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 | Mar 11, 2011 | Flu, General Health, Health Policy, Medical Research, Politics, Weight Loss
There is an old adage about lies, damned lies and statistics. This is something we see all too often in medical papers and the claims made off the back of them. The person in the street can get quite confused or alarmed about epidemics, which are hitting us, or great... 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 | Feb 12, 2011 | General Health, Immunity, Pharmaceuticals, The Practice of Medicine
The development of penicillin was rightly seen as a great breakthrough in medicine. Fatal infections could now be treated with a “silver bullet.” However in nature nothing is static. Bacteria have been around for longer than humans and have survived by being able to... by Dr Joe | Feb 4, 2011 | Flu, General Health, Immunity, Medical Research, Politics
Here is the bottom line. Health is full of vested interest and information can be easily selected to support a particular view. We need to be questioning of the pronouncements of governments and experts. They do not always know what is best for your health even if... by Dr Joe | Dec 10, 2010 | Pharmaceuticals, The Practice of Medicine, Weight Loss
This may seem to be a statement of the obvious, but the solution to a behavioral problem is not surgery. Over eating is not a surgical problem-it is a behavioral one. The problem is not because the stomach is too big and needs to be made smaller. It is a function of...
