It’s not about statins – it’s about censorship
Two very serious things happened last week – one in Australia and the other in the UK, although both are
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conflict of interest
The contempt that NICE has for conflicts of interest
This week’s note contains three letters. The first was sent to Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health on 17th
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How statin drugs really lower cholesterol & kill you one cell at a time
Introduction (Jump to the Executive Summary at the end if you don’t want the full monty). This is a review
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Kellogg’s & Netmums Part II
This is a follow up to this post. The original post resulted in a number of comments from angry mums
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Give a child a breakfast – Give me a break!
The alternative title to this post is “How Kellogg’s manipulated mums to get near their children.” This blog is serious
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Should hospitals ban junk food?
A fellow campaigner for real food, Dr Aseem Malhotra, put a motion to the British Medical Association (BMA) conference in
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Beetroot, Blood Pressure and Bacon!
On April 16th 2013 the health headlines were about beetroot – not the most common food to capture the interest
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The Mediterranean Diet and heart disease
The last week in February (2013) saw headlines all over the world: “Mediterranean diet shown to ward off heart attack
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American dietitians, big ‘food’ companies & conflict of interest
I obviously follow like minded people on twitter because one item has dominated my timeline over the past 24 hours.
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Coca-Cola, Obesity and Conflict
Coca-Cola launched an advert about obesity. You can see the advert here as part of a short clip on ABC
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