The world health organisation has today raised the Influenza alert level to 6, the highest level, indicating a pandemic is underway. They rate the 2009 flu pandemic as currently moderate, with most people recovering, and I quote: This particular H1N1 strain has not circulated previously in humans. The virus is entirely new. The virus is …
Category Archives: health
Keyboards are worse than Toilets
I promise to no longer touch any ones keyboards at work if you all promise to keep your hands off mine. After seeing a twitter post on this, I read an article at the Beeb on how; and I definitely quote: Research by the University of Arizona last year found the average office desktop harboured …
Artificial Sweeteners Linked To Weight Gain
ScienceDaily have an article on new research on artificial sweeteners. Want to lose weight? It might help to pour that diet soda down the drain. Researchers have laboratory evidence that the widespread use of no-calorie sweeteners may actually make it harder for people to control their intake and body weight. Cutting the connection between sweets …
Climate change – the risks of no action
Watch this and then you will see why action is the better option than no action
