Tag Archives: cancer

How does our Neanderthal ancestry affect what diseases we get?

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Elen Samuel

I have always been interested in anthropology, and especially the study of hunter/gatherers, particularly the first modern humans who first made their appearance in Africa during the Pleistocene 200,000 years ago, and then migrated out of Africa about 70,000 years … Continue reading →

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Statins – the Well are Worried yet again

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Elen Samuel

Are you over 60? Or younger but worried about your health? Then chances are you will be taking statins and/or aspirin. One in three people over 40 take statins, (up to seven million people in England), costing the NHS at … Continue reading →

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Offa’s dyke and the Line of Death

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Elen Samuel

Did you know that Offa’s Dyke is the “Line of Death”? In case you missed this bit of blatant party political rubbish from our Prime Minister, he said it in a speech in North Wales to local Conservative party members(1) … Continue reading →

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