Following on from my sunshine post yesterday it got me to thinking about why our use of this fantastic resource has been so painfully slow to develop. Or even, I might go so far as to say, pretty non-existent.

Sure, we have solar panels and solar powered electronics, even solar powered cars, but when you take a close look at the current technology available it all seems a bit, how can I put it?… Primitive!

Why is that, do you think? . . .continue reading » The Joke’s on Us. Here’s to you Sunshine!

Well, well, well! Yet another spectacular u-turn by the medical/scientific community. Yes folks, hang on to your hats, it now seems that they’ve finally come to realise that . . . drumroll . . . SUNSHINE IS GOOD FOR YOU!

Why the sudden change of heart?

What’s made them go from ‘cover up and stay out of the sun between the hours of 4am and 11pm’ to ‘get your kit off and enjoy a bit of sunbathing whenever you can’?

Ok, that’s not what they’re really saying but it does seem that the sun has been given a new lease of life.

It has been turned miraculously from big bad cancer-causing bringer-of-death to all-encompassing ailment-curing giver-of-life. Two very extreme extremes. . . .continue reading » Get your Kit Off, Get in the Sun and Live Longer.

There seems to be a bit of fuss and indignation from the smoking fraternity in the UK about the recent law banning smoking in the workplace, pubs, restaurants and other public places.

A hardcore section of inhalers are up in arms about it, calling it an attack on their personal freedom, interference by the nanny state, political correctness gone mad, etc., etc. . . .continue reading » Smoking - keep it to yourself

Have you ever come across anyone whose chronic bad breath was enough to floor an army at 50 paces? I’m sure we’ve all been friends with, or at least known someone, who had us running for the sick bucket every time they opened their mouth.

There are many reasons and causes that give rise to this condition and the first thing to do is . . .continue reading » Bad breath or halitosis - what’s yours called?

There is a largely held (pun intended) belief that whatever occurs in the US will inevitably find its way over to Europe and the UK. So waddling its way over the pond comes the weighty (ouch!) subject of obesity.

The top echelons of the UK medical profession have stated that more than half the UK is either overweight or obese. Apparently over 70% of men and 63% of women are classed in this category. That’s an awful lot of fat people. . . .continue reading » Obesity - fat or affliction?