Life in the Living Museum
The price of headache pills in Italy is nothing short of extortionate. A packet of 20 Aspirina 500mg aspirin based headache tablets can cost you as much as €4.50 in Italy's pharmacies (€3.85 with a discount). In the United Kingdom, you can buy a packet of 16 500mg paracetamol tablets for 39 … [Read more...]
Well, we're not sure if it's really the dreaded swine flue H1N1 virus, but my other half thinks it could well be. Whatever it is, this distinctly flu-like illness, has laid all three of us low.This is why not much has been happening on Blog from Italy recently. The flu assault started on … [Read more...]
At least 1,200 cases of mesothelioma occur every year in Italy. Up until the end of the 1980s, Italy's production of asbestos was second only to that of Russia. Asbestos was also used widely in Italy, until its use was banned in 1992.Italy was something of a late adopter when it came to … [Read more...]
Another Italian has, alas, probably fallen victim to the AH1N1 or swine flu virus. Unlike the previous death which had been caused perhaps indirectly by a swine flu infection, this time the female victim was apparently in a good state of health. UPDATE: See main post update for details of a third … [Read more...]
Swine flu is causing concern at a worldwide level. Big scary words such as 'pandemic' are being used to describe its effects, and the posts I've written on the subject have attracted quite a bit of interest too. But why all the fuss?That's a good question, and a doctor I spoke to today, … [Read more...]
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