by Dr Joe | Apr 29, 2011 | Cancer, General Health, Medical Research, Medical Tests
Medicine is presented as being highly scientific. This is until information comes out which questions certain assumptions that underpin the practice of medicine. One of the mantras of modern medicine is that early detection is good. This seems logical enough. However... by Dr Joe | Apr 8, 2011 | General Health, Movement
Here is something that you may have missed. A new pill has been developed which if taken on a regular basis can reduce your chances of getting bowel and breast cancer by 25%. The World Health Organization made this major announcement earlier this year. Well, to be... by Dr Joe | Feb 18, 2011 | Cancer, Medical Research, Womens Health
There is a general impression that medicine is constantly changing. In fact medicine is very conservative and change which challenges conventional thinking (as against using new drugs) can take a long time to be adopted. One major change though may be upon us. A... by Dr Joe | Nov 30, 2010 | Cancer, General Health, Medical Tests
In 1971, then President Richard Nixon declared a war on cancer with the aim of eliminating the disease in time for the bicentenary in 1976. A measure of how we are doing can be seen in projections that by 2050 there will be over double the number of cancer deaths and... by Dr Joe | Jun 29, 2010 | Cancer, Mens Health
Since the war on cancer was declared by then president Nixon in 1971 much effort has been devoted to the war. So how are we doing? In 2007 there were 12 million new cases of cancer reported world wide and 7.5 million deaths.These numbers are projected to rise to 27...
