to the pain of recognising and ending toxic relationships, and also the comfort and sense of wellbeing that comes from supporting others, understand which connections are worth nurturing and which you can let go. A book to make you feel a little less alone. With resources for addiction, OCD and other emotional support charities and organisations and a revised section on loneliness during lockdown. 242pp, paperback.

The Sunday Times Bestseller is sub-titled 'A Survivor's Guide to the Menopause' and is an hilarious and refreshingly honest compendium from C for Carb-loading and G for Getting Your Shit Together, to I for Invisibility and V for Vaginas. Jenny's whistlestop tour of 'The Change' in all its glory will make you realise that it really isn't just you. She will share the surprising lessons she has learned along the way as well as her hard-won tips on the joy of cardigans, dealing with the empty nest (get a lodger) and keeping the lid on the pressure cooker of your temper (count to 20, ten is never enough). 'The trouble with overheating in bed and ripping off your nightie is that your partner thinks it's a sexy come-on...' This is a book written from experience and from the heart which will make you laugh and feel better because a problem shared after all is a problem halved, and as women age, nowadays the fairer sex are no longer content to boil silently and uncomplainingly in the corner. ?As long as there has been life on earth, then, there have been menopausal women, stomping about, feeling furious, giving the old man grief for bringing home some scraggy bit of flea-bitten mammoth and complaining about 'the bloody fire being too hot'?. The Grumpy Old Woman speaks, and very funny she is too. 295pp, paperback.

Meditation is a discipline that clears your mind and controls your thoughts and emotions so that you can function as your true self. You are not in a hypnotic state because you are fully aware of what is happening here and now. Techniques range from chants and gentle breathing exercises, emptying the mind, focussing on one topic (single-point meditation), one movement or one of the five senses, to deep contemplation. In the East it has been practiced for over 5,000 years to promote tranquillity, awareness and wisdom. Some of the methods are incorporated in the practices advocated in this very popular book with excellent meditations and explanations, even for complete beginners. Covers preparing yourself, clearing negativity, past hurts, changing your world, healing your emotions, colour healing, nature meditations and the healing room. The last part deals with spiritual meditation, psychic development, meditation for spiritual connection or for religion. Over 50 meditations and visualisations in an accessible and practical guide. 154 page paperback, illus.

A British Library reprint of a physical fitness manual from the Edwardian Age which is both refreshingly practical and amusingly eccentric. 'The exercises herewith given are so arranged as to meet the needs of the young, the middle-aged, and the aged of both sexes. One is never too old to reap some benefit. The system is complete in itself as it brings into healthful action every joint and every muscle of the body, and all this without the use of apparatus. It will give strength, health and confidence.' Beginning with how to stand, the correct carriage of the body and how to retain it: 'Carry your heart high is metaphorical; but to carry your stomach high is practical.' Stand against the wall, first touching the heels, then as much of the body as possible, drawing back the head to the wall, with the chin slightly drawn in. You will observe that the chest is expanded and in a firm position muscularly, thereby enabling you to retain the chest position independently of the breath.' How to walk, sit, rest, sleeping at will, self-magnetising, active chest, breathing through the diaphragm and abdomen, costal, dorsal and belt breathing, the shoulder brace, and the freedom of the joints of the fingers, wrists, elbows, shoulders, neck with very careful twists and gentle turns and a word about muscles, thighs, and elasticity of one's step, there are suggestions for gentle exercises using the back of a chair and how many repetitions. Devoted to the sedentary workforce, dynamic good health is the aim, not giant muscles, and much attention is given to the crucial abilities of relaxation, flexibility and good breathing as well as specific instructions for strengthening of the arms, legs, hips and shoulders. 74pp, line art.

The duo who brought us Stop Wrinkles The Easy Way code 92491 of the Harley Street consultant ENT surgeon and the pharmaceutical guru again present in their jargon free style simple yet expert tips on how to best combat and treat your allergies. From hay fever to food allergies, reactions and intolerance, inhaled and ingested or contact allergies to an anaphylaxis, here are frequently asked questions, myth busting and practical solutions. It helps you take control of your symptoms and prevent attacks and how to treat outbreaks to stop the suffering and live your life to the full. It gives clarity in an otherwise very complicated medical field. plenty on anaphylaxis, statistics and the EpiPen, the prefilled automated injection device. 90 page paperback.

One of Harley Street's top Consultant ENT Surgeons, Dr Mike Dilkes reveals his five minute exercise, a tried and tested method developed over many years which will cure your snore and - boost your mood, improve your performance at work and in concentration, save you money, make you look and feel younger, reduce your risk of developing sleep apnoea (a common disorder associated with impotence, loss of concentration, poor memory, diabetes, hypertension, high blood pressure and heart attacks). Snoring is no joke and a lack of restful sleep can seriously damage your health and relationship, so join the army of people taking small steps each and every day to stop snoring the easy way! One of the workouts is designed to focus on the tongue, the soft palate, and the lower throat and essentially it is yoga for the mouth involving stretching and positional training with emphasis on fast repetition rather than slow, high effort as this would cause bulk rather than tone. Slim paperback, 78pp.

First they debunked the myth that snoring is hard to kick and saved thousands of people from noisy, sleepless nights. Now the duo of Dr Mike Dilkes a Harley Street ENT surgeon and Alex Adams, a clinical expert with Glaxosmithkline, are back and this time with a reliable, no-nonsense book on how to best care for your skin and slow the effects of ageing. We are now investing more time and money than ever in the pursuit of health, happiness, beauty and longevity and unprecedented numbers of men and women in their 30s are 'going under the knife' to thwart unwelcome crinkles, crow's feet and laughter lines. But invasive surgery is NOT the only way to start loving a more youthful reflection. The book covers the basics of collagen and elastin, shows figures and diagrams of the dermis, explains what wrinkles are and the effects of environmental factors like sun exposure, smoking, alcohol, low air humidity together with pressure memory from sleeping positions. Worry and frown lines, smile lines, nasolabial lines, jaw line and jowls, the neck and the chest, now we begin to understand what wrinkles are and how and why they appear. Next it is important to outline the different skin types, male versus female and the daily 2s. Two litres of water, two portions of good bacteria and collagen, two applications of SPF30 face cream, two minutes facial cleansing and off to sleep - sleep hygiene and quality. Avoid stimulants, high calorie meals or strenuous exercise just before bed, maximise your exposure to natural light, don't nap in the day even if you're tired, and turn off all electronic devices at least one hour before bedtime. And finally giving blood is pumping iron for real, community minded and great for your body. 86 page paperback, diagrams.