Regular readers of this blog will know that while recognising the tremendous benefits that scientific research has conferred on medicine, I, among many others, am often somewhat sceptical about much of what is offered up to us (and gains wide acceptance) as 'peer reviewed' gospel …
Conventional Medicine
The benefits of pre-conceptual care
Back in June last year I blogged about the scary statistic (quoted by Dr Marilyn Glanville in a presentation at a McCarrison Society conference) that at least 25% of couples trying to have a baby will have difficulty in conceiving. (Dr Glanville went on to outline pre-conceptual …
A virus that can wipe out cancer – but how to bring it into use?
Several weeks ago, in his weekly research roundup, John Scott sent me a link to an article in the Guardian about two Swedish researchers, Professor Magnus Essand and Dr Justyna Leja, who have developed a (safe) virus that can successfully target, and munch out of existence, …
Gluten-free food on prescription – again…
I realise that I am coming rather late to the most recent prescription charge furore – set off by the article in the BMJ's Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin suggesting that providing gluten-free food for coeliacs on prescription is bureaucratic, inefficient and outdated – see the …
Polyunsaturated fats, heart disease and the French paradox
Arguments - well, discussions, but there is enough Irish and Italian blood around here to call them arguments – break out in the Foodsmatter offices on a regular basis over the merits and demerits of complementary therapies (homeopathy, Traditional Chinese Medicine etc) versus …