Tag Archives: “Pills”

Cox’s Orange Pipin.

Posted on November 26, 2025 by john graham

There is a natural alternative to the dramatic growth in the use of pills💊 It could save the NHS a fortune and there are lots growing in my back garden. The old saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor … Continue reading →

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Pill Epidemic 💊💊💊

Posted on November 23, 2025 by john graham

This is my 28th post on pills. The older you get, it seems the timetable of you life becomes dominated by them. Pills for breakfast 💊💊 pills for lunch 💊💊💊 pills for tea 💊💊and at least one or more before … Continue reading →

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LLLP — Smiling Health.

Posted on March 16, 2025 by john graham

The sixth step in the Last Laugh Looney Party Smile Plan is to deal with the issue everybody moans about — NHS services and GP appointments. It has got a lot worse since Covid with longer and longer hospital waiting … Continue reading →

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Under Pressure ?

Posted on March 31, 2019 by john graham

The Government is under pressure at the moment and so it seems are a very large number of the population.   Blood pressure that is.    On Friday 8th March,  The Times, published two articles about the subject.     … Continue reading →

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Depressed Birds

Posted on November 11, 2018 by john graham

Just a week ago I was writing about too many older people being prescribed anti-depressants to combat loneliness.  (See “Quick Fix Depression” by clicking on Pills in the TAG CLOUD). GP’s don’t change their habits easily, so I don’t expect … Continue reading →

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Quick Fix Depression

Posted on November 4, 2018 by john graham

20% OF OLDER PEOPLE ARE TAKING ANTI-DEPRESSANTS! The number is rising every year.   Have they become the new ‘go-away pill’ of the year.  In the quick-fix, cure-all, out-of-sight, out-of-mind GP service and the bed-blocked, older-people-are-a-constant-nuisance NHS. A double page … Continue reading →

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Dementia Repeats Itself

Posted on October 28, 2018 by john graham

Sufferers of dementia are renowned for their forgetfulness and recognised by their tendency to repeat the same questions over and over.     I first came across this when I opened a nursing home called Newfield House in Coventry in … Continue reading →

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Social Prescribing

Posted on October 7, 2018 by john graham

We have got a new Health Secretary, Matthew Hancock and he is full of new ideas.   Well they are old ideas really.    SOCIAL PRESCRIBING, remember these two new buzzwords, they are about to revolutionise care of older people … Continue reading →

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Sugar Confusion ?

Posted on September 30, 2018 by john graham

Don’t go to Chicago if you have got a sweet tooth.  The American Alzheimer’s Association has just declared that consuming two and a half teaspoons of added sugar a day raises the risk of you developing Dementia by 54% ! … Continue reading →

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Doctors in two minds ?

Posted on February 25, 2018 by john graham

Doctors are in a dilemma.      Anti-Depressant pills …….. or social clubs ?    What to prescribe for loneliness?     Conflicting advice has emerged just in the last two days. Listen to researchers from Oxford University and doctors should … Continue reading →

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