Covid queries: theory and practise
? Questioning the Pandemic, in Theory and Practise • “Long covid”. It has been said – although I believe greatly […]
? Questioning the Pandemic, in Theory and Practise • “Long covid”. It has been said – although I believe greatly […]
my response to an article by Sarah McInerney in The Sunday Times (12/04/20), insisting all should be vaccinated, whether they want to be or not.
Corporeal Appropriation Dr Christiaan Barnard Mr S___, a consultant surgeon (FRCS, Ed.) likes a good adventure. On his latest expedition, […]
Think Before You Drink! Bottled water: mineral, spring or tap? Have you been duped? Have you ever been duped? Customers […]
Mandatory Vaccination An Irish broadcaster and doctor, Ciara Kelly, has suggested that religion should stay out of medicine. Forgetting religion […]
Homeopathic practice as an ethical problem By Fr Jacek Norkowski, MD, Ph.D (philos), OP In the following article by Fr Norkowski, […]
Narcolepsy and Swine Flu Vaccine: HSE Sleeping on the Job It hasn’t been a good month for vaccine manufacturers or […]
Revealing Repeal Ironies I love irony, as you might have noticed from previous articles. Listening to and watching campaigners on the […]
Paediatric Prescribing: Questionable Science and Ethics On the cold night of 23rd February 1994, Karlee, from Rouleau, Canada, ventured out […]
Teresa Forcades on Justice and Healthcare A rebel nun has lost her faith! Sr Teresa Forcades is a Spanish nun but […]
America’s Opioid Abuse Epidemic TV3, the Irish television channel, has been running a series called Doctor in the House. In March 2017 it […]
Ethical Reasons to Withhold and Refuse Medical Treatment One might agree that a doctor should withhold medical treatment in certain situations. […]
Do-Harm Doctors Dr Gwen Adshead in her essay “The doctor’s dilemma: is it ever good to do harm?” in the Guardian suggests […]
Care for the Dying is not Killing with Homeopathy Unlike the high-priests of modern liberalism who advocate sacrificing the dying for […]
Pain and Painkillers First, a joke. Pressing his index finger against his knee, a patient says to his doctor: “Doctor, every time I […]
The Medical Establishment Fat Cats The day before the Brexit referendum a group of French people travelled to London to […]
“Science Fraud is Huge” Science requests that its discoveries should be repeatable and testable. A furore was created recently when […]
The Limits of Pathology “When we couldn’t help a patient anymore and we had got as much money as we could […]
Big Pharma: Unhealthy for Patients, Economy, Science and Democracy “As a MP in Nigeria, drug companies offered me houses in the […]
During a frontal lobotomy operation, the surgeon asked the patient, “Do you know where I am now?” to which […]
Practical Homeopathy Background The term “practical homeopathy” has finally got the better of my curiosity. I first came across it […]
“Do as I say and not as I do” John Selden, Table-Talk c. 1654 Untested Drugs and off-label Prescribing In his […]
Spot the Difference Ok, apart from the size, what is the difference between the two? This is important for […]
To get through life without harming another is a great achievement Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist Only Irish and Africans cope […]
What drives medicine? What influences the practice and outcome of medicine? It’s interesting to hear a nun, who is also a doctor, […]
Mirena Coil – Preventing Pre or Post Conception? Reach early forties these days and women are automatically fitted with a […]
Real Medical Quotes Joke Patient: Doctor, can you prescribe something for my sleepwalking? Doctor: No, you need the exercise. A […]
Randomised Clinical Trials When people criticise homeopathy they are usually assuming allopathy, conventional medicine, is perfect, that it is perfectly suited […]
Naughty GSK from Argentina to China via Poland, Iraq and US An article in the Daily Telegraph today by Tom Whitehead tells […]
Questioning the Status of Statins In his weekly diary in the Daily Telegraph Dr James Le Fanu tells us what […]
How not to Treat Ok, yes I am self-righteous but sometimes we have to be self-critical and reflect on […]
Austerity Costs Austerity, inequality, stress and poor lifestyle impact negatively on health. Two useful sources of information on the topic […]
Hiding the Science, Hiding Behind Patients and Doctors “A leaked memo from Big Pharma industry bodies reveals strategy to combat […]
Suicidality and Homeopathy During the discussions and debates on Ireland’s Heads of Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill, 2013, campaigners wished […]
For a few weeks Dr LeFanu in his weekly column on Mondays in the Daily Telegraph has defended Homeopathy. For 2 […]
Mandatory Vaccination Below is my reply to Tommy Marron, MidWest Radio who had read the letter promoting mandatory vaccination printed […]