Regular readers of this blog will know that while recognising the tremendous benefits that scientific research has conferred on medicine, I, among many others, am often somewhat sceptical about much of what is offered up to us (and gains wide acceptance) as 'peer reviewed' gospel …
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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 …