As many of you will probably know, the natural health industry (makers of herbal, homeopathic, Ayurvedic and Chinese medicines, nutritional supplements etc) have been fighting a bruising and often unsuccessful battle with Brussels for some years over the the regulation of natural …
Conventional Medicine
Allergy versus intolerance – again…
Today's excellent coverage of 'freefrom food' – a fab, in depth investigation on Radio 4's Food Programme (you can 'listen again' or download a podcast here) and a short item on BBC 1's Breakfast this morning – were, on the whole, pretty balanced, but they have caused the usual …
Could ultrasound be lethal?
A typically excitable headline in Wednesday's Natural News daily posting read 'Bill Gates funds technology to destroy your sperm'... The story was based on a rather less apocolyptic report on January 30th on the BBC News Health pages about research originally started in the …
Taking a new look at allergy research
As those of you who get the FoodsMatter newsletter, or who regularly frequent the information sites, Foodsmatter.com and Coeliacsmatter.com, will know, every couple of weeks we upload between 10 and 20 reports of new research studies on allergy/intolerance and on the many other …
Dr Briffa on doctors’ strikes and dodgy research
I have the greatest admiration for those who are prepared to stick their necks out, and often to risk their careers, to 'whistle-blow' when they witness instances of malpractice. Not that I am suggesting for a moment that Dr Briffa is a whistle-blower as such – but he constantly …