Exercising vigorously for just ten minutes twice a week is enough to help middle-aged women avoid heart disease, a study has found. Women who did strenuous activity two to three times a week – enough to cause sweating or a fast heartbeat – were 20 per cent less likely to suffer from heart problems, stroke and blood clots than inactive women, researchers said. Those who did gentler exercise, such as walking, gardening or cycling, four to six times a week had the same reduction in their risk of ...

A thankful message, spending on others, listening to music, happy daydreams and more… Science can make you happier. Do at least some of these activities today and feel the positive vibrations flow. Keep it going for a week or longer and feel your mood lift. 1. Mentally subtract something good from your life People spend a lot of time thinking about good things that didn’t happen, but might have done. But what about the good things that did happen that might not have? Say you’d never met ...