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BEAT BLUE MONDAY Monday 21st January 2013 – The Most Depressing day of the year!   ‘Blue Monday’ is believed to be the most depressing day of the year according to calculations by psychologist Dr. Cliff Arnall in 2005. Blue Monday falls on the Monday of the last full week of January and this year […]

On Amitriptyline  – here is the very good information website we talked about http://www.painconcern.org.uk/2011/04/leaflets/amitriptyline Asthma, eczema and ‘junk food’ study http://thorax.bmj.com/content/early/2013/01/03/thoraxjnl-2012-202285.short?g=w_thorax_ahead_tab   Here’s the questionnaire as part of the ISAAC studies – lots of information here 

I find this wish to profit from the illness of another pretty appalling. Press release recieved this am.   Email follows: “Good morning, Following the news that self-proclaimed ‘fitness fanatic’ Andrew Marr has suffered a stroke, I wanted to get in touch to offer expert comment from Preventicum and Medical Director Dr Garry Savin. Preventicum offers […]

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  Dementia screening I would highly recommend these films by Dr Peter Gordon, a psychiatrist in Scotland http://vimeo.com/55306311 http://vimeo.com/48243703 References I used are here   UK National Screening Committee, The UK NSC policy on Alzheimer’s Disease screening in adults http://www.screening.nhs.uk/alzheimers Screening for Dementia in Primary Care: A Summary of the Evidence for the US Preventive […]

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On the recent ‘festival’ of live tweeting from A+E/ambulances/GP surgeries; If done carelessly, thoughtlessly, or simply unimaginatively, this can be unpleasant or even  dangerous. Consider: (and I’m paraphrasing) * A tweet commenting that ‘lots of ladies are coming in to A+E for emergency contraception. Didn’t they know they can get it from pharmacies!’ This could […]

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Loneliness is endemic.  There are people who live alone, and who will see someone else rarely. Often, people who are lonely can’t get out much – unsteady, lacking confidence, afraid, anxious – and rely on relatives or rare visitors to help with shopping or outings. Many people – often older people – will still dress […]