I can’t believe that there is actually such a thing as a fat pride groups. It’s not that there’s anything wrong per se with being fat, but it isn’t something that people should be proudof.
Being happy with yourself is all well and good. It is how people should be, and certainly far preferable to constant [...]

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I don’t understand why anyone would be attacking Princess Beatrice over her weight and how she looks in a bikini [right]. She’s hardly obese, fat, or even “chubby”. Yes, she’s hardly perfectly slim, but she’s certainly no worse than at least 90-odd per cent of the British population.
Really, ratehr than attacking her, critics should be [...]

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Why would anyone do this?

Office workers who sit at a desk for eight hours a day and spend more than three hours without stretching double their risk of developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT), scientists have warned…
All workers who commonly sit at their computer for most of the day should do the same leg and foot [...]

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Long term readers of The ThunderDragon will know that the Dragon is a volunteer with St John Ambulance. And, if you’ve got a particularly good memory, you’ll remember that I’ve been on several duties with the man himself.
I’m still hard at work volunteering, including my latest role doing Patient Transport work - mainly inter-hospital transfers [...]

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Viagra: Sex but no consequences.
The anti-impotence drug Viagra could harm men’s fertility, scientists have warned.New research suggests that the drug can damage sperm and so prevent some men from starting a family.The findings mean that young men who take the drug recreationally could be damaging their chances of starting a family… (The Telegraph)
This doesn’t have [...]

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No more sick-notes. Just “well-notes”. Apparently.
GPs will be required to tell the employers of sick patients what tasks they can perform in a new “well note” designed to reduce the number of people on incapacity benefit…Alan Johnson, the Health Secretary, will this week prepare the ground for controversial change, saying that family doctors need to [...]

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Why oh why oh why?
Smokers could be forced to pay £10 for a permit to buy tobacco if a government health advisory body gets its way.No one would be able to buy cigarettes without the permit, under the idea proposed by Health England…He said it was the inconvenience of getting a permit - as much [...]

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Drinking alcohol is good for you!
A little alcohol combined with a healthy active lifestyle may be the best recipe for a longer life…A Danish team found people who led an active lifestyle were less prone to heart disease - but the risk was cut still further if they drank moderately…Overall, they found people who did [...]

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Prime Minister Gordon Brown has signalled his intention to press ahead with a constitution for the NHS.It would set out for the first time the rights and responsibilities linked to entitlement to NHS care. (BBC)
Rights and responsibilities for entitlement to NHS care?! We pay our taxes which pays for the NHS. So why on earth [...]

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So in a “clampdown on spending” the NHS has turned a £547m deficit last year into a £1.8bn surplus this year. But at what cost to the public? Why do they have this money if not to spend it and use it on bettering facilities and patient care? if they don’t need it for that, [...]

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