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Health Essentials Blog: Why are We all Still Milling Around In a Coma?

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Friday, 11 June 2010. Why are We all Still Milling Around In a Coma? No question . the saga in the Gulf just keeps getting more sordid by the day. First (but in no particular order of "ouch! The BP share price has fallen to a point where the oil giant has lost about 53 billion of value. This affects the pensions of about 17 million people in the UK, though the effect is relatively tiny at this point. I think you know my answer on that one. Of course, the face of BP operations, Tony Hayward, has hardly en...

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Health Essentials Blog: September 2009

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Tuesday, 29 September 2009. 10 Weight Loss Tips. In my last post I discussed my experiences regarding a 3-day water fast I undertook as an experiment. While my comments box did not overflow, the feedback I got was much appreciated. I also had a number of friends ask me whether I had lost weight as a result. Anyway, all this talk of weight loss got me thinking that this was something that people are truly fascinated about. So I decided to do a post off the top of my head called "10 weight loss tips".

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Health Essentials Blog: October 2009

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Monday, 26 October 2009. More need, less available resources . the NHS continues to be painted into a corner with a new round of confusion that underscores the inevitabilty of viability problems in the future. Cost shouldn't matter, should it? As a result, the NHS has made the decision to spend 1 million GBP over the next three years on a kwango to spell out to NICE, the implications of approving new expensive drugs! And this, of course, raises a whole littany of issues! The money has to come from somewh...

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Health Essentials Blog: November 2009

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Friday, 20 November 2009. Green Light For Boozers? The BBC has reported that research conducted in Spain over the last 10 years suggests three startling conclusions:. First . drinking a little alcohol (1 x shot/day) reduces your risk of heart disease by about a third. We've heard that before, haven't we? Second . drinking 3-11 shots/day further reduces this risk to around 50%! Go on, seriously? And finally . bad news girls, this only seems to apply to men. We must legislate against that! And of course sp...

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Health Essentials Blog: Pig Farmers Rejoice!

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Thursday, 13 May 2010. I really struggled to come up with a suitable title for this post. BBC Breakfast this morning ran a report on an NHS trust in Derbyshire that had gotten into bed with local farmers. On the surface it all made infinite sense . buy local meat instead of importing from South America at a premium. Millions of pounds would be saved by the NHS and local farmers with their backs against the wall would be given a new lease of life. That sounds like a "win-win" in anybody's book! From there...

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Health Essentials Blog: August 2009

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Saturday, 22 August 2009. Usain Bolt Redeems Himself. Yeah, yeah, I know . he's the world's premier sporting supernova and gets 5 million bucks just for showing up these days (and so he should, probably even more). And yes, of course, he does not care one iota what some pimply little punk in rural England (me) thinks about his antics. Who am I to have an opinion? But it's all becoming clear to me now. Then the media started to milk the occasion and show footage that they felt would really whip the masses...

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Health Essentials Blog: True Scale Of Oil Spill Not Yet Appreciated

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Sunday, 30 May 2010. True Scale Of Oil Spill Not Yet Appreciated. As we enter 40 days plus in the Gulf of Mexico disaster, some people are still framing the BP oil disaster in economic terms. So Nature is quietly upping the ante! This link should be required reading for any semi-conscious human being on the planet. It's a post by Health Ranger Mike Adams who is reporting on location. Labels: BP oil spill. 3 March 2011 at 22:02. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.

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Health Essentials Blog: January 2010

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Sunday, 31 January 2010. Underage Drinking Getting Worse. There have been a deluge of reports recently about underage drinking. All lament the consequences and long term impact to health . and ultimately to society. Officials scurry to impose tougher restrictions on irresponsible retailing, or to authorize the confiscation of alcohol on streets. Experts postulate. Politicians pontificate. The media stirs the brew with relentless vigor. It's hardly a logistical hiccup! Come on. Lighten up man. This, my fr...

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Health Essentials Blog: February 2010

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Saturday, 20 February 2010. It had to happen sooner or later! In an attempt to offer wise counsel to the family of a young girl, the NHS really hit a nerve. Lucy Davies is a perfectly normal 5 year old who is active, enjoys cheerleading and ballet . and walks a fair bit. Her parents received a letter from the NHS saying she was overweight. Officials measured Lucy's height and weight and calculated her body mass index (BMI) fell outside the "normal" parameters for a girl of five . by 1%! If I had no clue ...

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Health Essentials Blog: March 2010

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Thursday, 25 March 2010. Variable Blood Pressure Now Thought to Increase Risk of Stroke. In a series of studies published by “The Lancet”, researchers from both the UK and Sweden examined the effect of the month-to-month variability of blood pressure on stroke risk. This research suggests that the extent of fluctuation is a bigger predicator of risk than the average figure … which flies in the face of guidelines followed by GP’s for decades! In fact, guidelines suggest a one-off fluctuation should be dis...