Autogenic Therapy
The Best Kept Secret in Medicine?
The word ‘stress’ is so commonly heard these days that it’s difficult to believe that it has only been used in the context of the human condition for about 80 years. It was introduced by endocrinologist, Hans Selye, who did a huge amount of work that demonstrated the role of stress hormones (mainly adrenalin and [...] Read more »
Welcome to the new look, reloaded website!
This newly re-loaded site will publish useful medical information as well as strong opinions on current medical issues. I will not be shy to confront the more controversial issues of our time and will be happy to publish your comments on any article posted on the site.
I make no bones about being passionate and opinionated [...] Read more »
Anger Kills!
We all know that anger is not a good thing. It is the cause of much unnecessary violence which is obviously bad for the recipients and can also have dire consequence such as long cooling-off periods in jail for the perpetrators.
However researchers in the US have found that anger really can suddenly kill you. If [...] Read more »
Some thoughts on staying well
The poet Longfellow writes:
Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor’s nose.
And ‘slamming the door on the doctor’s nose’ can simply be translated into practising effective personal preventative medicine. Personally, I’d add exercise to the list but that would spoil the metre – so let’s look at the 3 qualities espoused by Longfellow.
JOY: [...] Read more »
