Built into the FiTrainer headphones is a digital personal trainer that gives you instructions based on your heart rate. After calibration — which involves taking a resting heart-rate reading and inputting your age, then selecting an intensity level ...
What is it? The Simplicity is aimed at computer-phobic seniors and comes with only six programs installed. These allow users to e-mail, browse the internet, chat, set up a personal profile and manage documents and photos. They are specially written ...
’Tis the season for seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a condition affecting one in 50 Britons each winter. It occurs when reduced exposure to sunlight alters the body’s balance of melatonin and seratonin — the hormones responsible for making you ...
InGear’s inaugural track day for readers got off to a roaring start last week at Silverstone, the home of British motor sports. The event, which was hosted by Vicki Butler-Henderson, the racing driver and television presenter, attracted 40 ...
There is nothing worse than an itch that you know you mustn’t scratch. The manufacturer of this gadget claims it will stop an insect bite or rash from itching for up to 24 hours without the need for any medication. That’s the good news; the bad is ...
Nearly 3m Britons are believed to suffer from diabetes, the disease that occurs when the body fails to produce enough insulin or is unable to use it properly. Insulin, a hormone, helps cells to process glucose into energy. Excess unabsorbed glucose ...
Ultrasound is best known for its use in diagnostic medicine, particularly the sonograms of pregnant women that show foetal development, yet it is also an effective cure for aches, strains and pains. The treatment is normally administered by a physio, ...
Excess body fat heightens the risk of heart disease and many other ailments, but a simple weight test may not be enough to determine excess fat. It is the percentage of body weight accounted for by fat that is relevant, and that’s where this device ...
With the second swine flu season looming, you’d be forgiven for taking a few obsessive-compulsive precautions. This keyring gadget for germ phobes lets you go about your day without touching anything in the public realm that could be contaminated. ...
The last thing you want to do to a sick child or spouse is wake them by sticking a thermometer in their ear — or an even more sensitive area. This no-touch thermometer eliminates the need for contact by taking an immediate reading when held close to ...
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