Helena Bonham Carter wears baggy pyjama-style pants for Bikram yoga sessions
Helena Bonham Carter’s stand-out style now extends to her yoga classes.
The 48-year-old actress – known for eccentric roles including Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter films – wears baggy pyjama-style pants for Bikram yoga sessions at the Fierce Grace Yoga Centre in London’s Primrose Hill.
A classmate says: ‘She wears baggy checked trousers that look like pyjamas and everyone else is in Lycra.’
However, Helena has caught the eye for another reason.
The friend added: ‘Helena is very flexible and has great balance, particularly at some of the difficult moves such as the standing bow pose and a standing stick pose.’
The star fits two 90-minute classes a week into her busy schedule.
The room at the Yoga Centre is heated to 40C and a small class works through a choreographed routine of 39 set poses.
Helena averages two to three movies a year and is making a new version of Through The Looking-Glass with Johnny Depp.
A new weekly jab is set to offer hope to the 350,000 Britons with moderate to severe psoriasis. In trials, Secukinumab – which is due out early next year – outgunned rival drugs currently approved by NICE.
Dermatologists measure success in treating psoriasis if they can clear 75 per cent of the disease. Secukinumab, which is delivered by self-administered injections, achieved this in eight in ten cases compared to just four in ten using current treatments.
It will come as no surprise to hay fever sufferers that 87 per cent have reported sleepless nights, according to the charity Allergy UK. It tends to peak in July as for most people it is triggered by an allergic reaction to grass pollen.
Nearly 18 million people in the UK suffer from symptoms including sneezing, a blocked or runny nose, watering itchy eyes and dry or itchy throat and mouth. Medical advice is not to sleep with an open window, buy a fan – and to regularly take antihistamine medication.
Kiss your pain goodbye
It's an old adage, but it seems that you really can kiss things better.
Researchers studying acute pain relief gave volunteers a nasal spray containing a synthetic version of the hormone oxytocin – which the body releases in response to affection – and then plunged their hands into freezing water.
In those who had the active spray, compared to those who were given a placebo, there was 12 per cent less pain.
Those participants who received oxytocin, in the study carried out at the University of Calgary, Canada, were also able to withstand the discomfort for longer.
Previous research has shown that oxytocin is naturally produced in increased amounts during kissing and cuddling.
A team from the University of North Carolina studied 38 couples, and found hugs that lasted for 20 seconds led to increased levels of oxytocin. They found that couples in loving relationships had the highest levels of the hormone.
Britons with an overactive bladder can control it by eating chicken, according to a new study
If you’re one of the millions of Britons with an overactive bladder, then changing your diet might be the key to controlling it. Hold the fizzy drinks, lose weight, eat chicken, and if you want a tipple, try a glass of Muscat or Riesling – according to a new study.
The embarrassing condition is linked to diabetes, infections, bladder stones and prostate problems, although in many cases the cause is never found.
Researchers from King’s College Hospital found a reduced risk with higher consumption of vegetables, bread and chicken, but high levels of saturated fat and protein were linked to a higher likelihood of bladder problems.
Carbonated soft drinks were found to increase the risk while cranberry juice lowers it, as do higher intakes of Vitamin D, which we get mostly from sun exposure, and potassium, found in bananas. Overweight women were three times more likely to suffer.
The type of alcohol consumed may also be relevant: ‘Wines with lower alcohol content and higher sugar content such as a Muscat or late-harvest Riesling may cause less discomfort,’ said the researchers.
Remember the tamagotchi? Well, virtual pets are back and they’re encouraging children to get fit.
The LeapBand – the first wearable activity tracker for children aged four to seven – is a cross between an exercise band and a tamagotchi – the more active the child is, the more points they can earn for the virtual pet built into the wrist band.
Youngsters have to complete various activities such as Walking Like A Crab, Spinning Like A Helicopter and Popping Like Popcorn and with each burst of energy they can unlock additional games.
The £29.99 gadget doubles up as a watch and is launched next month.
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