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 …
British Society for Ecological Medicine
Jamie’s sugar tax – no way……..
Did anyone see Jamie's Sugar Rush on Channel 4 a few weeks ago? Jamie Oliver's new campaign to tackle childhood obesity by reducing sugar intake through a sugar tax on soft drinks. It was an excellent programme and showed, among many other things, how successful a sugar tax on …
In favour of fever
Our Christmas celebrations were slightly marred by one of our number coming down with a nasty bug – probably Norovirus or the 'winter vomiting bug' – that causes vomiting, diarrhoea, a temperature, headaches and stomach cramps. For everyone's information it normally goes away …
Dr Briffa on ‘flu vaccines and conflicts of interest
While on the subject of medical newsletters - you can see that this is a Sunday clear-out of my email in-box. Two posts from Dr John Briffa (another oasis of good sense in a sometimes non-sensical medical world). The 'flu vaccine. He had noted, as have I, the 'roll up, roll up …
The SAD Season is Here
I was reminded by a very helpful post on Micki Rose's blog yesterday that the SAD season is upon us again. Do have a read. For those who are not acquainted with SAD, although the fallout from the condition is indeed 'sad', SAD actually stands for Seasonally Affected Disorder – …