by Dr Joe | Jul 30, 2010 | Medical Research, The Practice of Medicine
With the huge amount of research that surfaces each day, it is not surprising that the quality varies considerably. Sometimes, you actually have to wonder whether the researchers are having a joke at our expense. Dubious research coupled with the tendency to disease... 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 | Apr 9, 2010 | General Health, Pharmaceuticals, The Practice of Medicine
Humanity has a breadth and depth to it. We are not all the same. It is interesting then how some differences are accepted and others are not. It is particularly interesting how some differences are increasingly been made into diseases. The medicalization of human... by Dr Joe | Mar 23, 2010 | Obesity, Pharmaceuticals
The weight loss drug Sibutramine, better known as Reductil had its license suspended by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The agency recommended that the drug should neither be prescribed by doctors nor dispensed by pharmacists. The reason for this was that a trial... by Dr Joe | Mar 16, 2010 | Children's Health, Parenting
One of the important contributors to a child’s health, both physical and mental is a reasonably stable environment. This for various reasons is not always possible and humans are fairly resilient. When one looks at the requirements people have to go through to be...
