Much work has been done over the last few years on the dangers of sitting. Whilst claims that sitting is the new smoking are way over blown, it is true that in modern western countries many of us spend too much time being sedentary. The human body is designed to be...
There is an adage, which says that everything old will be new again. I have previously written about my late mothers take on fashion. If you had a laundry basket big enough to keep piling clothes into, eventually you could turn it upside down and what is at the bottom...
Two events this week remind me that we cannot believe everything we see or hear. And perhaps more pointedly how much of a news story might we not hear. In turn the omission of information can colour our impression without anything “false” being said. Regular readers...
Tom Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH,) in his recent blog post Are Children Overmedicated? seems to suggest that perhaps more psychiatric medication is in order. Comparing mental illness in children to food allergies, he dismisses the...
In the Star Wars films there is a seesawing battle between the empire and the “rebels”. Through the initial three-film trilogy each side is in the ascendency at differing times. Whilst not a perfect analogy, it is interesting to apply this concept to battles in...