The sun refuses to shine. The skies are bleak. The grey clouds empty rain onto the drowning populace below. Wintertime brings days that evoke the clichéd metaphors of a teenage break-up poem. If you’re anything like me*, during the colder months life becomes flat and uninspiring, and motivation hides somewhere amongst the summer clothes. It’s…
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Chances are you’ll be prescribed antibiotics at some point in your life. For an ear infection as a child; for acne as a teen; for tonsillitis or bronchitis (or any other kind of –itis) during one of these dreary winters. You probably know people who swear they’ll never take antibiotics, and others who start popping…
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I never, ever get sick. My poor boyfriend has been sniffling and coughing for weeks, my whole family seem to be afflicted with head colds every time I visit for dinner (my Mum’s cooking is totally worth risking contracting an illness for) and yet I have managed to remain robustly healthy and rosy-cheeked all winter:…
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