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Alternative/Complementary Health

What to believe – applying critical thought

23/10/2023 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

For the average citizen evaluating the claims made for cure all - or even improve all - health products and procedures has always been difficult. Not only is it an area in which we have minimal expertise but most of us have a vested interest in finding a miracle intervention that …

Category: Alternative/Complementary Health, Conventional Medicine, Natural medicines, Prescription DrugsTag: Critical approach to medical evidence, Dr. Marcia Angell, Erik Peper PhD BCB, Evaluating medical evidence, Evaluating research reports, Institute for Holistic Health Studies at San Francisco State University, New England Journal of medicine, Placebo interactions, Richard Harvey PhD, Richard Horton The Lancet, Thalidomide, Townsend Letter

Can words heal?

30/08/2023 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  1 Comment

Sticks and stones may break our bones but words can never hurt us. But is that true? Or, if words cannot literally hurt us, can they either help or hinder us in healing ourselves? This question was raised by a recent article in the Townsend Letter, an e-newsletter for doctors …

Category: Alternative/Complementary Health, Behavioural conditions / autism, Natural medicinesTag: Aimé Mullins, Aimée Mullins prosthetic legs, Chronic illness, Chronic pain, Dr Erik Peper, fibular hemimelia, Micki Rose, Micki Rose Pure Health Clinic, nocebo effect, positive feedback loop of smiling, TED talks, Townsend Letter, Townsend Letter Complementary health

Heavy Metal and chemical toxicity

02/08/2023 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

Are you worried about the amount of metal and the number of chemicals that we come into contact with on a daily, indeed hourly, basis? Not all of them (at a rough estimate there are over 150,000 chemicals in constant circulation) are bad. Indeed, many are crucial to our daily …

Category: Alternative/Complementary Health, Behavioural conditions / autism, Chemicals, Environmental Issues, ME/CFS, Mental HealthTag: chemical toxicity, heavy metal toxicity, Joanna Malaczynski, Kristin Homme, Mercury: the Quintissential Anti-Nutrient, Sara Russell, Silent Spring Rachel Carson, Silent Winter: Our Chemical World and Chronic Illness, Townsend Letter

Transforming Primary Healthcare

01/04/2023 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  3 Comments

There is no doubt that responsible GPs are worried about the state of the NHS, primary care, secondary care, the relentless growth in patients with autoimmune and mental health conditions, and, and, and..... And that many of them are fronting or taking part in initiatives, often …

Category: Alternative/Complementary Health, Big Business, Conventional Medicine, Environmental Issues, Prescription DrugsTag: 200-300 million prescribed drugs are wasted each year, Beyond Pills Campaign, Bromley by Bow Centre, community health hubs in Cornwall, Daily patient lists for working GPs reach 30 to 40., Dngers of Sodium Valproate for pregnant mothers, Dr Henrietta Hughes Patient Safety Commissioner, Dr Laura Marshall Andrews, Gay Palmer Social prescriber, Guild health Writers, Kevin Feaviour community psychologist, Pelvic mesh scandal, Professor Tony Avery National Director for Clinical Prescribing, Sodium valproate can harm unborn children, Visits to GPs have increased from 2 per year in 2000 to 10 per year in 2020

The perils of electro complacency

23/02/2023 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  6 Comments

Very long term readers of this blog will remember that over ten years ago I went through a few years when I was quite seriously electro sensitive. In other words I reacted badly to electromagnetic radiation - the lifeblood of our phones, our computers and our on line …

Category: Alternative/Complementary Health, Electrosensitivity, Environmental IssuesTag: dental implants and electrosensitivity, Dr Devra Davies, Electric Malady, Electric Malady Conic films, Electrosensitivity, electrosensitivity and titanium, Electrosensitivity recognised as handicap in Toulouse, Environmental Health Trust, ES-UK, Faraday cage to protect against electromagnetic rays, forgetfulness a sign of electrosensitivity, Oxygen and electrosensitivity, Phire electrosensitivity, tinnitus a symptom of electrosensitivity, titanium in laptop casings, Wifi affects those with electrosensitivity

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