Can there be anything more relaxing than sitting on the bank of a river, fishing, watching the water gently flow past, surrounded by wildlife and flowers and with the sun on your face? And might this also be a treatment for depression and anxiety? The idea is not as strange as it sounds. In fact, … Read more
Along with millions of others, I have been gripped by the latest series of Line Of Duty. Yet while storylines in the hit TV show often stretch cred- ulity, there’s one part that rings horrifyingly true: Detective Inspector Steve Arnott, one of the main characters, is addicted to prescription painkillers. His battle with these medicines … Read more
Dr Max Pemberton said that all medicines have side effects of some sort and some of the side effects reported are nothing to do with the drug at all.
Dr Max Pemberton said that all medicines have side effects of some sort and some of the side effects reported are nothing to do with the drug at all.
A friend of mine is a cleaner at the hospital where I work. He has one of the most physically demanding jobs in the NHS: keeping the wards scrubbed and free from lurking bugs is a never-ending task and, frequently, a thankless one. I have never heard him complain. But fear of Covid-19, he told … Read more
Have you had your Covid vaccine yet? I had mine a few weeks ago, after a week of working nights, and was quite surprised at how emotional it was. After all these months of waiting for some good news, finally here was the light at the end of the tunnel — the one thing that … Read more
Have you had your Covid vaccine yet? I had mine a few weeks ago, after a week of working nights, and was quite surprised at how emotional it was. After all these months of waiting for some good news, finally here was the light at the end of the tunnel — the one thing that … Read more
February’s Cosmopolitan magazine has been lauded by some as a watershed moment for celebrating the plus-size female body. It features cover stars of various body shapes showcased across different digital and print editions, including some extremely overweight women, accompanied by the line ‘This is healthy’. Well, I’m sorry to say it, but I was far … Read more
My mum was not always the perfect parent when I was growing up. Times like when I fell down the manhole in the front garden and knocked myself out while she chatted to our neighbour. Or the time when I was eight and I was left waiting for three hours outside an empty church hall … Read more
My mum was not always the perfect parent when I was growing up. Times like when I fell down the manhole in the front garden and knocked myself out while she chatted to our neighbour. Or the time when I was eight and I was left waiting for three hours outside an empty church hall … Read more