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Peer groups: Wiston autumn group – second morning

8th November 2008

Saturday - the group has now been running for 36 hours or so.  As I'd expected, I slept much better last night than on the first 'just-arrived' night of the group.  Getting up at around 7.00am, I still seemed to be the first person up and about - so it seems the group as a whole slept better!  Yesterday was so full.  To simply report the structure - I'd written, done some yoga exercises,...

Peer groups: Wiston autumn group – first morning

7th November 2008

Back in May I wrote about a peer Mixed Group I have been involved in for many years.  I explained how I'd been coming to this Mixed Group since 1991 and how the group had evolved and budded off both a Men's Group and Women's Group.  I talked about the origins and purpose of these...

Recent research: fish and n-3 fatty acids

6th November 2008

Fish, fish oils, and n-3 fatty acids are often in the health news.  Here are seven recent papers illustrating the breadth of fish oil relevance.  The papers look at treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, the potential of flax as a dietary source of n-3 fatty acids, effects on indicators of cardiovascular disease, potential protection against dementia, reduction in mortality, and importance in...