History of medicine walking tour
Jul
16
2010
In the 12 years or so that I have been a member of EMWA, I have travelled all over Europe attending their conferences. At most conferences, the social programme includes a walking tour of the city. It’s always a popular event, and is a great way to see something of the conference’s host city (sometimes [...]
Evidence based footcare part 2
Apr
21
2010
As an update to my earlier post about some foot cream that was supposed to stop me getting blisters when training for and running in the Brighton Marathon, I now have the results.
I used the cream on my left foot, but not on my right, for about 3 weeks before the race.
At the end of [...]
Evidence based footcare
Mar
27
2010
I’m training for a marathon at the moment (and it’s in aid of Cancer Research UK, which is an excellent cause, so please sponsor me here), and all the running has given me some nasty blisters on my feet.
So I went to see a podiatrist yesterday to try to make sure that the blisters are [...]
Bexhill half marathon
Nov
09
2009
I’m delighted to report that I ran my first ever half marathon yesterday, namely the Bexhill Poppy Half Marathon. The weather was rather unpleasant, but at least the rain had eased off by the time the race started and we avoided the heavy downpours of earlier in the day. I wasn’t sure what time to [...]
Ikea
Oct
30
2009
In my previous post “Everything is crap” I promised to write more about Ikea once the legal stuff was all over. Well, it is, so here goes.
Almost exactly a year ago, we had some furniture delivered from Ikea. One of the delivery men dropped the furniture on the hearth of our almost brand new and [...]
