Anyone who heard to this morning's Today programme on the $3 billion fine imposed on GlaxoSmithKline for manipulating the results of trials to hype up the success rate of their drugs and conceal dodgy side effects, may not be particularly surprised - but may be somewhat …
Politics
Gluten-free food – on prescription – or just cheaper?
On the basis that no publicity is bad publicity, last night's Newsnight feature certainly raised the profile of coeliac disease and gluten free food and, in the 'value for money' area, the NHS came out a lot worse than the gluten-free food manufacturers. None the less, a very …
Judging the 2012 FreeFrom Food Awards – fascinating and rewarding
Kate Hawkings (food writer) and Louise Marchionne (allergy therapist) 'working on' category 12 – scones, sweet tarts, sweet biscuits, cookies etc. Like last year’s, this year’s judging for the FreeFrom Food Awards was a thoroughly enjoyable, if somewhat exhausting, experience! …
Mobile phones a vital lifeline – but can they be safer?
Despite the reams of research and comment that I have read, written and posted on our website about the possible health hazards of mobile telephony, along with most of those who worry about what man-made magnetic radiation is doing to human health, I recognise that mobile phones …
Aspartame and Gulf War Syndrome….
I have never been that keen on Aspartame (well, on any artificial sweeteners really – what wrong with natural fruit sugars if you need a sweetener?) but I had not thought of it as a cause of Gulf War Syndrome... Natural News is, this morning, trumpeting the evils of all …