by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 21, 2019 | Joint and other Pain
See our Cookie Policy for details. Accept New pain organ discovered in the skin Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a new sensory receptor organ that is able to detect painful mechanical damage, such as pricks and impacts. The...
by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 19, 2019 | News
Don’t talk of ‘Fighting’ when dealing with cancer Told I had to ‘fight’ cancer, when all I wanted to do was follow my treatment plan and work at getting better, I didn’t think of it as a fight. As The Guardian says, “language...
by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 19, 2019 | Nutrition, Food & Exercise
Advice from Livestrong Don’t feel guilty about eating frozen fruit or veg A recent email from Livestrong, the giant US cancer charity, removed the guilt from my shopping. They say “produce selected for freezing is harvested when it’s ripe, rather...
by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 16, 2019 | Diary Archive
Recently the media was full of stories saying that medical cannabis was to be available on the NHS to help control pain. Yet so far it seems only two patients had managed to get a prescription. Friends have to pay to get this, but why? Interviewing Andrew Lansley...
by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 14, 2019 | Tips & Tricks
A cancer patient has designed a new “Baby on board”-style badge to help people like him get a seat on busy Tube services. – And also buses one supposes One evening I climbed on a bus at Aldgate. As I made my way to the Priority seats, I noticed it...
