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  • Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2021

    October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month Breast cancer affects 55,000 women every year in the UK and 7.8m worldwide over the past five years, with 2.3m women being diagnosed in 2020 alone. Men can also be diagnosed with breast cancer. They make up 0.5-1% of breast cancer patients. Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer…

  • Malnutrition affects all countries on Earth

    Since last year, I have taken a deeper interest in malnutrition and food poverty both here in the UK and across the world. One thing I noticed was that the image of malnutrition is often linked to regions in Africa and Asia. While the issues there are not unimportant, people are going hungry in all…

  • Taking a break from media

    We need to take a break from the media including social media. That doesn’t mean I turn off the television and then I get on CNN online. That means I truly take a break. And children need to be taking breaks as well. … What we know about children is if they’re spending most or…

  • The 4 Types of Introvert

    Interesting video I saw on YouTube about the different types of introverts! I think I’m a social introvert, but if I’m being honest – I could be all four types!

  • On This Day [Aug. 26th]

    AUGUST 26TH 1938: a tape recorder was used for the first time to send a radio broadcast 1743: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier was born. He is considered to be ‘the father of modern chemistry’ and is responsible for naming oxygen and determining what role it plays in combustion and respiration. 1874: Lee de Forest was born.…

  • COVID-19 vaccine protection is fading as the number of cases increase

    Researchers in the UK have found that the protection offered by the Pfizer/Biotech and AstraZeneca vaccines begins to fall after six months. The researchers have linked this to the need for booster shots for those who already had two doses of the vaccine. While major countries like the US, UK and also the EU are…

  • there are three stages in scientific discovery

    There are three stages in scientific discovery. First, people deny that it is true, then they deny that it is important; finally, they credit the wrong person. ― Bill Bryson

  • You learn something new everyday!

    I like to post quotes that resonate with me from time to time and this: …and this: It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change. …caught my eye. It was attributed to Darwin, and I had no…

  • Do you need to wear a face mask outside?

    Face masks have become part of our new normal over the past year both indoors and outdoors. While they’re highly recommended inside heavily populated areas like supermarkets/grocery stores and public transport, there’s not much guidance when it comes to outside. According to Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, the risk of catching COVID-19 outside is quite low.…

  • torture the data and it will confess to anything

    Torture the data and it will confess to anything, as they say at Guantanamo Bay. Bad Science, Ben Goldacre This quote is somewhat amusing but very much true of some research carried out. It’s not just limited to science either. How many times do less than reputable sources cherry-pick data and use it to support…