Relief for snorers…and partners

SEVERE snorers – and long-suffering partners – may soon be able to sleep more easily thanks to a tiny ‘respirator’ attached to the nose. The battery-powered device, right, is designed for patients with sleep apnoea, which causes pauses in breathing during sleep and loud snores. Treatment involves wearing a mask attached by tube to an air pump. With the new device, called Airing, users insert a silicone rubber bud into each nostril, turn the device on and tiny ‘microblowers’ deliver oxygen to keep airways open for up to eight hours. fundairing.com

WEARING lipstick can instantly make an older woman look younger, a new study suggests. US researchers took photographs of 32 women aged 20 to 52 with and without make-up. These were then rated for age by 130 other women. Make-up-wearers in their 50s were estimated to be 1½ years younger on average than their real age. The researchers said make-up on middle-aged women emphasised youthful features, including smooth skin and the size of the eyes and mouth.