Cuba has always had a very individualistic– and on the whole very successful – approach to public and population health. The hard line socialist nature of their politics, especially in early days after the revolution, resulted in very high levels of education and medical care – …
COVID-19
Are COVID vaccines safe for those with allergies?
Allergy reactors are, understandably, worried as to whether they should accept a vaccination if and when it is offered. After consultation with the BSACI (British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology) the MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) have …
Is it time to subject Vitamin C to serious scientific scrutiny?
Ever since 1970 when the Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling claimed that gram dose vitamin C supplementation could prevent and alleviate the common cold, the argument has rumbled on – how effective can vitamin C supplementation be for respiratory infections both mild (such as the …
Share a meal
Yes, indeed – what a lovely thing to be able to do – and one that we have been deprived of for all too long. But, we don't have to be. Over lockdown my good friend Sarah Stacey, who lives in a tiny village in Dorset, started cooking meals for a poorly neighbour. Talking to …
Are you worried about the vaccine?……
The news that vaccines against COVID are not only on the way, but are here – and that they work – has been greeted with a massive collective sigh of relief. But while we are collectively delighted that there might be some light at the end of the COVID tunnel, that does not mean …