Old people are a pain
“When did we grow old?” Herself asked me that the other day and it made me think. Frankly it did come as a bit of a shock as until then I didn’t think I was Old [with a capital O]. … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Health
Letting the dust settle
It has been an extremely busy couple of days. On Monday I had to bring Herself into hospital. It was a simple enough procedure – a couple of injections in her back and that’s that. Except that it wasn’t that … Continue reading →
How to achieve immortality
Immortality is apparently the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Unfortunately most of us fail to achieve this goal by inconveniently dying. Now those who subscribe to the Church of Health believe that there is only one … Continue reading →
What do you do with well people?
Most days I glance through the headlines in a couple of newspaper sites. Generally it’s the same old crap – the murder of the day, the latest crisis in the Health Service or yet another idiotic tweet from Trump. For … Continue reading →
Yet another free lunch
I see there is another “study” out. Flu increases heart attack and stroke risk, study claims. So? A lot of things increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. In fact we are constantly told that the main culprits are … Continue reading →
The rise in obesity
Obesity is climbing at alarming levels. Or rather, the mention of obesity is climbing irrespective of the actual weight of the population. What I find interesting about this is the timeline. Things remained fairly static from1900 to around the … Continue reading →
Weighty matters
Christopher Snowdon has a piece in the Spectator. It got me thinking, not about CRUK and their obsession with people’s health but his statement that “‘Overweight’ is a term that has no medical significance.” So what weight should I be? … Continue reading →
And the results are in
The tests are all done and the results are in. I got the car test over with this morning. It got the usual pass with flying colours apart from the usual warning that I need to replace two tyres. Apparently … Continue reading →
Picking up the pieces
I went down to see Doc yesterday. He wanted to see me early for some reason, before I had a chance to load up with sugar and nicotine so I set the alarm for the ungodly hour of half eight. … Continue reading →
Another free lunch
Some bloke has suggested that Ireland should have free contraception. I presume this is in response to the abortion debate that is raging here at the moment [and for the next few months]. I should point out to non-Irish readers … Continue reading →
