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 | 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... by Dr Joe | May 11, 2010 | Cancer, General Health, Health & Wellness
It is amazing how discoveries, which are simple, do not make big news. If a pill which reduced breast cancer by one third was released it would be big news. There would be massive demand and the company, which made it, would see profits and the share price rocket.... by Dr Joe | Mar 31, 2010 | Cancer, Health & Wellness, Heart Disease, Immunity, Medical Tests, Obesity
Over the last 30 years we have seen the rise of preventative health. Some recent studies shine a spotlight on this and raise good questions. A US study questions the cost effectiveness of certain health programs. In Germany it has been suggested that many...