Current Posts – 22 August 2016

If you are diagnosed with cancer, one of the first things you are likely to do is to search the internet for non-standard therapies that seem effective and safe. But it can be a time-consuming and depressing process. What you want is a wise guide who will provide you with unbiased expert information. That guide has now appeared in the form of a book called ‘The Cancer Revolution ‘. If you are starting out it really is all you need.

When newspapers report on research suggesting that some product is more dangerous than we had been told – diesel engines, bottled water, cars with a faulty braking system – sales usually decline rapidly and action is taken by manufacturers. When media covers research suggesting that statin risks have been underestimated and some discontinue them, the official response has been to accuse the researchers of killing people. Is this really right?

Doctors are famously uninterested in tales about the healing benefits of diet or lifestyle change. Comments like: ‘That’s good if it works for you,’ or ‘placebos are very powerful’ are commonly reported. But doctors also famously only have a few hours of nutritional training in medical school. Is this a good way to deal with increasing levels of chronic disease? Absolutely not, concluded a conference last week.