by Christine Morgan | Jan 26, 2011 | Food and drink, General health
Some interesting news dropped into my inbox today, from Asda no less. Yes, the supermarket (and my regular food shop destination, thanks to the fact that there’s a nice, large Asda just down the road from where I live). The good people at my default favourite...
by Christine Morgan | Jan 24, 2011 | Food and drink, General health
UK government plans to set a minimum price for a unit of alcohol mean retailers will have to charge at least 38p for a can of lager, 40p for a litre of cider, £2 for a bottle of wine and £10.71 for a bottle of vodka. Is it just me, or is that one mighty big joke? Does...
by Christine Morgan | Jan 17, 2011 | Food and drink, General health
It’s all NHS this, NHS that today, with Prime Minister David Cameron having made his big speech about NHS reforms this morning. You just can’t get away from it. Coalition politicians are naturally bigging up the reforms, while health leaders are...
by Christine Morgan | Jan 6, 2011 | General health
An interesting piece of news from the Department of Health landed in my email box today. Apparently the number of people looking for information about flu on NHS Choices is 10 times higher than this time last year. As regular readers may know, I have the highest...
by Christine Morgan | Jan 4, 2011 | General health
Riskfactorphobese should take good heed of a new report by private health company Bupa. The trend for self-diagnosis using health websites is apparently fostering an increase in hypochondria – something many riskfactorphobes know a little too much about than is...