Overload time!

It's that time of year again; we're being bombarded with information about research around cancer, hectored by the medical profession and government about how our unhealthy lifestyles will definitely lead to cancer and we can be sure it's our own fault... Overload point is close. I find I simply shut down and refuse to pay any attention any more. I suspect that isn't the intention of those whose stream of information/threats/pleading surrounds us, but, hey, one of the best ways to get people to do something is to tell them not to do so - remember Bluebeard's wife, 'Whatever you do, don't go into that room...'

It's a hard line to walk - too much information and you risk losing your audience, too little and they won't listen. But constant badgering and scolding really doesn't work.

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