"The first week I started the regime the change was amazing. My energy returned, my skin glowed, the aches and pains and heat (inflammation) in my joints went away (almost all), the gastric reflux stopped. People commented on the change in me. I was amazed at how different and positive I felt. So thank you so much." Susie, Plymouth

"I can't speak highly enough of that man, he changed my life". Doreen, Worcester 

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August 2007

GENES AND THINGS 

In the last couple of months we have all seen the big headlines about the discovery of the genes for MS, the genes for diabetes, the genes for obesity, the genes for…….. and the excitement that pretty soon drugs will be formulated to cure us of all these ills.

We have also heard the news about how gene therapy was going to be used to cure disease, change our ‘bad’ genes or even help us to “grow” new tissue to replace that which is old, diseased or lost.

September 2007

STRESS - THE No1 ENEMY 

 “By 2020 the effects of stress on the brain especially depression will be second only to cardiovascular disease as the biggest cause of illness and death in the Western World” World Health Organisation. 

October 2007

MEDICAL TESTS

Blood tests, x-rays, MRI scan, CT scan, hair tests, saliva tests ……….., the list is endless and new tests come onto the market at a phenomenal rate; the latest as I write this is the new test for Alzheimer’s disease. But are these tests essential? What do they test? Can they deliver the right results? Will they do any harm? Is there a better alternative?

November 2007

DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DYING FROM CANCER

Five years in the making and at a cost of £25 million, the findings of a group of scientists on cancer were published early this month amid a fanfare worthy of an Olympics finals result.The report places the eating of meat, the drinking of alcohol, obesity and the lack of exercise as absolute no-noes if we are to reduce our chances of contracting the dreaded disease and dying from it.

December 2007

WHO CARES IF DRUGS DON'T WORK SO LONG AS THEY MAKE A LOT OF MONEY

Mr Allen Roses, vice chairman of GlaxoSmithKline, the largest pharmaceutical company in the UK and one of the largest in the world, was quoted as saying that 90% of drugs only work in 30-50% of people and that at present all pharmaceutical companies adopt a “one-drug-fits-all” policy.
He was quoting research published 3 years ago which found that different drugs had vastly different success rates in treating patients.

January 2008 

A HEALTH SERVICE FOR ALL 

Can someone please tell me why we have a health service that no-one can access easily, long waiting lists to see a doctor, even longer waiting lists to see a specialist,  still longer waiting lists to get tests done and a lifetime’s wait for an operation? And what about the astronomical cost to the taxpayer just to run such an inefficient service?

February 2008 

IN DEFENCE OF THE PLACEBO

It seems that Medicine’s decision makers, those who decide what is right and what is wrong, what is good therapy and what is not, what is science and what is quackery, what we should be spending our money on and how, have been at it in spades recently.

March 2008 

THE MAGIC FORMULA  

What would you say if I were to tell you that I had a foolproof formula that would guarantee to reduce fatal and non-fatal hear attack by a whopping 70%?
What if I also told you that this same formula would guarantee to reduce death from all causes by a phenomenal 30-40%?
Impressed?

April 2008 

MOVING AWAY FROM 'ASSEMBLY LINE' MEDICINE 

We all know that medical science tells us everything we need to know about treatment and prevention for someone who does not exist: The Average Person. This is your typical 70 kilogram, 1m75 Caucasian male in his early thirties. If you don’t fit the picture then I am afraid you will just have to simply accept that, scientifically speaking, you are not normal.

May 2008

KNOWING YOUR GENETIC PROFILE COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE 

Well over 95% of the chemicals we need to make safe and then shift out of our body at any given moment in time through a process called detoxification, are made by cellular metabolism. These chemicals are the products of the activities of the various cells of the body such as lungs, heart, digestive tract, kidneys, brain and so on, going about their business of keeping us alive and fit to face our everyday existence and survival.

June 2007

THE DEFINITIVE TRUTH ABOUT STATINS

In 2001, when the last major revision of lipid-lowering guidelines took place, the number of Americans for whom statins are recommended increased from 13 million to 36 million, most of whom do not yet have but are estimated to be at moderately elevated risk of developing coronary heart disease. For adults aged between 30 and 80 years old who already have occlusive vascular disease, statins confer a total and cardiovascular mortality benefit and are not controversial. The controversy involves this question:

Without evident occlusive vascular disease (true primary prevention), who should be offered statins?