health – Longrider

I Suppose

August 19, 2024 Longrider 9

In a way, it did. Change her life, that is. A British mum of two has died after having cosmetic surgery in Turkey she hoped […]

Fuck Off!

November 30, 2023 Longrider 4

They just can’t help themselves. China’s pneumonia outbreak has prompted a health expert to warn about the impending outbreak on Europe. The mystery respiratory illness […]

Spare Us

October 19, 2023 Longrider 21

God spare us from the puritans who would dictate our lives. Fuck off and die, the lot of you. A couple of sausages and rashers […]

Just Say No

October 19, 2023 Longrider 7

Statins. They are dished out like sweeties, yet have some nasty side effects, which is why I have flatly refused them each time the GP […]

Morons

August 27, 2023 Longrider 9

A salt free diet is a death sentence. Large new study using UK Biobank data shows even a small reduction in salt intake can be […]

Nope

March 5, 2023 Longrider 21

Here we go again, the government trying to blur the lines between the professional and the personal. Workers could get annual ‘health appraisals’ under government […]

Cui Bono

January 14, 2023 Longrider 3

Medicate everyone, why not? About 15 million more people in England could be prescribed daily cholesterol-lowering statin pills to cut their risk of heart attacks […]

I Can Answer This One

October 16, 2022 Longrider 8

Prostate problems. The curse of older men, I’m afraid. I am awaiting an operation to treat an enlarged prostate, after various tablets failed to work. […]

More Scaremongering

December 12, 2021 Longrider 14

Beware of omicron. The omicron variant could cause a new wave of the pandemic worse than that seen last winter without a new lockdown, modelling by top […]

Oh, What a Surprise…

June 21, 2020 Longrider 10

Covid-19 will fizzle out on its own. The coronavirus, once an ‘aggressive tiger’ of a disease, has weakened and become more like a wild cat, according […]