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sounds good fitter. it's usually an overuse injury so rest with some anti-inflammatories is a good idea. not much evidence around for other treatments except that of above but it's worth getting some physiotherapy advice to see if there are any exercises that you can do to reduce the...

10 years with pain from tennis elbow seems a long time to me. What treatments have you tried and who have you seen already? Usually treatment consists of simple anti inflammatory pain killers but the key is not returning to work in the honeymoon period after the drugs take effect. If your...

On the issue of copyright being a good thing, wasn't the reason that microsoft did so well was that IBM when they started out making PCs, let other people clone them and therefore they became the dominant computer in the workplace even though Apple had the better system. Surely letting people...

I agree she talks a lot or cr**. Stick with what the dentist told you who's seen a hell of a lot more tongues than she has. That tongue diagnosis business is straight out of the old chinese alternative medicine handbook and definately doesn't stand up to scientific proof. As for fermentation...

Do you remember The Prisoner with Patrick Mcgoohan?

actually I think it's healthier (in that you live longer) if you drink a small amount of alcohol. It lowers your risk of coronary heart disease. Obviously increases your risk of liver damage but on balance all other things being equal those that drink a little probably live longer than those...

Never watched Once were warriors then. The Maoris claim that the English stole their land and the English claim that they were too lazy to keep hold of it. Similar to Aborigines in Australia. There's a lot of tension or at least there was when I was last there about 5/6 yrs ago.

I seem to recall an advert that said that McDonalds now use real chicken in their chicken nuggets.......I wonder what they were using before??? I don't mind too much that they expect humans to eat this stuff (at least we have a choice) but what annoys me is that until not so long ago they...

butter...lard ....is there a difference. Must ask that French lass!

The jury's still out on how much and when to drink your red wine. Interestingly the majority drink red wine whilst having a meal and perhaps this influencing absorption of fatty acids etc. Current evidence suggest 1 to 2 glasses of red wine a day as being optimal. (not sure about British ones...

Sorry Adam, didn't see the program. But it's true that the dilutions involved would lead to not one single molecule of the substance being in solution (but surely at a quantum level you wouldn't know which solution had that one molecule, would you?- perhaps that's another topic). From the...

white wine has less phenols than red wine (40mg versus 200mg per glass). there are a number of studies that looked at the effect of wine phenols and it appears that they are protective against a number of disease processes including coronary heart disease. Interestingly alcohol in mild doses...

anyone into homeopathy? The premise being that the more dilute a homeopathic medicine is the more effective it is. Very little objective evidence on its' efficacy but millions swear by it!

So let me get this right: I'm supposed to be using lard (left from that Last Tango in Paris, perhaps?) mixed with vinegar (from last nights chips) on my windscreen when it's not raining and it's hot enough to fry that egg..........and then windolene, blue alcohol screenwash and drive around...

now a little while ago, I thought I'd treat myself (ah the simple pleasures in life.....) to a new set of Bosch wiper blades. The thing is they've been squeaking loads and I'm not sure how to get them to stop :cry: . I've given them a few months so that they can bed down but still no good...

I believe you're supposed to have two breath tests when you are at the station. If they are both very high then you will automatically get charged. If they are above the legal limit but below a threshold then they can ask for a blood or urine test( I think you used to get the choice but not...

£40/hour sounds pretty reasonable in London. I live in a leafy London suburb and have been quoted from £40-100 an hour with a minimum hours charge for most plumbing work. Problem comes when you need to get someone out in a hurry and then they can charge whatever they want. Helps to get to...

It can be applied retrospectively, I believe.

Now I would have applauded some of their ingenuity (except perhaps the chap drilling and the one without his NBC suit)! This Health & Safety thing just gets in the way of human creativity!

ah yes.....it's the effect of all that oestrogen in the water :lol: