High blood pressure: doctor’s ignorance the real disease?
By Marika Sboros Can you turn something into a disease just by giving it a fancy Latin title? Scottish GP Dr Malcolm Kendrick says you [more]
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Herzegovina plays host to Keto Health Revolution
By Marika Sboros How easy is it to stay not just low-carb but keto (very low-carb) over the holidays, specially winter? Easy enough – when [more]
Dr Bourdua-Roy on a mission: First, do no harm!
By Marika Sboros Canadian physician Èvelyne Bourdua-Roy is an MD on a mission. She is that rare but growing breed of MD who believes that [more]
Harvard study: ‘Case against carbs, for fats grows stronger’
By Marika Sboros It’s not the definitive word for the best weight-loss diets but it’s close. And it doesn’t venture into the contentious plant- versus [more]
Dr Jason Fung’s single best weight loss tip!
By Marika Sboros Psst! If your MD or dietitian still subscribes to the CICO (calories-in, calories-out) obesity model, find another one. Quick! According to the [more]
Meat: why giving it up won’t save the planet – or your health
By Marika Sboros Animal rights activists (and the vegans who front them) want you to believe that giving up meat will save the planet from [more]
Vegan diet – ‘best for type 2 diabetes’, say UK scientists
By Marika Sboros A predominantly plant-based or vegan diet may be best for keeping type 2 diabetes in check, say UK scientists. That’s not least [more]
Fasting: Fung dishes up quick science to reverse type 2 diabetes
By Marika Sboros Fasting is as old as the hills of ancient Greece. Many doctors and dietitians still dismiss it as a fad. It is [more]
Fettke: cover-up grows as case against him collapses
By Marika Sboros Australian orthopaedic surgeon Dr Gary Fettke’s professional reputation and licence to practise medicine are no longer under threat. The Australian Health Practitioner [more]
Fettke free at last as AHPRA drops all charges
By Marika Sboros Australian orthopaedic surgeon Dr Gary Fettke is a free and vindicated man. The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) has dropped all [more]
Gøtzsche sacking: sign that Cochrane is a ‘sinking ship’?
By Marika Sboros It was once revered as “the world’s most prestigious scientific organisation” devoted to independent, evidence-based medicine. Today, the Cochrane Collaboration is in [more]
Seriously! Stomach surgery first option for diabetics?
By Marika Sboros I’m always somewhat unnerved when doctors encourage diabetics to have bariatric (stomach) surgery before they’ve tried more effective, safer, less invasive methods. Like [more]
Dr David Katz: more woes as Forbes drops him
By Marika Sboros Forbes magazine has teminated Dr David L Katz, one of the most outspoken voices in nutrition science in the US, has been [more]
From hunger to wholeness: ‘road map’ to avoid overeating
By Marika Sboros Hunger is one driver of overweight, obesity and associated health problems. Another is the “weight” that many people with obesity carry. That [more]
Coconut oil is ‘pure poison’ – Harvard prof
By Marika Sboros Harvard epidemiology professor Karen Michels has sent social media into overdrive with her claim that coconut oil is “pure poison”. She also [more]
Vitamin D: sunshine vitamin or snake oil for pseudo-disease?
By Marika Sboros Vitamin D is widely known as the “Sunshine Vitamin”. It’s one reason for the love affair with vitamins, a century after scientists [more]
Low-carb diets will shorten your life? Fat chance!
By Marika Sboros Well, here’s a page-turner for the diet books. A new study in The Lancet Public Health claims that low-carb diets could be [more]
Diet-heart hypothesis: a zombie or written in scientific stone?
By Marika Sboros The diet-heart hypothesis is a curious creature. To some scientists and physicians, the hypothesis that saturated fat causes heart disease is a [more]
Swiss Re: Type 2 Diabetes CAN be reversed
By Marika Sboros You know something big is happening when the world’s second-largest reinsurer, Swiss Re, has its eye on the future of diabetes [more]
Wits ethics chief loses moral compass trying to silence a scientist?
By Marika Sboros Here’s an intriguing ethical and moral dilemma in the latest issue of the SAMJ (South African Medical Journal). It’s in an article [more]