Smoking e-cigarettes ‘can harm your DNA and increase risk of cancer’
Smoke from e-cigarettes damages DNA and can increase the risk of cancer and heart disease, scientists have warned.
Month: January 2018
Don’t you think
It’s Monday morning. It’s very quiet. I’m sitting looking at the screen. Thinking. Thinking is good, isn’t it? We don’t do enough […]
One in 50 of us is face blind – and many don’t even realise
Prosopagnosia, which makes those with the condition unable to recognise others, often goes undetected – despite being more common than autism
Criminal
News and Comment from Roy Lilley. Soft rain is falling on the cold earth. A child has died. We are in mourning. […]
Plackard has the last laugh
Another big week at NHS Blithering, the country’s most challenged health economy, where head of communications Martin Plackard is worried about the […]
Homeopathic ‘scams’ could be advertised on prime-time television
Advertisements for useless and potentially dangerous products falsely touted as cures for cancer could appear during prime-time television if proposed amendments to […]
Yes / No
Late night on Twitter is bandit country. Fuelled by Bacchus a lot gets said. Best avoided. However, ignoring my own advice; a […]
Turmeric, rosemary and coconut oil: 8 superhero foods for your brain
The benefits of a spice-laden curry may be immediately apparent to the hungry, but for those with dementia there could be hidden […]
Creating it now
News and Comment from Roy Lilley. If I had a pound for every time someone asked what’s going to happen to the […]
Falling GP income and workforce highlighted in government pay evidence
Falling GP numbers, a huge real-terms decline in income for the profession over the past decade and a sharp drop in the […]