The publication today, of a new study claiming to have found a genetic cause for ADHD has prompted a rash of 'Don't blame bad parenting for ADHD – it's all in the genes' headlines – and a torrent of criticism from other ADHD experts and medical journalists - see BBC medical …
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Medicinal herbs could disappear in the EU – unless we all protest NOW
Back in March 2004 the European Directive on Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products (THMPD) was enacted laying down rules and regulations for the use of herbal products that had previously been freely traded. After massive lobbying by the pharmaceutical industry, the directive …
What help is really available?
Although we at Foodsmatter are neither doctors nor a support group, we do, inevitably get asked for help, especially by those who are battling with newly diagnosed allergies. While we would never give any medical advice we do usually try to make a few useful suggestions in terms …
Words designed to illuminate, disgust – or confuse?
Several weeks ago I was reading a food trade journal which was describing the development of new chemicals which would alter foods in order to boost the production of saliva, making things taste juicier or more refreshing, and improve the pleasurable sensation of melting fats. …
Governments Struggle to Convince
Health authorities in the west may fulminate about the public's scepticism about their pronouncements (the MMR vaccination saga, for example) but they could take comfort from the fact that the Chinese government is having an even worse time. An article in the Boston Globe last …