can lie-ins for teenagers help their learning?
Filed Under Emotional Health, Optimum Health | 1 Comment
A report from the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/7932108.stm , suggests that ‘teenagers are biologically predisposed to go to bed later and wake later’, and that they are underperforming at school as a result. The proposal is to start the school day later, and put challenging classes later in the day, when teenagers perform better.
Whilst I applaud some of [...]
child medicines don’t work!
Filed Under Optimum Health, Services | 1 Comment
According to a BBC report http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7917188.stm , the lack of effectiveness and safety of 36 medicines has shown that they should no longer be sold for children under the age of six. It goes on to report that according to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) children’s medicines were being reviewed owing to a ‘change [...]
Eating disorders – food is not the issue!
Filed Under Emotional Health, Optimum Health, Services, Weight Management | 1 Comment
In a BBC report on 22 February 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7905223.stm , a study be the charity BEAT, found that only 15% of patients felt that their GP understood or knew how to help them.
Eating disorders like aneroxia are a subject close to my heart, as something that I wrestled with as a child and watched my ex-wife suffer [...]
Breast Feeding danger!
Filed Under Optimum Health, Services, fertility | 1 Comment
Reading a BBC news story today http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7867686.stm you would be forgiven for thinking that breast feeding is in someway unnatural!
The story highlights the plight of some ‘breast feed only’ babies (who’s numbers are rising in response to ‘breast is best’ campaign) who become badly dehydrated, and the plan to test how widespread this may be. However, it goes [...]
Introducing new contributors to the blog
Filed Under Bowen therapy, Optimum Health, Pain, The Therapy Room | 2 Comments
A large part of my work involves working as part of an integrated team (at The Therapy Room in Cambridge) to find the right solution or solutions for a clients problem.
Each therapist I work with has their own unique skills, experience, and as such can be called upon for assistance, input and we often work as [...]
