Novak Djokovic has just published his autobiography (entitled, somewhat predictably, Serve to Win) charting his rise from a injury-dogged, ache-plagued asthmatic to a level of fitness and endurance reached by few, even among the elite sporting community. No, I have not yet …
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Running with the hare and hunting with the hounds
Treading the narrow path of virtue while still earning enough to keep a roof over your head is not always that easy. Last week, the splendid new Archbishop of Cantebury found himself in the embarrassing position of vowing to put pay-day loan operators out of business only to …
Autism and wheat
A new study by a team from Columbia University, Weill Cornell Medical College and Uppsala University in Sweden has caused somewhat of a stir recently by suggesting that 'a subset of children with autism displays increased immune reactivity to gluten, the mechanism of which …
The power of the blogosphere
We all know about the power of Twitter. Governments have been toppled, revolutions won, reputations ruined and fortunes made thanks to that little bird. Facebook doesn't do too badly either although I am not sure that it can, as yet claim any revolutions. But meanwhile, in its …
Ignoring carbohydrates in diabetic diets
Diabetes is not our area of expertise (we scarcely have enough time to keep abreast of allergy, let alone taking on diabetes) but I do feel very sorry for diabetics. Their lives used to be trying, but simple – they had a strict diet to which they had to adhere and specific (not …