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Social Events Autumn 2010

Posted by g.smith in News on October 9th, 2010

Christmas Dinner

Will be held at the Channel View Hotel, Hope Road, Shanklin, Isle of Wight.

This will take place on Friday 17th December 2010. All menu options must be given to Kim Christianson before 23rd November. Any specific dieatary needs please contact Kim on 404082.

Please note the printing error in last Ticker Tape. The venue is not the Solent View Hotel and one of the starters is Soup not Soap.

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Chairmans Sponsored Cycle Ride

Posted by g.smith in News on August 24th, 2010

Gary Smith has completed his cycle ride twice around the Isle of Wight. Cycling 118.2 miles twice around the Isle of Wight. Total time taken 10 hours and 13 minutes. With back up and support he finished at 17:43 exchausted in East Cowes.

Total Money raised so far is £1,920 with more to come.

Below is the original Press Release.

The Chairman of the Isle of Wight Heart Care Club has promised to do a Sponsored Cycle Ride on September 12th 2010.

Gary Smith (The Chairman) has called the ride “There and Back again” or Esat Cowes To West Cowes to see how far it is. Gary will set off from East Cowes chain ferry at 07.30 and will cycle around the Island to the West Cowes chain ferry terminal. Then turn around and repat the ride in the opposite direction.

You can sponsor Gary by sending any cheques to the Treasurer Colin Tinson or signing up at any of the many Cardiac Rehab classes each week. Gary hopes to raise over £1,000.

Another way to support the ride is to guess how long the whole ride will take and how many miles Gary will cover on the day. Entries cost £1.00 ago and there will be a prize for the person who gets closest.

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Statins and Diabetes

Posted by g.smith in Medical, News, Research on March 16th, 2010

Statins ‘raise your chance of diabetes’… but the benefits still outweigh risks, say doctors.

Patients taking statins face an increased risk of developing diabetes, warn researchers.

The first review into a suspected link with cholesterol-lowering drugs shows a nine per cent rise in the chance of acquiring one form of the disease.

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The cult of omega-3 explained

Posted by g.smith in News on March 3rd, 2010

Hardly a week goes by without a new health claim being made of eating oily fish. But is it really as magical as we are told?

If there were a top 40 of good foods, a chart rundown of the right things to eat, then anything containing omega-3 fatty acids would have been number one for years. They even have their own international awareness day, which takes place this Wednesday.

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