Retail therapies

■ Distract your little ones from their “ouchies” with these Marvel kids’ plasters from Elastoplast (Tesco).

Skin-friendly and impressively painless when it comes to removal, they star all the comic-book favourites including Spider-man, Captain America and Hulk. Let their favourite cartoon hero help put a smile back on their face.

■ One in 10 women describes their period pains as severe, so a new device that reduced discomfort for 90% of testers could be groundbreaking.

Similar to a TENS machine, Livia (uk.mylivia.com) is a discreet wearable device that gently stimulates nerves with electric micro-pulses to block cramping pains.

One in three users reported complete pain relief.

■ Anyone wondering if they are low on vitamin D as we head into autumn can now get tested.

Viapath Nutris offers an at-home fingerprick postal blood test to check your levels of the sunshine vitamin.

It can be bought online at nutris.viapath.co.uk.

■ Grab a pack of Peter’s Yard sourdough bites, with 60% less fat than regular potato crisps and fewer than 100 calories per serving

(£2 for a sharing bag, Sainsbury’s). Hand baked, they come in three flavours – sour cream and chive, cider vinegar and sea salt, and sea salt and cracked pepper.