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Do you remember me telling you about how each month during the National Year of Reading was to have a theme?  Well, the theme for May is "Mind and Body" the aim being to celebrate the links between reading and health.  Reading does have the capacity to make you feel better if you are feeling a bit down (assuming that you're reading something uplifting and not something really depressing like an electricity bill or a computer manual!).  And if you are ill, feeling better mentally can have an impact on how you feel physically.  There are also the more obvious links between reading and health as well, such as reading books or websites about how to keep healthy (with the obvious proviso of making sure that the website is an authoritative one such as the NHS website or one belonging to a well known health organisation or charity).

As part of Mind and Body month the Central Library in Scunthorpe is hosting a Health Choices Day on 28^th May.  There will be lots of representatives from various local organisations here to help you keep healthy including information on breast feeding, stopping smoking, Read Yourself Well, Patient Choice, Carers, National Health Trainers, Stepping Stones (stroke prevention / rehabilitation) and the Home Library Service.  So why not come along and join us.

And as it's a long weekend coming up, make sure that you make some time for yourself to relax with a good book (or even a good book and some chocolate - see our Question of the Month).  And if you're enjoying what you're reading please feel free to write a review or tell everyone else about it on the discussion boards.

Anyway, until next time...

Suzanne