Paracetamol- a secret killer?

Do we take too many painkillers? Foto: Diana Madej

You wake up in the morning and go to the bathroom. On your way you realize that you got a mild pain in your head. You stop for a second and feel that the pain is getting stronger and is coming from behind your eyes. You reach the bathroom, open a cupboard and take out the strongest painkiller you got. And that solves the problem. Or at least you would think so.

Most of us do this same ritual far more often than we care to admit. But can an excessive use of painkillers become an addiction? Recent surveys shows that while trying to treat a headache we can actually cause it by overdosing analgesics.

The soothing cream on your soul

Sunday jazz night at Seven Stars

Most of my Sundays look very similar. I usually spend the whole weekend working so I really appreciate when at the end of it I can just sit down and relax. And my Sunday relax means going to Seven Stars and listen to the soothing tones of jazz music.

Roadworks on King's Rd might cause disruptions

Roadworks started this Wednesday on King's Road, it might affect drivers.
According to The Argus associations and businesses are not happy.

True feminism

Feminism has many different faces. People encounter it even without realizing it. It is there in times we would never think about the word feminism and yet the definition would apply.

The way I see it feminism has always been defined differently by different groups. I think that many misunderstand the true meaning of it, and what is more, many practice feminism incorrectly. To be a feminist doesn't mean to hate men or trying to be better than him, or wanting to get more recognition than they do. No. To be a feminist means to want to be an equal. Equality in every sense, and it doesn't matter if we compare men and women, or African American and Caucasian, or a Muslim and a Jew.

Hot hot hot!

Temperature records, heat warnings on the BBC, tweets where every other word is 'hot', sunburn people walking in the crowded town, and some more people complaining about the weather....
That is what happens if the UK reaches 26 degrees Celsius.

Cardiac events and other related misfortunes

When I first came to this city, I had many dreams. I believed I can conquer the world, and if not the world, this country, and if not this country, at least this city. I had hopes and believed that everything is possible. Then I was up and down, then my life stagnated, and again up and down. Felt lost and lonely at times, and then enjoyed the company of many friends, and clubs, and drinks.
In the end I realized that there is nothing more left for me in the city, that the lucky star is just not shining upon me anymore. I felt very betrayed by my own childish hopes and foolish dreams. And then the light lit in the end of the tunnel. Each day becoming brighter, each day promising a better life.

Hangover without anyone hangover

Hangover part III


I loved the first Hangover. The second one felt a bit like 'let's-do-this-just-for-the-sake-of-it', and the third one was good. It was Hangover after all, so it was as good as it can get. Allan (Zach Galifianakis) again nailed all the funny lines and Bradley Cooper looked hot as always.