I was asked by Mandy Payne at Health Sense to review Bad Therapy due to be published today and agreed because an earlier book by Abigail Shrier, Irreversible Damage, had worked for me. Reviews of Bad Therapy are tumbling out at the moment - the Daily Mail has two - one by the Mail - Generation Sicknote and one by Abigail. The Mail front page review neatly has a link … [Read more...] about Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up
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It’s Health’s Illusions I Recall
There is a core concept shaping the ‘market’ in health, the concept of an assay. Few doctors or patients understand it. This article explains what assays are, how they entered healthcare and the consequences of failing to grasp the role they play. This post by Harriet Vogt and David Healy is an illustrated version of a peer-reviewed citable academic article Randomized … [Read more...] about It’s Health’s Illusions I Recall
Efficiency is not the Supreme Virtue
I was staying in Aubervilliers last November for a “Whistleblowers” Lanceurs d’Alerte conference. Aubervilliers is in the North-East of Paris – not one of the tourist areas. Some French friends suggested the reason Paris was hosting the Olympics was because it offered the authorities an opportunity to flatten that part of the city and regenerate it – clearing out the … [Read more...] about Efficiency is not the Supreme Virtue
TAIL Wags God – Technology and Morality
AiDA - Assistance in Dying Altruistically - featured in Liberty Equality and Fertility. Here's AIDA's picture. It likely depends on your mood as you look at the picture. She might make an AiDA option look attractive or add to its horror. Some people, particularly mothers, can be extraordinarily altruistic, and might think they could sacrifice themselves for the good of their … [Read more...] about TAIL Wags God – Technology and Morality
Liberty, Equality and Fertility
This post is partnered with a Timeline on Sex, Fertility, France and Serotonin on RxISK MAiD I am on a listserve that includes Trudo Lemmens a vocal opponent of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in Canada. Canada seems to be going about MAiD particularly enthusiastically. Quite apart from Trudo being a long standing friend, I am impressed with the coherence, morality and … [Read more...] about Liberty, Equality and Fertility
Pharmageddon and Our HealthCare Climate
This post centers on one member of our twin greatest problems - the changing climate of healthcare - as do HealthCare Gone Mad and Pharmageddon and Fertility., and older posts - Healthcare and the Global Climate and all posts in the Politics of Care Forum. There are linked posts on RxISK.org, starting with The Cradle of Civilization and forthcoming posts on A Sex and … [Read more...] about Pharmageddon and Our HealthCare Climate
God Does Not Roll Dice. Should Doctors?
This lecture If God Doesn't Play Dice, Should Doctors was given at the invitation of Leeza Osipenko and Consilium Scientific on May 18th 2023. Consilium are playing a big part in encouraging us all to think more about the quality of proofs we turn to in medicine in particular about Randomized Controlled Trials. There are many excellent lectures on their site. With lectures … [Read more...] about God Does Not Roll Dice. Should Doctors?
Freeing Teresa – Uplifting 2024
I was asked by Shepherd Books to list my 3 favorite books for 2023. My list is Here - Freeing Teresa came top, followed by Wonder Drug and Escape from Model Land. The overall Shepherd Best Books for 2023 List Is Here. Freeing Teresa is different to anything else. It's uplifting as well as dramatic. In 2024, the world desperately needs more of us to follow the lead … [Read more...] about Freeing Teresa – Uplifting 2024
In Secula Seculorum
This post is twinned with No Room at the Inn. In Secula Seculorum are Latin words that resonate for anyone of a certain age with a Catholic background. Intoned in a sonorous and rhythmic way at ceremonies, they conjured up the sacred and holy. Looked at rather than listened to, they conjure up the opposite - secularism. The words mean forever and ever. Worlds … [Read more...] about In Secula Seculorum
Coming Clean on Neonatal Deaths
This post by Peter Selley needs reading in conjunction with Uterine Roulette, Lonesome Heroines and Silent Health. It is about our rights to information rather than about vaccines per se. There is an industry playbook here put in place with SSRI drugs over 30 years ago that needs recognizing and tackling. GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) are dragging their feet about being transparent … [Read more...] about Coming Clean on Neonatal Deaths