Fluffy thinking?

But don’t despair the big guns of medical research are being turned on that great question of our time; why do we get fluff in our belly buttons? What is it made of? And why is it usually found in men.   According to a paper in the Journal Medical Read more

Down at heel research

A recent article got me thinking about the subject of that bane of many runners Achilles tendonitis and why there is so little good quality research into its causes and treatment.   There is a huge variety of treatments, including injections of all sorts of compounds into and around the tendon, Read more

An Easter jaunt in the Lakes

Just a brief note to see if anyone would like to join Jon Morgan and Greg Rimmer on an Easter jaunt to the Lakes, weather permitting. If the weather is kind, the intention is to trot round the Ullswater horseshoe (61Km), starting Sunday mid-morning from Pooley Bridge, breaking at the Read more