(Picture doesn't come with article - I just liked it)
"Woolly hats and turning up heating 'could save lives' in winter" says a headline. Traching granny to suck eggs again? Yes, but this goes along with a warning that more people die in countries with warmer winters simply because they allow themselves to get too cold.
"The winter death rate of Athens is far higher than that of Finland. . . . It also occurs in the UK. Scotland has proportionately fewer winter deaths than other parts of the UK. Wales and Northern Ireland have fewer than England.
"Dr Catherine Calderwood, chief medical officer for Scotland, said: "We know that there are more deaths in winter in all countries but what's a very interesting paradox is that if you live in a country that is warm for the rest of the year there are more deaths in winter in those countries, even at higher temperatures."
"We think that this is because people don't insulate their homes as well in warmer countries and also that they don't take other precautions when they are going outside, so they are not wearing the right clothes, hats and gloves, so they are much more exposed to those colder temperatures."
Speaking about the differences between Scotland and England, Dr Calderwood said: "We think we are just better at looking after ourselves in the colder weather."
Get knitting!
; no doubt he will be on the sick list next..... And our postman is still wearing shorts 
- he looked ordinary enough - well dressed, not muttering to himself or inebriated. Very odd!
