Organ donation – over my dead body!
Corporeal Appropriation Dr Christiaan Barnard Mr S___, a consultant surgeon (FRCS, Ed.) likes a good adventure. On his latest expedition, […]
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news and new book on homeopathy and medicine
New homeopathy book available You might like to know of 2 developments: first, my book Medicine That Makes Sense: Selected […]
Solzhenitsyn’s cancer of stomach cured
Stomach cancer cured in Cancer Ward Solzhenitsyn and stomach cancer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the Russian dissident, was “nearly dead at that […]
Churches oppose mandatory vaccination
Mandatory Vaccination An Irish broadcaster and doctor, Ciara Kelly, has suggested that religion should stay out of medicine. Forgetting religion […]
What Cartesian witch hunters can’t explain
Why Homeopaths Can’t be Burned at the Stake This is one of a number of learned articles (as well as […]
Trust women – on Gardasil reactions
Politics and Gardasil Reactions “I trust women” was the rhetorical ploy of Simon Harris, Minister for Health, during his campaign […]
Narcolepsy, politics and swine flu vaccine
Narcolepsy and Swine Flu Vaccine: HSE Sleeping on the Job It hasn’t been a good month for vaccine manufacturers or […]
Repeal reveal ironies
Revealing Repeal Ironies I love irony, as you might have noticed from previous articles. Listening to and watching campaigners on the […]
Induction: inducing the law of cure
Induction, Deduction, Medicine and Scientific Method It has been argued recently that the HPV vaccine is safe because so many millions […]
Antibiotics – don’t finish the course
Don’t Finish Full Course of Antibiotics Scientists take much for granted regarding antibiotics. As previously mentioned – TCD scientist misunderstands antibiotics […]
Medic nun loses faith in pharma
Teresa Forcades on Justice and Healthcare A rebel nun has lost her faith! Sr Teresa Forcades is a Spanish nun but […]
Ethically withholding and refusing treatment
Ethical Reasons to Withhold and Refuse Medical Treatment One might agree that a doctor should withhold medical treatment in certain situations. […]
Revising the revisionist histories of medicine
Revisionist and Biased Medical Histories There are histories and there are histories. Some give a fuller and truer picture than others. […]
Pain and painkillers – the painful truth
Pain and Painkillers First, a joke. Pressing his index finger against his knee, a patient says to his doctor: “Doctor, every time I […]
Comfrey and herbal remedies – “The greatest surprises”
Healing Power of Plants The Irish Times this week published two features on herbal medicine and folk cures (see here and […]
Hay fever – doc cocks nose at local honey
Local Honey and Hay Fever The Irish Times recently received an interesting letter from a gentleman explaining his experience using […]
Treating pathology is mistreating
The Limits of Pathology “When we couldn’t help a patient anymore and we had got as much money as we could […]
Unhealthy Business
Big Pharma: Unhealthy for Patients, Economy, Science and Democracy “As a MP in Nigeria, drug companies offered me houses in the […]
Homeopathy doesn’t work, it…
Does Homeopathy Work? Homeopathy doesn’t work but it does work in a particular way. It doesn’t work by treating or […]
Homeopathy in Co. Mayo and Sligo – a reflection
Homeopathy in Co. Mayo and Sligo The Beginning “I’ll give it six months and if it’s not working out I’ll […]
Psychiatry is not a science – in practice and theory
Psychiatry is not a Science – a Recent Practical Example The trial took place in the Central Criminal Court in Dublin last week of […]
Could that cough be whooping cough?
Overlooking Whooping Cough Have you ever met a child with a cough that lasted a long time? I’ve come across […]
Burns – treat with heat not cold
Fight Fire with Fire Fire cools fire, within the scorched veins of one new burn’d – Shakespeare (Quoted by Dr Kentish) […]
Parasitology: new research proves homeopathy
Treating Parasites with Parasites “Told you so!” This quote could have come from Samuel Hahnemann. It was while translating Cullen’s […]
Media quackery – Irish Times and unscientific bias
Media Bias Here is my response to one of the many of the anti-homeopathy articles and letters in The Irish […]
Sjogren’s – look beyond dry eyes
When you have a hammer in your hand, everything looks like a nail! Sjogren’s Often Overlooked Sjogren’s Syndrome is far […]
“Managing” psoriasis – some clarifications
Managing not Curing Psoriasis Psoriasis, a common curse, was discussed by Pat Kenny on his show this morning. He interviewed […]
Assisted suicide, euthanasia and Homeopathic medicine
To get through life without harming another is a great achievement Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist Only Irish and Africans cope […]
Polypharmacy prescriptions cause diseases: BMJ etc
Polypharmacy Further to his article on the problems and lack of science with polypharmacy, Dr Le Fanu, writing in the […]
3 faulty models of medicine
What drives medicine? What influences the practice and outcome of medicine? It’s interesting to hear a nun, who is also a doctor, […]
Overdiagnosing, overprescribing & polypharmacy – medicine’s waking up
Overdiagnosing, Overprescribing and Polypharmacy Dr Samuel Hahnemann spent most of his very long career as physician, pharmacologist and researcher campaigning […]
Some silly things doctors say
Real Medical Quotes Joke Patient: Doctor, can you prescribe something for my sleepwalking? Doctor: No, you need the exercise. A […]
Personalised medicine – a deluded prescription
Personalised Medicine By chance I happened to hear a playback this morning of Pat Kenny’s interview with Prof Luke O’Neill […]
No metaphysics no medicine
Metaphysics and Medicine What has metaphysics got to do with the practise and theory of medicine? Well, as soon as […]
Does IVF induce a certain state of being?
