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Poisoning- An unwanted Christmas gift Poison! Sounds so dramatic, doesn’t it? Conjures up images of Agatha Christie murder mysteries, Cold War plots and perhaps Snow White with her apples if you have little girls of a certain age. Actually ‘poison’ is much more prosaic than that – especially when it comes to curious little children […]
5th December 2013
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I wake up each morning to an amazing view of the Jura from my bedroom window then drive to work with the impressive panorama of the Alps before me. Each day they are different – colour, light, haziness, contrast, snow – but what remains the same is their status as a playground for people of […]
11th November 2013
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“EXPAT KIDS FATTER THAN SWISS” – blog from Breda, our guest Dietitian and Public Health Nutritionist. How many of you may have read this alarming headline in the Swiss media recently? What were your immediate thoughts? Well it seems from the queries that I, as a British Trained Dietitian, have received, many of you have […]
18th October 2013
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So our kiddies have gone back to school – they’ll be home later carrying shiny new books, happy smiles, and stories of new friends and teachers. Sometimes they might come home with a few extra unwanted guests though – head lice! These are small, wingless, grey-brown insects that are about the same size as a […]
2nd September 2013
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Whether you are staying in beautiful Switzerland for your holidays this Summer or you are travelling to more exotic climes, it is important that you consider your health before you go and also that you are prepared to deliver some basic First Aid whilst you are away if needed. The Swiss website www.safetravel.ch has lots […]
18th July 2013
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.I knew nothing about these creatures before moving to Switzerland. The first I learnt about them was when a friend developed a skin rash because of them. What are marching caterpillars? Marching caterpillars are usually somewhere between 3 and 4 centimetres long and they’re covered with thousands and thousands of pointed hairs. There are two […]
10th May 2013
