November 26th, 20180189The French have a reputation, rightly or wrongly, for arrogance. They believe that the French way is best and everyone else should get on board.
Sometimes they have a...
November 19th, 20180250The vaping debate has reached an interesting point. We seem to have moved on from arguing the merits of vaping as being 95% less harmful than smoking. Most of the more...
November 15th, 20180266
The golden rule of surgery is: Primum non nocere - ‘First, do no harm’. There is another, competing rule that comes from practicing defensive...
November 12th, 20180317Inanimate objects can generate much passion. What matters is how they are used not the objects. A knife is great for cutting food but can be used to kill. Is a knife...
November 8th, 20180308
In life, we are taught that having goals is a good thing that we should set them and we should and ought to aspire to them.
But have you ever considered the...
November 5th, 20180322Being healthy is more than eating sensibly and exercising – hence there are eight rather than two pillars of health. Relaxation, sleep, relationships together with fun...
October 29th, 20180399I have started watching the Netflix Documentary-drama – the making of the mob which chronicles the rise of the mafia in 1920’s America. The key to the success of the...
October 22nd, 20180443In 1847 Ignaz Semmelweis a Hungarian Physician first discovered that the incidence of puerperal fever could be significantly reduced if doctors washed their hands before...
October 15th, 20180465Last newsletter I wrote about how the clock was ticking for the boosters of the low fat diet fad in big public health. This was off the back of the US Preventative...
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