September 2008 - Posts

• ADHD overload

  Nobody has anything nice to say about NICE - so, being a contrarian, I will! As you may know, NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) determines the drugs that should be made available on the National Health Service based upon their effectiveness Read More... Posted 29 September 2008 12:42 by Bryan Hubbard | 12 Comments Filed under: ADHD, Ritalin, NICE

• You are your world

  One of the central messages of our site is that you have to take responsibility for your own health. There's no such thing as the free lunch when it comes to your health (and, if you happen to be a 'free lunch' believer, you probably also Read More... Posted 22 September 2008 11:00 by Bryan Hubbard | 6 Comments Filed under: obesity, Bruce Lipton, epigenetics

• This pill makes you rich

  Let's get down to the real nitty-gritty of what medicine is all about - money. As stock watchers amongst you may know, Big Pharma is being marked down by City (and Wall Street) slickers, who are putting up 'Sell' notes wherever they are seeing Read More... Posted 12 September 2008 21:20 by Bryan Hubbard | 9 Comments Filed under: drug companies, drugs, GSK, AstraZeneca

• Extra, extra! Get your free vitamin D!

  Vitamin D, essential for human health, is more a hormone than a vitamin, and you can indeed get it for free – as it is secreted by the body under the influence of sunlight. This activity involves the skin, the liver, and the kidneys, and about 36 Read More... Posted 04 September 2008 11:32 by Annemarie Colbin | 9 Comments

• Your right - even when you're wrong

  The struggle between the Sons of the Enlightenment and medical quackery - as they view any therapy that doesn't involve powerful pharmaceuticals - is getting more bitter by the day. In the past week, the University of Central Lancashire has closed Read More... Posted 01 September 2008 15:48 by Bryan Hubbard | 149 Comments Filed under: homeopathy. David Colquhoun, Simon Singh