A fascinating article in the New York Times ten days ago, pointed out to me by John Scott. Andrew Pollack investigates a rapidly growing industry turning excess breast milk into a high protein product to be fed to extremely premature babies, with the possibility of its uses …
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Microbiome of the skin…
I am not going to even start to explain what this post link is all about beyond telling you that it describes a revolutionary new 'bacterial therapy for the skin' in which, far from washing bacteria off your skin with soap and shower gel, you actually apply them to your skin …
Do clinical trials work?
I was delighted to read, last week, a lengthy article in the NY Times posing the question that has bothered me for years about the much lauded 'gold standard randomised, double blind placebo controlled trial'. When every individual is so different physiologically, genetically, …
Guess what! It’s not all in the mind…
'When are they ever going to figure out that things are never “all in your head?” Whenever something doesn’t fit in their tiny little understanding, they belittle the patient and tell them they are crazy. Prescribing SSRIs for everything is not the answer any more than a lobotomy …
Food allergy and bullying
Sadly, bullying has been endemic in schools as far back as Tom Brown's Schooldays and no doubt long before. Whether it is the colour of your skin or your hair (we redheads have had our fair share), the fact that you are too tall/too small/too fat/too thin, speak with a lisp or …