Healthy eating in parents' hands: "Parents must eat more fruit and vegetables to improve their children's eating habits, it is claimed."

Free fruit and veg for toddlers

The Reith Lectures : What has been the greatest triumph of technology since 1800? One of the nominations is "Louis Pasteur's germ theory of infection
Professor Ian Wilmut"

GMC inquiry for Andrew Wakefield Some people make my blood boil.

St. John Ambulance - First Aid
In the last 6 weeks, and this has never happened to me before outside a hospital, I have had to resuscitate two people out of the blue, by the roadside. I suppose we think it will always be someone else who has to do it and that makes us a bit complacent about learning basic first aid. After my first episode 6 weeks ago, I went on a basic life support course because I had felt so out of my depth when it happened. The others present at the scene were very quick and proficient and I found out later they had just done the course a weeks or so before. St.John Ambulance offer various courses across the country that I recommend, having done my first one with them 10 years ago.

Jabs and junk science

"As the parent of an autistic child, I am well qualified to comment on the particular experience of being the parent of an autistic child. But this experience does not give me any special insights into the question of what causes autism, or into any other aspect of the condition. When a handful of parents criticise the arrogance of the government in refusing to concede to the demands arising from their personal experience, the real arrogance is theirs in disparaging the experience of millions, generalised in the studies on which immunisation policy is based."

Are Vitamins Harmless?

The Guardian | Vitamins 'may raise death risk from cancer' Scary really since most people think vitamins are harmless.

The influence of violent media on children and adolescents: a public-health approach
Another addictive drug. It's a shame people still aren't getting the message about TV, the "plug-in-drug". Every few years something like this crops up in the journals but nobody does anything about it. Subscription on-line to the Lancet is free.
Media Education: American Academy of Paediatrics Guidelines

Eating Disorders Resources Another unfortunately common problem.

progestogen only pill
The relatively new "Cerazette" also works by blocking ovulation, making it more suitable for those who would worry about a fertilised ovum becoming unable to implant in the uterus.

Tea - 22 February 2005
I know this isn't medical but I believe tea is a drug...I'm addicted to it. I can't believe a packet of PG says a moderate amount is "6 cups a day"!