There is no shortage of media stories about what is the latest food or activity linked to some disease. By next week the story can be the complete opposite. This is because a link does not establish cause and effect. Yet this lack of cause and effect unfortunately...
Screening tests especially for cancer have been promoted on the basis of saving lives. This has rarely been questioned. A large new review has done just that. The results will surprise. There is no clear evidence that screening for cancer does save lives! How did we...
In the movie The Big Short a small number of fund managers “bet” against the mortgage market prior to the GFC. Rather than rely on brokers recommendations, rating agencies or government endorsement, they first hand viewed the properties and spoke to borrowers. This...
Hard on the heels of the bacon and red meat causes cancer scare scientists in the UK have found that cooking with vegetable oils like sunflower oil releases toxic chemicals called aldehydes which increase the risk of cancer, heart disease and dementia. The healthiest...
There is hardly a week or in fact a day even, which does not have a health awareness message attached to it. Last week was antibiotic awareness week. To be honest, I am over “awareness”. In most of these cases we all know or are “aware” of the situation. Lack of...
There are new ideas on how to treat and also reduce the incidence of peanut and other nut allergies. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioh7h0iWX78[/youtube] Dr JoeDr Joe Kosterich – Doctor, Health Industry Consultant and Author Doctor, speaker, author,...
