Clinicians should promote physical activity regularly to their patients rather than focus on dealing with their obesity, MPs have said. In a report from the Health Committee (Impact of Physical Activity & Diet on Health (Health Committee, 2015-03-25)), MPs said that far greater emphasis was needed on physical activity independent of issues such as obesity,… Read More
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Do you want to keep on-trend with the latest fashionable diet? Then look to the Red Lady of El Miron, who ate the Paleo diet almost 19,000 years ago. For her, it was no fad. The isotopes in her dental enamel, microscopic wear patterns on her teeth and the stuff embedded between them reveal that… Read More
If you’re getting bored with doing press-ups by yourself and want a bit of a closer group bond, then try the Buddy-Buddy press-up with your friends.
A recent case illustrated the pitfalls of dealing with a former employee who has previously brought a case against their employer, then applies for another role at the same organisation. In Das v Ayrshire and Arran Health Board, Das had been employed as a specialist doctor for nine years. during this time he made a… Read More
Examples of employees being reprimanded for ill-advised tweets are common, such as the Bristol stockbroker sacked for tweeting: “Think I just hit a cyclist. But I’m late for work so had to drive off lol.” But the assumption that personal tweets that do not mention the tweeter’s employer are ‘safe’ is wrong, says Andrew Brown… Read More
A recent tribunal has highlighted the importance of having a policy on ‘vaping’, or using e-cigarettes , at work. In Insley v Accent Catering, a school catering assistant claimed she was constructively dismissed. The headteacher of the school where she was working complained to its catering contractor that Ms Insley had been smoking in front… Read More
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