Immunisation polarizes debate. People are portrayed as being either pro or anti vaccination. This ignores the fact that not all vaccines are equally effective and more importantly not all diseases are of equal severity. We should support measures that improve health...
“Here’s an invitation to the whole wide world From your brother to your sister to your best friends girl Can’t excuse it No excuses Everybody get stupid” This is a catchy song and the chorus gets in your head. The invitation to get stupid seems to have taken hold in...
Regular readers will know that the medicalization of life together with the relentless changing of thresholds of where “normal” is defined is all designed to make more people into patients and consumers of pharmaceuticals or other medical services. Yet the...
There is a major problem with medical research. And this is apart from ghost writing, dubious analysis, suppression of negative findings and conflicts of interest. The biggest problem is that much medical research is meaningless rubbish! How can I say that? Well let’s...
This musical parody has an important message about over diagnosis and too many medical tests. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfesuNG0-kQ[/youtube] Dr JoeMedical Doctor, author, speaker, media presenter and health industry consultant, Dr Joe Kosterich...
It is little wonder we get confused about medical research findings – especially when it comes to food. Previously some 50 random ingredients in recipes were selected and a search done on studies involving them. Turns out that for 43 out of 50 there was an equal...
