“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.” Aristotle
Zero Hours Employment
Expect to hear more about zero hours contracts. The government says almost a quarter of companies with more than 100 employees are using them, a rate that has doubled in the past nine years. The contracts, which tie staff to employers but offer no guarantees of work, are increasingly prevalent in the health sector, retail,… Read More
Office Smokers are a Dying Species
The workplace smoker has traditionally elicited either sympathy (all that trying to light up in the rain) or the occasional tut as they trudge off for their thenth cigarette of theworking day. In the US, they are a ‘persecuted’ minority. Rival teams of doctors have squared up for a debate in journals over the number… Read More
Overuse Injuries in Basic Military Training: 1994
Research Paper Title The Incidence of Overuse Injuries in Military recruits during Basic Military Training. Background A study was undertaken to document the incidence of overuse injuries sustained during basic military training. Method The injuries in military recruits (N = 1,261) undergoing basic training were documented prospectively over a 9-week period. Injury incidence was expressed… Read More
The War on Longevity: Men versus Women
In the rich world, men are closing the longevity gap with women Reg Dean, who died on 05 January 2012 at the ripe age of 110, was unusual. Centenarians are rare in themselves, of course, but male centenarians particularly so. In Britain, where Mr Dean lived, five times as many women as men receive the… Read More
Thanks Dad!
Fathers, as well as mothers, can pass on a propensity to obesity if they themselves have been starved. That a gestating mother’s environment can have a permanent effect on the physiology of her offspring is well established. The children of Dutch women who were pregnant during the “Hunger Winter” of 1944, for example, suffer much… Read More
Stress Fractures & Royal Marine Recruits
Research Paper Title Displaced Femoral Neck Stress Fractures in Royal Marine Recruits – Management and Results of Operative Treatment. Background Femoral neck stress fractures (FNSF) represent 3.5%-8% of stress fractures in military recruits; potentially resulting in medical discharge and/or complications. The incidence of displaced FNSF in the British Army has been reported as 1.8 in… Read More
