Last month I blogged about the apparent bias of Wikipedia against complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). For those who are interested in the area, CAM supporters have now hit back with a Wiki of their own – Wiki 4 CAM. Wiki4CAM, they say, has been started to provide the Complementary and Alternative Medicine community its …
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Grumpy old woman Saturday morning rant… Videos…
If there is one thing that I really hate about the growing sophistication of the internet – it is videos! There are occasions when being able to see something in film format is invaluable – Dr Magda Havas’s explanation of how electromagnetic radiation can affect our blood is a perfect example – but the vast …
Medical self help
Some weeks ago John Scott directed me to two sites about which he was seriously excited – two facets of what he called ‘a new type of site for ‘crowd-source health solutions‘ – leveraging the experience of others to make more informed health decisions for oneself. LOVE it! More power to the patient!’ I have only …
Feast or famine…
With good reason, many people regard the foodsmatter.com offices as a charmed place – an endless supply of delicious freefrom goodies to taste and review – and, for much of the time, that is indeed the case. But we do go through periods of drought… And holiday time has been one of those! Not a …
Newsletter, blogs and awards…
For those who might be wondering where their Foods Matter newsletter had gone – it is on its way – but the ISP upgrade we were doing last week has involved changing the newsletter programme as well. So although this weekend’s newsletter has indeed gone out, it has failed to circumvent many of your anti-spam …
Are school peanut bans justified?
For those who are interested in this on-going debate, there is an excellent and balanced article by Gwen Smith in Canada’s CBC News – followed by nearly 40 comments which cover almost every aspect of the question. A further posting is to be found on the Eat Nut-Free blog which includes a number of other …