Advanced Gum Disease May Raise Cancer Risk
If you’ve read my book “Virtual Medicine” (you should have!), you’ll know that I gave some space to the dangers of periodontal disease. Today it’s probably the #1 marker for heart disease.
But do you remember, I also talked on pages 62- 63 about dental dangers, with particular reference to the work of Dr. Patrick Stortebecker, [...]
eSchizophrenia
On some days, I think that nothing good ever comes out of computers! But here’s something…
Schizophrenia is still one of the most stigmatized medical conditions. Most people are distinctly uncomfortable being present with patients who carry on conversations with imaginary voices in their head.
Modern drugs suppress many of the disturbing symptoms, such as hallucinations. But [...]
Is Kanglaite for cancer a miracle or just Pharma hype?
If you haven’t heard already, you will soon come across a new anti-cancer therapy called Kanglaite. It’s manufactured in China and is pushed by incredible hype and fanfares as a “proven” and “miracle” cure. But we’ve been there before, haven’t we? When commercial interests get on the bandwagon, the inconvenient matter of truth and integrity [...]
Would you torture or hurt another, just because you were ordered to?
Would you torture or hurt another, even kill, just because you were ordered to by an authority figure?
Beware your answer. A modern reproduction of a classic behavioral experiment of the 1960s suggests many people would.
In 1961 Stanley Milgram carried out one of the most famous and controversial psychology experiments of modern times.
People were asked [...]
Would You Take Brain-Boosting Drugs?
A big story broke this week with discussion of the ethical use of brain boosting drugs (known imposingly as “cognitive enhancement” drugs). The row was triggered by an editorial in the prestigious journal; Nature (Dec 11th 2008), calling for the freedom to take such substances.
Nature, a very “upmarket” science journal, had polled its readers [...]
