Thanks to an article by the wonderful Joanna Blythman in a recent Guardian, I have just discovered about this brilliant initiative. Built up over the last five years by Somerset farmer, Neil Darwent, Free Range Dairy has created a set of standards and a logo, Pasture Promise, …
‘ASIA’, adjuvants and the ongoing vaccine debate
A new storm of vaccine outrage was unleashed before Christmas with the publication, and then withdrawal, of a study in Frontiers of Health which appeared to show a significant association between vaccination and NDDs (Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity …
The Internet of Things – the implications – and the WHO…
Gadgets are, sadly, totally wasted on me, so I am not remotely excited by the prospect of my Nespresso machine or my clothes dryer talking either to me or to each other. I am even less excited about my energy company installing a Smart Meter in my house which not only bathes me …
The anxiety epidemic
It's not every week that you get to sit behind Prince William and his good lady and listen to him talk about his latest project but, thanks to my good friend Sarah Stacey and the Guild of Health Writers, that's what I got to do last week. The occasion was the Guild's seminar on …
Tibetan help for cold hands and feet
You might think that if you have survived the last few days of dank, Arctic-ally freezing weather you knew all about cold hands and feet – but what if you had to suffer cold hands and feet throughout the year? That's what happens if you have Raynaud's, a condition in which the …