Back To Basics

Back To Basics

It is amazing how often the obvious comes as a revelation to the academics that inhabit the world of research and public health. A new study out of Massachusetts’s general hospital shows that children who do not get enough sleep have more cognitive (thinking) and...

As The Song Said – “It Wasn’t Me”

A fortnight ago in my weekly newsletter I wrote about an online petition opposing changes and extensions to the Psychiatry “Bible”, the DSM V. Many people are concerned about new conditions being created and the threshold at which other conditions can be diagnosed,...

Danger Is Not All Around

Central planning does not work with the economy and it does not work with health either. It is always ironic when the pious pontifications of experts and heavy-handed government departments are shown to make no difference. We live in probably the safest time ever in...