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Posted by on Mon, 08 Mar 10 06:24
No alcohol more weight gain
Women who drink a light to moderate amount of alcohol appear to gain less weight and have a lower risk of becoming overweight and obese than non-drinkers, according to a report in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Posted by on Tue, 23 Feb 10 14:32
Save NHS money on ineffective drugs, not homeopathy
The commons Committee on Science and Technology has just come out with a report saying that spending £4 million of public money by the NHS on homeopathy couldn’t be justified because its treatments are no better than placebos. Find out how the NHS could save £300 million on drugs that are no better than placebos.
Posted by on Mon, 08 Feb 10 09:44
How two fat ladies lost 5 stone in 3 months.
Last October Ireland’s TV3 challenged me to help two overweight ladies lose a lot of weight in three months. Today, TV3 reveal the results of Una and Mary’s health transformation, following my low GL diet principles.
Posted by on Wed, 03 Feb 10 10:39
Dementia costs £23 billion a year and is preventable
Britain’s dementia crisis is worse than feared and costs Britain £23bn a year – more than cancer and heart disease combined – but receives a fraction of the funding, according to a study published today.
The number of people with dementia, at 822,000, is 17% higher than has previously been estimated and will pass the 1 million mark before 2025, the Oxford university study has found. But the single most important prevention message for Alzheimers and memory prevention - that is the need to test for high homocysteine, reversible with high dose B vitamins, still isn’t being reported, let alone acted upon by UK GPs.
Posted by on Fri, 29 Jan 10 12:24
Wakefield - a scapegoat for MMR vaccine policy?
Yesterday’s ruling by the General Medical Council against Dr Andrew Wakefield and two leading Professors of Gastroenterology, Professor John Walker-Smith and Professor Simon Murch and, is a triumph for the pro-vaccine lobby, but a tragedy for scientific truth and the protection of children.
