A new website called Sideways Health looks at innovative and traditional ways to beat common health problems.

The emphasis is on non-invasive treatments which are both gentle and effective.

There will also be a strand concentrating on the GI method (Glycemic Index) as a way of improving alertness and mental functioning, as well as overall health and optimum weight.

This site is well worth following if you want a different approach to managing your health apart from the expensive, technological methods of conventional medicine and healthcare.

It’s a fact of life that skin starts to sag as we get older. The upper arms are no exception. If this is one of your sensitive spots, try this massage oil.

Exercise such as walking, running and swimming, can help tone and firm, and gentle upward massage will help banish cellulite by encouraging lymphatic drainage.

Massage oil for the upper arms
45ml (3 tbspn) jojoba oil
10ml (1 dspn) rose masqueta oil
1 capsule wheatgerm oil
1 capsule evening primrose oil
3 drops essential oil of either rose or jasmine
5 drops essential oil of lavender
4 drops essential oil of either bois de rose or lemon
100ml bottle

Mix together in the bottle. After a bath or shower, use the oil to massage the triceps muscle from the elbow upwards. This oil will keep for up to two months.

Adapted from “Secrets of Youth and Beauty” by Daniele Ryman.

The new movie of Sex And The City has started a frantic wave of product placements although the movie won’t be released until next summer.

Carrie Bradshaw in Vivienne Westwood wedding dress

In the movie, Carrie Bradshaw gets married in a Vivienne Westwood dress and runs around Manhattan in Christian Dior Gladiator sandals and a YSL dress.

Another character, sexy Samantha, dresses in head-to-toe red Zac Posen while clutching a Cavalli bag.

Sweet Charlotte shops with Miranda, carrying a quilted Chanel clutch and shod in matching Louboutins.

Designer name-dropping has already begun way before the film hits the cinemas.

It’s said that major brands and designers worldwide spent months bidding for top placements in this high-profile movie product platform.

For the film, a spin-off from the long-running TV show, Sarah Jessica Parker, who plays Carrie, began fittings in August for her 80 costume changes.

“To get clothes for spring-summer 2008, there would be someone from Yves Saint Laurent standing there ready to strip me of them and take them back,” she said.

An insider adds: “When Sex And The City’s wardrobe supervisor Patricia Field’s office calls to borrow something, believe me, you jump for that phone. It’s like winning the lottery.”

The film, set in New York, has a great female cast including Meg Ryan, Annette Bening and Eva Mendes along with the famous four.

“Nowadays it’s hugely important for films to have corporate partners. It’s very expensive to make a movie, but also to promote it,” said Lori Sale, head of global branded entertainment for agency ICM.

“The first thing that came to me was to go ahead with it,” says executive producer Michael Patrick King. “Then I thought: ‘Hang on, Carrie would never order that’.”

Lori Sale comments, “On a film such as Sex And The City, the costume designer is going to have a strong opinion, and so she should. They are entrusting the look of the movie to her.”

One source is reported as saying, “They are hoping it becomes a franchise. They would love to do four or five Sex And The City movies.”

Women have made enormous ground in recent decades into the very heart of power. A prime example is Hillary Clinton who looks a good bet for the White House in 2009. Less in the public eye has been the march of women into top jobs on Wall Street. Here are just a few :

Sallie Krawcheck, Chairman of Global Wealth Management, Citigroup

Sallie Krawcheck is one of Wall Street’s survivors. She was moved from chief financial officer to her current wealth management role earlier in the year by then chairman Charles “Chuck” Prince, when many thought she was destined for the chop. She has kept her head down throughout the sub-prime fall-out, and appears strengthened as a result.

Rosemary Berkery, Vice-Chairman and General Counsel, Merrill Lynch

Has been with Merrill Lynch since 1983. Berkery rose up through Merrill’s legal department, and is now in charge of its legal and compliance functions, as well as overseeing global research.

Amy Woods Brinkley, Global Risk Management Executive, Bank of America

Woods Brinkley, in spite of her odd title, is part of Bank of America chief Ken Lewis’s eight-strong management team, and is in charge of the risk attached to the bank’s $1.5 trillion in assets. Given the focus on risk as a result of the sub-prime fall-out, her job is more important than ever.

Esta Stecher, Executive Vice-President, Goldman Sachs

Stecher, who is also the powerful bank’s general counsel, has run Goldman’s legal department since December 2000, having run its all-important tax division for six years prior to that. A loyal lieutenant of Goldman chief Lloyd Blankfein, her position within the bank makes her one of the most powerful women on the Street.

Abby Joseph Cohen, Chief US portfolio Strategist, Goldman Sachs

Although her role does not place her within the upper echelons of the Goldman management strata, she is one of the best known female economists. Famed for predicting the bull market of the early 1990s, she then failed to predict the dotcom crash, earning the nickname “Abby Joseph Blowin” for her continuous bullish predictions.

Meredith Whitney, Financial Services Analyst, CIBC World Markets

One of the rising female stars, Whitney was the only analyst to call Citigroup’s balance sheet into question, prompting a $369bn global stock market fall-out, and the resignation of Citi chief Charles “Chuck” Prince. It cannot be long before one of the bulge bracket banks snaps her up from her current Canadian employer, in the way that Deutsche Bank did with Prudential’s outspoken banking analyst Mike Mayo earlier this year.

Linda Chatman Thomsen, Director of Enforcement, Securities and Exchange Commission

One of the most feared women in town, Thomsen is SEC chairman Chris Cox’s rottweiler. The Harvard graduate has a stellar legal pedigree. In her current job since May 2005, she will play a key role in going after firms and individuals as part of the continuing sub-prime fall-out.

Information : Daily telegraph.