A link between IVF and autism and psychiatric problems is presented in today’s Daily Telegraph I often think that being conceived in a […]
Evidence based medicine evidently isn’t!
Medicine Lacks an Evidence Base – Economist Professor Alan Maynard was not the first to challenge doctors, the NHS and […]
Catholics & homeopathy 4: Fr Muller SJ
Fr Keith Augustus Muller S.J., 1841-1910 “My God,” said Dr Lobo, “you haven’t heard of Father Muller’s Hospital?” Dr Lobo […]
Anthropologist proved homeopathy – yaws prevented syphilis
Yaws Prevents Syphilis Here’s an interesting obituary about an anthropologist who upset many preconceived notions about Columbus, syphilis, the harm […]
Catholics and homeopathy 3: doctor/monk defends homeopathy
Modern Science, the Church and Homeopathy On Catholics and homeopathy, religion and science, who better to refer to than a […]
GlaxoSmithKline “bribed” doctors
Naughty GSK from Argentina to China via Poland, Iraq and US An article in the Daily Telegraph today by Tom Whitehead tells […]
Big pharma’s big lies about statins
Questioning the Status of Statins In his weekly diary in the Daily Telegraph Dr James Le Fanu tells us what […]
Antibiotics: scientist doesn’t host the host
Antibiotics Have Run Their Course “Golden age of antibiotics could come to harsh end. Complacency and casual misuse could render […]
TCD school of genetics, autism & homeopathy
“We thought genetic research was going to change our lives but it has turned out to be a false dawn.” Steve […]
Miasmatic Prescribing by Dr Banerjea
Miasmatic Prescribing: its philosophy, diagnostic classification and clinical tips. Miasmatic repertory & miasmatic weightage of remedies, By Dr. Subrata Kumar Banerjea. […]
Dr Samuel Hahnemann – a life
Short Biography of Samuel Hahnemann Dr Samuel Hahnemann was a doctor and medical reformer who lived from 1755-1843. He was […]
Treating who not what
Treating Who not What, the Whole Person not Disease Treating the problem (a disease name) in medicine does not cure […]
Diagnosis of ADHD unscientific – BMJ, DSM-5, ICD-10
Diagnosing Not Always a Hard Science How scientific can a diagnosis ever be? Even with simple and easily understood conditions […]
Austerity, inequality, stress damage health
Austerity Costs Austerity, inequality, stress and poor lifestyle impact negatively on health. Two useful sources of information on the topic […]
Repeatable science, homeopathy and medicine – a reply to Prof Reville
Science: Repeatable is Credible Professor William Reville does what few will do; point out shortcomings with science. In his Irish Times […]
Beware breast & prostate cancer screening
Questioning Cancer Screening Treating potential disease before it becomes a disease sounds a good idea but assuming it will turn […]
Motor neurone disease – the politics
Having mentioned in a previous post the economics and power of motor neurone disease, I have an addition to make. […]
Motor neurone disease – the economics and the power
How many nurses does it take to give a ventilator machine (NIPPY) to a woman in respiratory failure from motor neurone […]
New medicines aren’t always better
New Medicines or Tried and Tested? The best doctor is an honest one and we can always rely on Dr […]
U.S. & Italian Courts: MMR causes autism
MMR and Autism – the Jury’s In While many are convinced the MMR vaccine “causes” autism, I’m still to be […]
Doctor/homeopath/biochemist/philosopher examines medicine
This was originally a talk subsequently published in the American Journal of Homeopathic Medicine, by Dr Richard Moskowitz (http://www.doctorrmosk.com/ with thanks […]
Medicine needs a science free from ideology and ignorance
Science Blinded by Ideology A recent debate in The Irish Times showed a bias and prejudice regarding science. Having a particular […]