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 …
Vaccination
‘ASIA’, adjuvants and the ongoing vaccine debate
A new storm of vaccine outrage was unleashed before Christmas with the publication, and then withdrawal, of a study in Frontiers of Health which appeared to show a significant association between vaccination and NDDs (Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity …
The frustrations of being first – peanut allergy and histamine
The late Dr Abram Hoffer*, who started successfully treating schizophrenic patients with large doses of niacin (Vitamin B3) in the 1950s, always said that it took 50 years for the medical profession to take a new treatment seriously. And we were, indeed, into the 21st century …
Research – benefits and frustrations
I have only just realised, belatedly, that you are able to subscribe for email updates on specific research threads in our huge research and news forums. (For any of you who are not aware of them, these are John Scott's weekly, and sometimes daily, updates on new research and …
Dodgy research – we knew it!
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 …