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A study found that walking at a fast pace for 15 minutes a day could reduce your risk of dying early by as much as 20%. While the health benefits of long periods of slow walking are well known – classed as ‘moving around, walking at work, walking the dog or engaging in light exercise’ – fast walking for as …

Breastfeeding. Credit: Pixel-Shot, Shutterstock Europe has the lowest rates of breastfeeding in the world, even though it’s proven that breastfeeding protects mothers and babies for a long time. In an effort to change this, a growing EU initiative is trying to make breastfeeding support not only personal but also a collective responsibility. Launched on World Breastfeeding Week The “Baby Friendly …

The only village in Andalucía bearing a name linked to Franco’s regime, “Villafranco del Guadalhorce”, has officially been renamed “Villa del Guadalhorce”.  The decision was approved by a majority vote in the Alhaurín el Grande town council on Friday, August 1, which complies with Spain’s Democratic Memory Law, and which mandates the removal of references to the Francoist dictatorship from …