Forum: General Health topics.

I am not a scientist or medic, but I like the way he writes and what he writes. Not that that is of any significance. ...

From The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/aug/12/the-end-of-antibiotics-health-infections Should we worry?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1299791/Why-antidepressants-simply-confidence-trick-A-leading-psychologist-claims-taking-sugar-pills-work-ju...

It's true, the BBC says so. Fewer people are dying. Isn't that what THIS article is claiming? I've been thinking for some time now that there...

Have many people seen this? http://www.viennadeclaration.com/ I think it is an interesting idea I have never really thought about. I am...

Any thoughts on this? http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/@ps/documents/digitalasset/dh_117352.pdf Research is...

I hate it. Could someone please shoot down this scandalous piece of non-research so that my wife will stop saying "See - told you. Eat your...

The value of statins in primary prevention has been thrown into doubt by a major meta-analysis which found no evidence the drugs reduce the risk of...

I stumbled across a very interesting article on the situation in the US. Is it really very different from that in the UK? I thought the response from...

Holy crap batman! Just listening to Jeremy Vine about some woman with ME being cured by http://www.lightningprocess.com/ :o What wizardry is...

At the moment, mine is driving me up the bend ( or is it round the pole? ) Has anyone found anything that helps? Really.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/1052399/spider-bites-sleeping-tourist-on-penis All I can say he's lucky it was one of those harmless New Zealand...

Hi Guys, I'm hoping to pick your larger brains. A little while ago I posted on my BadTinnitus blog about LLLT used as a treatment for Tinnitus. I...

After touching on it in another topic I thought this would make a good topic in it's own right. I'm not 100% sure it belongs here, bits of it...

When the data are vague and associative, how should one decide how far to restrict peoples freedom and criminalise behavior? ...

I've been sent THIS by someone who is not entirely woo, but who loves to prod now and then with a shoulders of giants-type argument about science's...