by Christine Morgan | Oct 29, 2010 | Pregnancy & birth
Hmmm. Well, should they? You’ll have to read the article I wrote for MyDaily.co.uk to find out my opnions on the subject… Suffice to say, I often wonder why pregnant women get treated as if they might break at any second – some, I dare say, may...
by Christine Morgan | Oct 26, 2010 | General health
Oh dear. Talking of smoking (see previous post, below), I must admit I had to sigh heavily when I read the news about Nick Clegg, leader of what was the Liberal Democrats (now Conservatives-lite), and the boob he made on last Sunday’s Desert Island Discs...
by Christine Morgan | Oct 26, 2010 | General health
I can’t imagine why anyone would need yet another reason to give up smoking, but here it is. Californian scientists writing in the Archives of Internal Medicine claim middle-aged people who smoke 40 cigarettes a day have a 157% higher risk of developing...
by Christine Morgan | Oct 14, 2010 | General health, Relationships
My award for the most breathtaking scientific discovery of the week, no the month – oh what the hell, the year – goes to the researchers behind a new study that’s just been published in the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology. So what is this startling piece of...
by Christine Morgan | Oct 13, 2010 | General health
The drugs industry could be set for big changes if experts writing in the British Medical Journal get their way. The team of German researchers have quite rightly pointed out the unfairness of published studies of drug trials that conveniently leave out any negative...