A recent meningitis outbreak in the UK prompted a surge of panicked headlines – followed by acknowledgement, and relief, that cases may already have peaked. What should we all know about this […]
Meningitis: Media promoted fear vs reality
There are fashions in medicine just as much as there are fashions in clothes
Fashions in medicine can be just as fleeting and ill-conceived as those in clothing. The difference is: fashions in medicine have potentially deadly consequences. In the following, Dr. Vernon Coleman describes historical […]
Is the UK meningitis “outbreak” diagnosing hangovers?
Professor Martin Neil uses artificial intelligence (“AI”) to calculate the relative and absolute risk of meningitis, given the symptoms and test results. AI “hallucinated” the supporting science papers and resisted Prof. Neil’s […]
Sleep deprivation damages your gut lining, which contributes to metabolic and cardiovascular disease
Sleep deprivation damages your gut lining by triggering a brainstem-to-gut chain reaction that causes oxidative stress in intestinal stem cells, shrinking villi and weakening digestive defences. Beneficial gut bacteria decline rapidly after […]
Before embarking on your Ozempic trip, you have to imagine yourself staring down the barrel of a gun
Alan Cassels highlights the concerns about the mental health side effects of Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs, including anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts. He also criticises the idea of taking these drugs […]
Statins do not reduce heart disease – and they have a high rate of side effects
Despite decades of statin use costing approximately $25 billion annually in America alone, heart disease remains the leading cause of death, suggesting the cholesterol hypothesis that drives statin prescriptions is fundamentally flawed. […]
Vitamin B12 Deficiency is probably the commonest cause of dementia and probably the easiest to cure
Vitamin B12 deficiency is estimated to affect 3-5% of the population, with some suggesting it could be as high as 10%. Vitamin B12 deficiency is a condition that can cause physical and […]