Drug side-effects and how to live with them…

…well, maybe. Another gem from my search engine heap “Can co-codamol 30/500 f*** u up? (My asterisks – the only person allowed to swear here is me!) It’s also an excellent example of how NOT to put a question to Google. The correct form of words is quite simple

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Apologies…

Apologies to all those having trouble accessing my blog over the last few hours – WordPress have had some difficulties, which are being fixed but, as I type this, are still rumbling on.

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A fat waist associated with poor lung function…

…well, maybe, but is it that simple? I don’t think so. A report, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, found that a high waist circumference is strongly associated with decreased lung function. Fair enough, the research looks sound, the test population was large (120,000). They even anticipated my first thoughts and [...]

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UK speed limits – rew restrictions…

Here in the UK the government has announced that they’re cutting the national speed limit to 50mph (from 60), on rural roads (except where otherwise posted by local authorities). To be honest, I don’t think that will impact greatly on journey times, as traffic volume often gets in the way of reaching the current limit, [...]

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New Facebook scam…

The following appeared in my spam filter today, apparently from confirm@facebookmail.com. If you get one, bin it – do NOT get involved with it in any way. As you can see at the end, the Rapidshare link actually

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