Health
The ‘English Disease’ is no joke
Giving diseases a national identity, an inanely xenophobic practice at best, is now regarded as politically incorrect. Referring to rubella as ‘German measles’ might still be considered merely naïve, but any mention of ‘mongolism’ (once a widely used synonym for Down’s Syndrome) is likely to be met with severe censure. The term ‘French letters’ has [...] Read more »
Less fun for girls?
Just returned from holiday and glancing at the headlines saw this one warning all women to ‘Cut food and drink to avoid breast cancer’. The Daily Mail headline is explained further by the subheading ‘18,000 women a year could be saved by exercise and dieting’
Here’s the thing: Research by none other than the World Cancer [...] Read more »
Obesity: The way the West will be lost?
As a physician, I’m aware of the dangers of obesity to health of course. But never in my wildest dreams did I suspect that obesity could be the cause of the decline of Western civilisation? Did I even think that it could be a reason why we could lose the struggle in Afghanistan, a place [...] Read more »
OFFICIAL NEWS: Size Matters – In Chocolate.
In one of the most innovative and enterprising moves to stop the obesity endemic in its tracks ever made by a nanny state, a prescient quango known as the Foods Standards Agency (FSA) has advised/warned chocolate manufacturers to keep the size of their chocolate bars down.
Hapless confectioners have been told that chocolate will be regulated [...] Read more »
Give me a doctor partridge plump!
I switched on the radio this morning and immediately heard extremely important news from America. Apparently the President had appointed a very FAT doctor to the most heavyweight medico-political job in the country – surgeon general. Across the media and the blogosphere, self-righteous commentators were self-righteously condemning the Chosen One for sending out the ‘wrong [...] Read more »
Dangerous New Syndrome!
Red Alert!
Half of the planet’s people are at risk of a new epidemic called ‘Cell Phone Elbow’ This is not a joke! We are talking about 3 billion people at risk of suffering from Cubital Tunnel Syndrome, the latest form of overuse injury which may be even worse than Blackberry Thumb.
This is how it works: [...] Read more »
Acupuncture works! But still they whine about ‘theatrical placebo’…
In a strangely incoherent article in The Mail yesterday, the journalist, Daniel Martin, epitomises the current confusion about alternative medicine that reigns in the UK and its NHS. This time it’s acupuncture that gets it in the neck – or perhaps in the back as the article speaks a lot about back pain.
Calling acupuncture (a [...] Read more »
How to embarrass your GP
Wow – Talk about empowering patients! Now there is going to be an NHS website where you can rate your GP. This fantastic and innovative idea should certainly keep doctors on their toes. They should introduce this in cricket too. The crowd, rather than the TV umpire/referees sitting in their ivory towers sipping sherry, should [...] Read more »
Health Matters: A Modern Approach
Health Matters: A Modern Approach
The face of medical care is changing. At the very time modern medical technology is making the most incredible advances, more and more people are choosing ‘Alternatives’ rather than Orthodox medicine. The swing has been so significant that alternative medicine has been said to be the second most successful new industry [...] Read more »
Relaxation and healing with homeopathy: Insomnia
Insomnia, inability to sleep and poor quality sleep are common and very debilitating problems both physically and psychologically. Few would disagree with the view that a chemical solution with ’sleeping tablets’ is at best unsatisfactory and at worst dangerously addictive.
An holistic view of insomnia sees deep sleep (non-rapid eye movement = nREM), dreaming (REM) and [...] Read more »
