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Old habits die hard
Old habits die hard Now that the tree is down and the last traces of chocolates, pine needles and wrapping paper have finally gone, did you ever find yourself a little short of breath over the Christmas period? It can all get a bit much what with all the shopping to be done, running around after the kids and visitors to entertain. Easily put down to being a bit out of shape perhaps? What if you’ve got a bit of a cough that won’t clear up? It won’t s......published on 09/01/2012
The season of conspicuous consumption
The season of conspicuous consumption It’s all a bit odd isn’t it? On one hand we hear ever more scary news from the world and national economies; on the other, the shops are full of all manner of luxuries, all with enticing red labels, encouraging us to buy more than we know we need. “Buy one get one half price” “BOGOF” “reduced” – it’s all the same – I don’t save money by buying what I don’t need, irrespective......published on 23/12/2011
Get your flu jab
It’s that time of year again The weather has turned, the surgery is filled with coughs and colds and we are getting as many people in as possible to have their ‘flu jabs’. This year in our surgery we have had a good uptake. With a practice size of around 11000 patients we have about 3400 that are considered ‘at risk’ and we will have immunised about 2500. That’s a bit over 70% and is in line with both the average for England and for our PCT. ......published on 15/11/2011
Getting ready for winter
It only seems like five minutes ago that I was writing a blog all about keeping safe in the sun, over the last few days, the weather has started to turn, and now my thoughts have turned to keeping warm. I’ve got the week off this week and loads of outdoor activities were planned. Now the weather’s started to change, I’m not so sure canoeing and tennis will be quite so much fun in the cold and rain! It’s not just our leisure time that can be affected by the weat......published on 31/10/2011
A Painful Lesson
Dr Blog paid great attention to his teachers at Medical School, and unlike some of his younger contemporaries (who were understandably distracted by the sorts of things 19year olds find much more interesting than medicine) he attended all his lectures. He is proud to say that he won the Pharmacology and Therapeutics prize at his University and left knowing all he could about medicines, their uses and how they worked. He was comfortable in this part of his education, and especially the bit rel......published on 19/10/2011
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