Category Archives: Health

Covid-19 – Oxygen Saturation Test

There has been a great deal of interest in the media concerning the various different tests for the virus which until recently have only been available for those ill enough to be in hospital, and now for NHS staff. There is now a simple blood prick test to see whether you may have developed antibodies or not to the Coronavirus. Although this test may have a use, it is still under development and may not as yet be 100% reliable. It would therefore be preferable to wait for a full viral antibody profile which will be available in due course and would be done with a proper blood test sample and sent to the laboratory as normal.

The one piece of kit that might be useful is an Oxygen Saturation Meter, which is very useful in determining the overall function of the heart and lungs.

Parental alcoholism and its effect on young children

I want this new Blog section to form the starting point of a new social network which will hopefully be of interest to young children and young adults who have had to suffer throughout their childhood and their formative years from the ill effects of the addiction to alcohol and drugs which has been inflicted upon them by their parents and other adult mentors. This should form the basis of my approach to NACOA in Bristol which I hope will achieve a nationwide cooperative effort which will help to deal with this problem.

I am especially interested in promoting interest and research in this matter on the Island of Madeira. Alcoholism and alcohol abuse in other parts of Southern Europe such as the Costa Del Sol as well as the beach resorts around the Black Sea where it is well-known that young tourists over-indulge in the consumption of alcoholic beverages would also be of interest to anyone who is prepared to take an intelligent and constructive interest in our new social network.

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