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Matthew Cooke on Twitter: "great letter in The Times. Whose hours would you prefer? @thetimes @TheBMA

Sun, 04/10/2015 - 8:02pm — Carol

Gruesome and marvelous animated GIFs from GE's new body scanner

Sun, 11/01/2015 - 10:15pm — Carol

Via Twitter:

See gruesome and marvelous animated GIFs from GE's new body scanner http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/11/7527809/ge-ct-scanner

Thomas Round on Twitter: "GP visit £31, A&E £114, ambulance £235. Save the #NHS by investing in #primarycare #putpatientsfirst

Fri, 09/01/2015 - 11:55pm — Carol

Via Twitter:

GP visit £31, A&E £114, ambulance £235. Save the #NHS by investing in #primarycare #putpatientsfirst #yourgpcares

Cameron: Government and I specifically promised was that there should be no closures or reorganisations unless they had support

Fri, 02/08/2013 - 10:25am — Carol

So the Judiciary have noticed that the current government doesn't follow the law and doesn't keep its promises

Coalition, democracy, NHS and lies

Tue, 05/03/2013 - 4:33pm — Carol

I had thought Blair's Iraq posturings were the worst affront to democracy but the current Coalition is beating him hands down.

Both parties commissioned and agreed to the Coalition document to bind this parliament.

One of the things it says is 'No Top Down reorganisations of the NHS'

From Sir David Nicholson's testimony to the Health and Social Care Committee today -

Relative Becquerels or relative risks?

Thu, 17/11/2011 - 12:00am — Carol

I was struck by some of the numbers in the recent Guardian article on plans to lift radioactive contamination controls on UK sheep farms

Nutrient imbalances in our diets

Wed, 13/07/2011 - 9:33pm — Carol

I've long been interested in the connections between BSE and nutrient deficiencies/excess so I was interested to see the following article in today's Western Morning News

CS spray used on protestors - how safe is it?

Wed, 02/02/2011 - 5:07pm — Carol

Two more interesting letters today from:

The ladder of relative risk?

Wed, 28/07/2010 - 8:07pm — Carol

As a side report in today's report about the tangible effects of loneliness on heaalth:

Life and style

Response: Don't let the phoney melanoma scare keep you out of the sun | Comment is free | The Guardian

Wed, 21/07/2010 - 8:27pm — Carol

Interestingly different view on UV exposure and melanoma's in The Guardian's Comment is Free - stirred up plenty of response too!

Comment is free

Don't let the phoney melanoma scare keep you out of the sun

  • guardian.co.uk, Wednesday July 21 2010
  • Sam Shuster

Kira Cochrane asks "why can't we give up the tan?" (Going for the burn, G2, 7 July). The answer is simple: we are not convinced that the alleged harm outweighs the obvious benefits, and we dislike the bullying, fear-mongering campaign against sun exposure. Skin cancer statistics are used to scare, not educate.

 


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