I returned last night from the British Society of Ecological Medicine's excellent conference on vaccination and preventative medical interventions (of which nore anon) feeling rather smug that I had not, for almost as long as I could remember, made use of any of the drug based …
Alternative/Complementary Health
Children and Psychiatric Drugs
Still on the subject of excessive medical intervention, an article in this morning's Natural News by human rights investigator, Monica Young, on the over-medication of boys for behavioural problems make horrifying reading. She suggests that, in the US, what used to be seen as …
Moderation in all things – including worms…
I was alerted twice today to new research suggesting that as infection with intestinal worms, which has been endemic in the third world for millennia, declines, so the incidemce of allergic conditions such asthma and eczema increases – lending weight to the theory that a certain …
Geriatric exercise – and Seaweed
After yesterday's depressing story from Natural News on the number of children on prescription drugs, I was cheered this morning by a rather more upbeat report that the UK is at last following in Japanese footsteps and is installing 'senior playgrounds' in public parks! The …
Only 4 months to go till hundreds of traditional herbs become illegal in Europe
With the new year comes a new sense of desperation among campaigners working to amend the Traditional Herbal Medicine Products Directive which comes into force on 30th April this year and which will effectively illegalise hundreds of medicinal herbs used in food supplements and …