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Natural medicines

What to believe – applying critical thought

23/10/2023 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

For the average citizen evaluating the claims made for cure all - or even improve all - health products and procedures has always been difficult. Not only is it an area in which we have minimal expertise but most of us have a vested interest in finding a miracle intervention that …

Category: Alternative/Complementary Health, Conventional Medicine, Natural medicines, Prescription DrugsTag: Critical approach to medical evidence, Dr. Marcia Angell, Erik Peper PhD BCB, Evaluating medical evidence, Evaluating research reports, Institute for Holistic Health Studies at San Francisco State University, New England Journal of medicine, Placebo interactions, Richard Harvey PhD, Richard Horton The Lancet, Thalidomide, Townsend Letter

Can words heal?

30/08/2023 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  1 Comment

Sticks and stones may break our bones but words can never hurt us. But is that true? Or, if words cannot literally hurt us, can they either help or hinder us in healing ourselves? This question was raised by a recent article in the Townsend Letter, an e-newsletter for doctors …

Category: Alternative/Complementary Health, Behavioural conditions / autism, Natural medicinesTag: Aimé Mullins, Aimée Mullins prosthetic legs, Chronic illness, Chronic pain, Dr Erik Peper, fibular hemimelia, Micki Rose, Micki Rose Pure Health Clinic, nocebo effect, positive feedback loop of smiling, TED talks, Townsend Letter, Townsend Letter Complementary health

Cough medicines that include Pholcodine can cause anaphylaxis

24/03/2023 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

I was reminded last week by an excellent post on Ruth Holroyd's What Allergy? blog of the Pholcodine issue which, 25 years after it was first discussed, has still not been resolved in the UK. Pholcodine is a drug that is to be found in a wide range of cough medicines. …

Category: Conventional Medicine, Natural medicines, Prescription DrugsTag: AllergiesExplained.com, Dr Harry Morrow Brown, Pholcodien adn muscle relaxant drugs, pholcodine, Pholcodine and anaphylaxis, Professor Florvaag pholcodine, Professor Johansson pholcodine, Ruth at What Allergy?, Ruth Holroyd, What allergy?

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