Those who believe that mental health problems exist only in the brain of the sufferer should check out a useful post on Dr John Briffa’s blog suggesting that many apparent instances of mental health problems are actually caused by physiological or nutitional problems. They should also read the excellent article in the Wall Street Journal that he refers to. …
Behavioural conditions
‘Beat’ Eating Disorders
It is not strictly speaking our area, but I have always admired the work done by beat, the charity supporting those with eating disorders. So I am delighted to see that they have now launched a new website to support those caring for people with eating disorders – www.b-eat-carers.co.uk As anyone who had ever ‘cared’ will …
So was Andrew Wakefield right all along?
Dr Andrew Wakefield was recently ‘dis-barred’ from practicing his profession in the UK largely as a result of a British Medical Journal suggestion that, in 1998, he ‘fabricated’ the results of his research into what was to be found in the guts of children who regressed into autism around the age of two. He did …
Dollars really are ‘dirty’ money…
This report last week in Natural News, inevitably, caught my eye… They are, it appears, talking about the dreaded BPA (Bisphenol A), the focus of many environmental campaigns. BPA has been known since the 1930s to be an endocrine disruptor. But, because it is so useful in a very wide range of applications (especially keeping …
Joined up government – oh yeah – and hyperactivity!
Joined up government – wasn’t that the mantra a couple of years ago? Well… Only this week we reported that the Food Standards Agency had updated its lists of manufacturers who did not use the artificial colours that research has shown to affect both hyperactive and even normal children. (See the Lancet – and here …
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