Equity release rates have plummeted to their lowest ever levels as demand for later life finance grows, research has revealed. But homeowners who are recommended a lifetime mortgage, where interest rolls up into the loan, could actually save tens of thousands of pounds by refusing equity release and taking a retirement interest-only mortgage. Last year … Read more
When your iron levels become a problem By Dr Clare Bailey for You Magazine Published: 00:02 GMT, 16 February 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 16 February 2020 A simple blood test to check your ‘iron stores’ and then a genetic test are used to diagnose genetic haemochromatosis Back in the middle ages one of the most … Read more
Antarctica’s Thwaites glacier has warm water from three directions well under it threatening to destroy the ice sheet and raise global sea levels by up to two feet. A team of scientists from Oregon State University made the most of ice free waters in West Antarctica to look under the glacier – which is about … Read more
An Australian nutritionist has explained the importance of prebiotics and revealed the top foods to include in your diet to improve your gut health. Sydney-based author and founder of Supercharged Food, Lee Holmes, says prebiotics assist with the growth of good gut bacteria, known as probiotics. On her blog Lee said without prebiotics, probiotics would … Read more