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Courses on Horses II
There are a number of lessons for Christians to learn from the horsemeat scandal - aside from a national epidemic of equine-themed puns.It could hardly have come as a surprise when Environment Secretary Owen Paterson suggested that the presence of horse DNA in beef products could be due to an 'international...
Guy Brandon Posted: 12 February 2013 1 comment
Keywords: Finance & the Economy, Health,
Long Commutes Drive Couples Apart
The ONS yesterday reported that people with long commutes to work tend to earn more than those who have short commutes: Median hourly earnings by travel time, London and Rest of UK, October-December 2009 What they did not also highlight was the impact that long commutes have on personal relationships.
John Hayward Posted: 3 June 2011 No comments
Keywords: Finance & the Economy, Health, Lifestyle Issues, Sex & Families,
Belief in Doctors?
Dr Richard Scott is appealling against a formal warning from the General Medical Council for suggesting a patient could find solace in Jesus, following a complaint made by the patient's mother. The GMC's guidance is clear that doctors should not normally discuss their personal beliefs with patients 'unless...
John Hayward Posted: 23 May 2011 3 comments
Keywords: Christianity & Religion, Health, Science & Technology,
The Key to NHS Reform
Andrew Lansley has apologised repeatedly to nurses who yesterday voted in favour of a motion of no confidence in the health secretary's handling of the NHS reforms and are angry about the way the government is running its new consultation. Under the reforms, GPs are to be given control of much of the...
John Hayward Posted: 14 April 2011 No comments
Keywords: Government & Foreign Affairs, Health,
The Joy of Teen Sex: The Facts
For the last four weeks, Channel 4 has been broadcasting its latest supposedly educational series on sex. Each of the four episodes began with the claim that the average teenager has had three sexual partners by the time they reach 16. The real facts about teen sex include: Less than one-in-three men...
John Hayward Posted: 11 February 2011 No comments
Keywords: Health, Lifestyle Issues, Sex & Families,
Unreality Abortion Show: Vote Now?!
It seems like a sick joke, but a US couple, Pete and Alisha Arnold, are letting the public vote on whether or not they should keep their baby, currently nicknamed Wiggles and shown in the ultrasound here at 16 weeks. Perhaps it is just the logical next step in the recent development of voyeaurism, reality...
John Hayward Posted: 19 November 2010 1 comment
Keywords: Health, Lifestyle Issues, Science & Technology, Sex & Families, Worldviews & Culture,
Locked-in Syndrome ... Between Life & Death?
I went to the wedding of two friends on Saturday who, like millions of couples before them, took vows to love and serve each other 'for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death parts us or Christ comes again.' Most people don't have the bit about 'until Christ comes...
John Hayward Posted: 20 July 2010 No comments
Keywords: Crime & Justice, Health, Worldviews & Culture,
Radical NHS Overhaul
The NHS in England is to undergo a major restructuring in one of the biggest shake-ups in its history. GPs will form new consortia and assume responsibility for spending much of the NHS budget, hospitals are to be encouraged to move outside the NHS to become a 'vibrant' industry of social enterprises,...
John Hayward Posted: 13 July 2010 No comments
Keywords: Health,
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Our Cambridge Paper 'Engaging with cinema' argued that 'At their best, films are works of art that provoke ethical reflection and provide a vital point of contact between believers and unbelievers.' So, how could I turn down an invitation to take part in an online radio discussion about the latest vampire...
John Hayward Posted: 7 July 2010 1 comment
Keywords: Health, Sex & Families, Worldviews & Culture,
Hippocratic Physicians
Despite being cleared of murdering three patients five years ago, Dr Howard Martin has told the Daily Telegraph he twice 'helped people die' without their permission and administered excessive morphine doses to a total of eighteen dying patients, supposedly out of 'Christian compassion'. He was rightly...
John Hayward Posted: 19 June 2010 No comments
Keywords: Crime & Justice, Health,
David W. Cooney on 19 Feb 2013
Sadly, unbridled capitalism has set it up so that people can pursue unfettered consumerism with little...
Jonni on 5 Nov 2011
This ?free sahrnig? of information seems too good to be true. Like communism.
LOGAN32Raquel on 1 Aug 2011
Houses are not very cheap and not everyone is able to buy it. Nevertheless, loan was created to aid people...