Drs Martin Kulldorff (Harvard), Sunetra Gupta (Oxford) and Jay Bhattacharya (Stanford) From October 1-4 the American Institute for Economic Research hosted a meeting of top epidemiologists, economists, and journalists. Their purpose was discuss the global emergency and the …
Conventional Medicine
Stop Denying Patients Access to Medical Cannabis on the NHS
Many people will remember that eighteen months ago and after a positively heroic fight, backed by neurologist Professor Mike Barnes, Hannah Deacon won her campaign to legalise the use of medical cannabis to treat a certain number of limited conditions, including her son Alfie's …
You, Me and Food Allergies
Just over a year ago Emma Amoscato published her excellent Living with Food Allergies – a blueprint for getting families with allergic children through their first few scary years. (See here for my review.) But her idea had always been to follow it with a companion book for the …
Ecological Medicine
Sarah Myhill is not everyone's idea of an average GP. Indeed so far was she from the GMC (General Medical Council)'s idea of an average GP that they tried to 'de-frock' her no less than 12 times. Only to have their attempts foiled by their own lawyers who pointed out that 'all …
Collateral damage of COVID-19
There was much talk on this morning's news about exit strategies and when the lockdown might at least be eased – especially in view of the fact that Spain and Italy, two of countries worst affected by COVID-19, are looking to at least ease theirs. But many people wonder whether, …