Don't believe the doom-mongers - the sun is good news for our health!

test3@uticopa.com — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The minute summer arrives, everywhere we look the media tell us it's bad news. We should all stay out of the sun for fear of skin damage, food-poisoning, hay fever, eye damage...so the list goes on.

How refreshing, then, to hear that a leading professional - Professor Steve Field, Chairman of the Royal College of GPs - says that summer is a time when "health advantages far outweigh the disadvantages".

Hear, hear!

Furthermore, he continues [...]

Are our children becoming addicted to violent computer games?

editor@uticopa.com — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

We have always understood addiction to include such horrors as drug addiction, alcoholism, gambling, nicotine etc. However, in today's technological age, there's a new kid on the block: violent computer game addiction.

What exactly is computer addiction?

Computer addiction, or more broadly computer overuse, is excessive or compulsive use of computers that interferes with daily life. People can be addicted to computers and suffer withdrawal symptoms.

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Is bitterness a mental illness?

test3@uticopa.com — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Bitterness is a common occurrence, ranging in strength according to the reason for it. As two extremes, think of how the Jewish people viewed the Nazis during WW2, compared to a person today who harbours feelings against a bank who has refused him a home loan. At one end of the scale, a traumatic event can make a whole people angry, pessimistic, aggressive and hopeless. For most, though, it is a fleeting emotion, one that slips away as readily as any other as the hours progress and new though [...]

The memory lingers on

editor@uticopa.com — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

In all forms of dementia there is a loss of protein, effectively cutting off the vital connections of the brain. Yet, it can't be as simple as that. Vestiges of old memories seem to lie dormant with sufferers, as if waiting for that essential trigger to spring them back to the forefront of consciousness again.

It was with this in mind that a programme called Music for Life was started in 1993. It was set up to use music to find the person behind the dementia. From this ori [...]

Do those little things in life drive you crazy?

editor@uticopa.com — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

We all live our lives as if the secret purpose is to somehow get everything done. Well, no!

As soon as you've finished one ‘to do' list, another one will surely come along. The ‘in box' of our daily lives is meant to have tasks to do in it; it isn't supposed to be empty. The trick is to enjoy what you do, not be obsessive about getting everything completed. In reality, most things can wait.

So often when we're dealing with bad news, we get into ce [...]

What you eat affects your mental health

editor@uticopa.com — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100