Health

I'm not sure I want to be a writer any more. It gives me headaches and makes me tired. It keeps me awake at night having ideas that I'll never ...

It's a bit dreich and dismal this morning, and it's the last day of the school holidays and our Summer of Fun must come to an end.However, I do take ...

Honestly, sometimes I wonder about my mother. Today, during my visit, she insists on showing me what seem to be hundreds of items of clothing she has bought in the ...

Scottish Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson Ross Finnie has called for ministers to investigate whether malnutrition in hospital patients is being properly diagnosed after official figures sought by the Liberal Democrats ...

Approximately 5 years ago, maybe 6, I was a fit and very active person,  used to spend a lot of time playing sport or going to the gym – unfortunately ...

Just two weeks after winning a long campaign to get access to a cancer treatment through the NHS, Nikki Phelps passed away.The 37-year-old mother of twins had been fighting a ...

Conservative leader David Cameron has revealed that he nearly abandoned his political career his son Ivan died last year.The six-year-old, who suffered with epilepsy and cerebral palsy, died in February ...

I’m giving up smoking. It shouldn’t be hard as, truth be told, I’ve only smoked about two dozen cigarettes* in my life. But the two I had on Saturday night ...

There’s a special kind of headache you get when you haven’t slept for an entire day and night. It’s like a mangle squeezing your head from the back, slowly dragging ...

Tiger Beer is going at four bottles for £3 in the Co-op. I suggest you take advantage of this offer, unless you live round me, in which case - hands ...

I seem to have lost the ability to read during the day, at least without falling asleep. I hope it's just tiredness and not a permanent fault I've developed. In ...

Still tired. Still depressed. Full of cold. Very snotty and my throat feels about a millimetre wide. Will be at least three more hours until I can get home and ...

Busy. Busy busy. No time to blog. Had week off and ended up more busy, anxious. Did overdue work on geeky side projects, then began Novel #3 (yes, #3! Novel ...

Yesterday I had my final OU exam which marked the end of my course this year – I think it went okay, but it’s hard to tell without any previous ...

I’ve discovered a new method of relaxing at night to combat my insomnia – I turn off all the lights, climb into bed and listen to murder mysteries (my latest ...