Set in the world of a spoofed prescription drug commercial, Nature Rx offers a hearty dose of laughs and the outdoors – two timeless prescriptions for whatever ails you. Side effects may include confidence, authenticity, remembering you have a body, and being in...
Regular readers will know that I rarely discuss my personal life. It is not the purpose of this blog, which is about ideas on health, wellbeing and getting more out of life. However this week, one issue has seen an intersection between a personal interest of mine and...
Whilst testing for prostate cancer can be beneficial, there are risks of over diagnosis and treatment, which does not extend or improve life. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ena7t1v4Xrs[/youtube] Dr JoeMedical Doctor, author, speaker,...
Last week a major report released by the UK based Public Health Collaboration made the front page of British papers. It stated something, which lone voices (including mine) have been saying for many years. That is that, eating a low fat diet is not healthy. In fact a...
A report from the BMJ recently claimed that medical error or misadventure was the third largest cause of death in the USA. The annual figure, estimated at 251,000, was greater than deaths from respiratory disease, stroke and accidents. The key word is estimated....
This study may shock you. Dr John Ioannidis, a professor of medicine at Stanford University, published a paper a few years ago showing that almost 50% of research studies are either entirely wrong because they can’t be reproduced, or are exaggerated. On almost every...
