Posts Tagged “Health”
A mentally ill and severely depressed patient walks from morning mass at a convalescence home. She has been living here for many months because her elderly parents cannot cope with her at home. She stops the priest who has just offered up the body and blood of Christ in holy mass and asks him, “why [...]
I can just imagine the cheers and celebration going on at VHI HQ this afternoon as it was announced that Bupa, the second largest health insurer (with 22% of the market) is going to pull out of the Irish market because of risk-equalisation. Two things really annoy me about this decision: When they set up [...]
I still haven’t read the couch to 5k plan I linked to over two years ago, but someone else did take turning 30 seriously: Dean Karnazes. At the age of 30 on a night out with the lads he decided to run 30 miles. He had no special training, but he says, “and I just [...]
Cocaine use is ruining many lives, the social side effects of paying for an expensive addictive habit ruins society but it’s also disgusting all the crap they use to make cocaine. As it’s an illegal drug you have to take what you get: petrol, cement, calcium oxide, ammonia, H2SO4 and of course coca leaves. This [...]
I didn’t know it but Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert lost his voice 18 months ago. He suffers from a rare condition called Spasmodic Dysphonia. Even though there is no cure for it he has written a great article about his experiences and how he never gave up trying to get his voice back. [...]
A cancer causing chemical has been found in coffee. Acrylamide is the drug in question and “only chips and crisps are responsible for greater quantities on average.” (That’s fries and chips to US readers) Yet again, I’m glad I gave up coffee! Unfortunately the chemical is produced during cooking, “particularly high-temperature processes such as frying [...]
John goes over the technique he uses to brush his teeth. I should spend more time on my teeth, as tooth ache really really hurts! Oooowwww! I always assumed flossing was to remove the food particles from between your teeth, but I was informed the main reason for doing this is to remove the plaque [...]
The power of the Sleep Cycle – or how to get by on less if your time asleep is a multiple of 90 minutes.
Feeling down, tired, depressed, or tetchy like Ray and gang are on TodayFM? Listen to Chumbawumba’s Tubthumping and you’ll soon be jumping around and grinning! I get knocked down But I get up again You’re never going to keep me down
The Typing Injury FAQ should be required reading for anyone who sits at a desk. (via) Click-click-click-click – the sounds of typing are prominent in many offices and homes. They are the sounds of persons working at their computers, typing on their keyboards, and clicking their mouses. Unfortunately, by simply listening to the click-clacking sounds [...]
