It is, of course, an excellent thing to raises awareness about breast cancer but while early diagnosis is vitally important, just as important, although not attracting so much attention, is helping those who have been diagnosed to get through their treatment in the healthiest and …
Conventional Medicine
Have You Read the Small Print in Your Mobile Phone Booklet?
A new campaigning group - Mobilewise – don't let it go to your head sent out an excellent press release a few days ago which took you straight to the warnings that both Blackberry and iPhone print in their 'information sheets', but in such small type that no one ever reads them. …
Food Intolerance – or ‘Just’ Anxiety?…
Predictably, Dr Guido Basilisco's assertion that the majority of those who think they are suffering from lactose intolerance are actually suffering 'altered somatization' (they do have the symptoms but they are not caused by the disease) has spawned the usual rash of the 'we keep …
Vaccination Contest?
Seen in Natural News a couple of days ago: A school in North Carolina is offering students the chance to win an IPod or a laptop if they complete their full round of vaccinations including the Meningococcal vaccine, the Tdap (tetanus/diptheria/pertussis) and the HPV (Human …
Conspicuous – or is it Ridiculous – Waste
I have just been to see my godmother, aged 101, who now lives in a very good care home. She is bedridden, has a memory span of about 10 seconds and although a newspaper is delivered to her each day, she has not meaningfully read it for at least three years. She is also totally …