Medicine Archives - Stephen Blendell Homeopath

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 […]

TCD scientist misunderstands antibiotics

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 […]