Free texts are always a must when it comes to medicine. That is such a strange statement but I learned recently that certain hospitals around the country are giving families or patients free texts when they buy other products in the hospital.
Lets say your in the hospital for long term care and you are stuck [...]

There is a certain generation of people who refuse to play the game of squash because they’re afraid that they’ll snap the racket against the wall while playing a shot and then somehow drive it through their own neck.
This seems a strange fear for many different people to collectively hold. It’s a pretty unlikely turn [...]

Continuing our theme of sporting ailments, let’s deal with ‘getting hit in the face by a cricket ball’.
Those who have never played cricket will be unaware of the severity of this sporting injury. Those who have played will be wincing. Cricket balls are close cousins of rocks.
My dad got hit in the face while playing [...]

Like running with shin splints, this is a massive no-no. If you’ve got any sort of muscular problem, no matter how minor, let it rest for a couple of days before embarking on any significant training.
I had a torn hamstring and I ran with it for a couple of months. I was training for a [...]

I tell you one thing I hate: acronyms. People use them without knowing what they stand for and pretty soon no-one remembers and then people use the acronym incorrectly and all meaning is lost. You should always know what the letters stand for.
DOMS stands for ‘delayed onset of muscle soreness’. This is the phenomenon whereby [...]

Shin splints are no one thing. It’s actually just a term that’s used to refer to several different problems which all result in similar pain on the front of the lower leg.
I can’t tell you which kind I suffered, but it was as a result of overuse. I did a lot of running and despite [...]

In the event of a potential health emergency most of us would consider going to accident and emergency (A&E) at our nearest hospital. But that’s just the point. A&E is for just that.
If your not bleeding to death and your demise is not imminent what should you do? Well the National Health Service (NHS) have [...]

There are many different body types and these days most are out of shape. But underneath all the body excess and clothing our bodies all fit into one of three categories.
The three main types:
ectomorphs – slight build
mesomorphs – muscular
endomorphs – excess bodyweight
The basic body type you may be is greatly outside of our control and [...]

Suicide clinics, good or bad? I’m really caught between the fact that people in the world suffer that much and should have the right to end it if they really want but on the other hand there is a very close line between assisted suicide and man slaughter. If you were in pure agony would [...]

What sort of medical blog would this be if I didn’t mention the world epidemic of swine flu. Its everywhere, one of the lads in the office has been banned form the office as his girlfriend has been diagnosed and even worse my cleaner has been given a dose of the swine flu but luckily [...]