Smoking in pregnancy
According to a Japanese study, children whose mothers smoked in the early stages of pregnancy are more likely to suffer with obesity later in life. “Researchers can ‘speculate’ that children
Water births
features@algarveresident.com The health watchdog in the UK has said that all expectant mothers should be offered water births – as they are the safest form of pain relief during labour.
World’s worst products
Sleeping pills for children are among the world’s worst products, according to the global consumer group, Consumers International, who recently announced its 2007 world’s worst products. A Japanese pharmaceutical firm
Holidaymakers, ants and constipation!
By MARGARET BROWN features@algarveresident.com Margaret Brown is one of the Algarve Resident’s longest standing contributors and has lived in the Algarve for more than 20 years. With a clean bill
The edge of paranoia
By MARGARET BROWN features@algarveresident.com Margaret Brown is one of the Algarve Resident’s longest standing contributors and has lived in the Algarve for more than 20 years. Having complained this year
Trials and tribulations of young love
By DR MICHAEL LOWRY features@algarveresident.com Dr Michael Lowry is an experienced parent and educator, who regularly visits his Algarve home in Tavira. His work over many years in universities has
A dodgy start
By: PAUL McKAY features@algarveresident.com Teacher, Paul McKay, left London to live a self-sufficient existence in the Monchique hills with his partner Martyn. He keeps an assortment of animals and grows
Cool kitchens for all
By TERESA AZEVEDO COUTINHO features@algarveresident.com Teresa Azevedo Coutinho runs her own interior design consultancy in Lisbon and found her niche in designing holiday homes for UK and Irish clients. Her
Dishing up dining room décor
By: TERESA AZEVEDO COUTINHO features@algarveresident.com Teresa Azevedo Coutinho runs her own interior design consultancy in Lisbon and found her niche in designing holiday homes for UK and Irish clients. Her
Greener fuel for airplanes
features@algarveresident.com AVIATION COMPANY, British Airways (BA), and car manufacturer Rolls-Royce have teamed up to carry out a scientific testing programme on alternative fuels for the aviation industry. If successful this