As many of you will know who have visited Lawn Road, I collect earrings, many of which flaunt themselves on a couple of lampshades in the drawing room. Knowing I collect them, friends seek out weird and wonderful creations to add to my collection in an attempt to upstage …
Oxygen – A Breath for life
Boosting oxygen levels to brain injured children can deliver dramatic improvements in their conditions. A Breath for Life is the only charity which provides hyperbaric oxygen treatment specifically for children at a price that is affordable. Yet they have to operate out of what …
Are insects worse than peanuts?…..
A few weeks ago I received an email from a clinical psychologist in Australia who had been reading Polly James' articles on the Foods Matter site about anxiety and anaphylaxis – Managing Anxiety following anaphylaxis and Helping children to face up to food allergy. She was …
The mass roll out of 5G offends against every article of the Nuremberg code
The Nuremberg Code of medical ethics was devised in the aftermath of the Doctors' Trial of 20 of the physicians who had conducted medical experiments on prisoners in Nazi concentration camps. The Doctors' Trial was part of the larger Nuremberg trials of 1946–7. Although it has …
Another week, another death, another inquest
Ten days ago the results of the inquest into the death of Owen Carey from eating chicken which had been marinated in buttermilk were all over the front pages – and totally right that they should have been. (Image from the PA from a family handout) Indeed the only tiny glimmer …