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Conventional Medicine

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

New distribution for Dr Joneja’s Histamine books

08/10/2023 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  2 Comments

Dr  Janice Joneja is recognised as a world expert on histamine intolerance - or, to be more accurate, histamine excess. Although intolerance to histamine does exist it is extremely rare. Most of the 1% of the world's population who are thought to experience histamine related …

Category: Conventional Medicine, Histamine intoleranceTag: Comprehensive Guide to Histamine intolerance, Dr Janice Joneja, Dr Janice Joneja Histamine Intolerance, Histamine in food, histamine in medications, histamine intolerance not a recognised medical condition, Histamine Intolerance the Cookbook, Histamine Intolerance: A Comprehensive Guide for Healthcare Professionals, HistamineIntolerance - The Essential Guide, low histamine recipes

Professor Michael Crawford on the Key Role played by nutrition in the Mental Health Crisis

26/07/2023 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  8 Comments

NB.  This webinar has been rescheduled for Thursday 17th August. In 1972 the then Dr Michael Crawford published evidence that the brain required arachidonic (ARA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) specifically, for its growth, structure and function. ARA derives from Omega 6 fatty …

Category: Allergies, Conventional Medicine, Food, Food/Health Policy, NutritionTag: arachidonic (ARA), cost of mental health crisis, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), FAB Research, FAB Research webinars, financial cost of mental health problems, imbalance in consumption of omega 3 to omega 6 fatty acids, mental health costs more than cancer and heart disease together, Omega 3 to Omega 6 ratio, Professor ichael Crawford and mental health, Professor Michael Crawford, Professor Michael Crawford and Omega 3

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

Cough medicines that include Pholcodine can cause anaphylaxis

24/03/2023 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

I was reminded last week by an excellent post on Ruth Holroyd's What Allergy? blog of the Pholcodine issue which, 25 years after it was first discussed, has still not been resolved in the UK. Pholcodine is a drug that is to be found in a wide range of cough medicines. …

Category: Conventional Medicine, Natural medicines, Prescription DrugsTag: AllergiesExplained.com, Dr Harry Morrow Brown, Pholcodien adn muscle relaxant drugs, pholcodine, Pholcodine and anaphylaxis, Professor Florvaag pholcodine, Professor Johansson pholcodine, Ruth at What Allergy?, Ruth Holroyd, What allergy?

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