The Healthiest People In The World
Different countries have different life expectancies and different levels of wellbeing. If we can learn what they are doing right we can improve our own health and wellbeing. It is rarely rocket science. This info-graphic shows the habits of healthy people and nations.
How Dare You Be Healthy!
As the year draws to a close it is interesting how three of the key themes that I have written about this year have all raised their heads. And the three intersect.
Treating The Numbers Not The Patient
What’s your blood count? Blood pressure? Bone density? PSA? If it is abnormal, odds are that you will want it to be normal.Like much of what we do, treating the numbers is often naïve, and sometimes harmful, no matter how well intentioned
Time To Clear The Air On Big Pharma
Big pharma together with some universities, researchers and doctors have been allowed to get away with too much. They need to be held accountable, not let further off the hook!
Learning About Type 2 Diabetes
. Food is converted into energy in the body, which is technically referred to as glucose. Glucose is transferred through the blood and this is why anyone with the medical condition known as diabetes will need to test their blood one or more times each day.
The Check Up – Being Sorry Rather Than Safe
It is taken as read that check ups and screening are good for us. The logic is almost intuitive. Finding disease early is better than finding it late as treatment can be more effective. So what could possibly be wrong? Quite a bit as it turns out!
Nursing Your Lungs
We all know that smoking is not good for us. This infographic has interesting facts and figures in an easy to read format
3 Tips To Help Prevent Falls
Falls are never fun. When we are young we can pretty quickly bounce back and keep going. In the elderly though a fall can lead to a hip fracture. This in turn can trigger a serious chain of events including loss of independence and even death. In the USA each year...
3 Tips To Help Lower Blood Pressure
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, was the first of the symptomless conditions that modern medicine has treated. For the vast majority of people you only know if you have it when the doctor takes your blood pressure. And that is also the only way you know if it is...
Mental Health – Not Just Ticking Boxes
Our mental and emotional wellbeing is complex. It cannot be reduced to a series of tick boxes.
Why I Don’t Exercise
My kids will tell you that when they were in college I would often call to see how they were doing. Did I ask about classes and studies? Nope If you polled my children, they will tell you I said, “Are you getting enough exercise?”
Jerry, Jerry, Jerry!
Former CIA director David Petraeus would not be a likely guest on Jerry Springer. However the plot involving him, another General the biographer, the “other woman” and her twin is straight from the Jerry Springer show. And of course he is married too!