Back to school? Back to work? Taking a trip? What should you consider when buying a new bag? Be honest, do you know how much your bag weighs? A recent survey of over 1000 women by 'Aspinal of London' found that on average they carried bags that weighed over 3kgs around with them, on a day to day basis! It is more common now for people to be carrying around laptops and tablets between home and work and for children to be carrying more heavy school books and kit to and [...]
Recent News Review – ‘Millions of people in England taking medicines they can find hard to stop’ The Guardian, September 10th 2019 Did you see the latest article in The Guardian discussing the increase in number of UK patients taking longterm medications for chronic conditions? Whilst part of the article focused on the use of antidepressants and sleeping aids, the section that really caught our attention was the number of people using opioid painkillers for their back and joint pain. More worrying, say the experts, are the half a million people who have [...]