Quackbusting the Quackbusters part 2

Or “Are medical doctors ignorant, to busy to think, or just poorly trained?” Its time to get on my soap box again after hearing 2 stories this morning from a couple of patients. So I’d like to share these anecdotes with you, and back it up with some science ( a study...
Chilli and Chocolate and Green Tea

Chilli and Chocolate and Green Tea

Strangely, chilli and chocolate go well together with a cup of green tea, but that’s more a matter of taste than science. What science has been revealing though is how useful these are for health. First of, chilli, in the form of a cream or lotion is useful in pain...

Quackbusting the Quackbusters

Part 1 of possibly many! The (not so) Amazing Randi Well for my first blog post I thought I’d kick off with something that ‘gets me ranting’ and hopefully controversial, and that is alternative health and the various sceptics and ‘quack busters’. So who are the quack...