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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Watch out for ticks

If you happen to get a tick bite while you are out in the fields and woods..., keep a close eye that it doesn't end up like this. If you notice a red ring around the bite area please go and get it checked out with your doctor. This is...
Here's our email to the Journalist, sent at 10am on 26/6/18 "What we heard this morning was an uncritical promotion of the 'brave new world'. Debby was on for less than a minute, at 7.17. We won't even put it on the FB page as it is simple propaganda for the...
`Painfully funny. The pain and the funniness somehow add up to something entirely good, entirely noble and entirely loveable.' - Stephen Fry The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller and Humour Book of the Year Winner of the Books Are My Bag Book of the Year Winner of iBooks' Book of...
I'll keep this to the point. If individuals are frustrated in achieving their aims, the most likely response is aggression.  Such individuals are motivated to be aggressive towards whoever or whatever is standing in their way.  While frustration often leads to feelings of aggression. Symptoms include: Physical Reactions: Dry mouth Sweating Rapid...
We’ve all been to the doctor, right?  We know how it works; we know how to get an appointment and what to say when we go.  I’m always surprised at how little people do understand about how their doctor’s surgery really works, and how to get the best out...
Brenda Webster, 69, from Pimperne, is having “treatment after treatment to extend my life,” having beaten breast cancer 26 years ago, only for it to return. It’s been an up and down few years as different treatments were offered with varying side effects, but she’s been able to enjoy our...
This week is #DementiaActionWeek18 #DAW2018 I thought I would share my relationship with my mum who was stricken down by Dementia, almost 9 years ago. This post is called “Wake up Mum, why won’t you wake up?” It’s been almost 9 years since I first visited my mum and...
Dorset Mind are pleased to announce a new ambassador – Bournemouth Rugby Club’s linchpin forward Toby Keneally.  This timely announcement comes towards the end of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week, during which the charity has been working hard to reduce the stigma around mental health. Toby will complete a...
According to Nursing Notes patients will be allowed to see and be assessed by a GP but they won’t be handed a prescription and instead signposted to where to buy medicated products. People who receive free prescriptions, such as those on a low-income or pregnant, will not automatically be exempt from...
The discovery was made at around 6pm today, Thursday 10 May 2018, by specialist search teams below cliffs near to Thorncombe Beacon. Kevin, aged 43 and of Crewkerne in Somerset, was last seen on the morning of Tuesday 8 May 2018 when he left his home address. Chief Inspector Rob Chalkley,...